Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with NYC Jazz Pianist Lenore Raphael – She talked with Neon Jazz about quite a bit ..Like her latest 2018 CD Reunion .. The Critics, jazz hosts and jazz lovers all agree that she is one of the most SWINGING mainstream pianists today. Influenced by Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell and Bill Evans, she has taken these influences and created her own sound. She’s an internationally renowned jazz Pianist, Steinway artist, radio host and jazz teacher and has been critically acclaimed as one of the best pianists in the jazz mainstream today.