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Ben Rosenblum

Internationally-touring, award-winning New York City jazz pianist, accordionist and composer.  Click on the button below to view a full schedule, scroll down to the blog to find new updates and information, or learn more about Ben's career here.

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2025 so far - US, Canada, Japan and much more to come!

7/3/2025

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Hey everyone! I wanted to make a quick post at the halfway point of the year to reflect on all of the incredible experiences I've already had this year, and to look forward to the many exciting tours on the schedule for the rest of the year. I can honestly say that this year will be the most traveling I've ever done in a calendar year, and many of these trips have been and will be to places I've never had the chance to go before. It's been such a rich and fulfilling year already, and I wanted to post some photos from the last six months of touring. These photos are from tours with my various bands, as well as with Rickie Lee Jones, Catherine Russell, Laura Anglade and Brenda Bufalino.
Looking ahead to the rest of the year, I begin traveling again in August, with stops all over the US (West Coast, East Coast, South, Great Plains and Midwest), as well as in Bulgaria, Japan and Spain. Visit my schedule page for the most up-to-date information, and for links to purchase tickets. Thank you all so much for your support always! It means so much to me.
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With Rickie Lee Jones at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, June 2025.
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Ben Rosenblum Trio with Peter Slavov and Ben Zweig. February 2025, Lancaster, SC.
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At the Blue Door in Oklahoma City with Laura Anglade Quartet, January 2025.
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Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project at Tyrant Studios in Vancouver. March 2025.
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Performing at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City with Brenda Bufalino. April 2025.
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With Catherine Russell at the Blue Note Tokyo. April 2025.
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Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project at AngraJazz 2024! And Other Recent Highlights!

10/10/2024

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Hi everyone! I just got back from an amazing trip to Terceira Island in the Azores, where my large ensemble, the Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project, was a headlining artist at AngraJazz 2024! It was an absolutely magical couple of days, and I wanted to share a few photos from the event below. The local TV station, RTP Açores, also did a great feature on the band, featuring footage from the concert and an interview with me. You can view that on their Facebook page here, or on their website here. (Bottom right two photos courtesy of Rui Caria).
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It's been a while since my last update post, but I'm happy to report that I've been as busy as I can ever remember! I recently updated my about page to reflect some recent developments, including a number of tours in 2023 and 2024 with one of my childhood heroes, Rickie Lee Jones! I've been very fortunate to join for concerts across the United States, as well as two tours in Europe and one tour in Australia. The photos below are from our performance at Prospect Park Bandshell in 2023 (courtesy of Vivian Wang, @lithophyte).
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Click the about tab for more information about recent projects and performances, or follow me on Instagram @benrosenblummusic for highlights and future events. I've also recently added a shop to my website where you can purchase CDs and merchandise directly from me, and a partial list of the albums that I've played on under "discography." We've recorded the next Nebula Project album, so stay tuned for more information about the release in 2025.
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Featured Article in Downbeat Magazine!

4/6/2023

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I'm beyond honored that my most recent album with the Nebula Project, A Thousand Pebbles, was featured in Downbeat Magazine alongside an interview I did with the amazing Josef Woodard. Thank you so much to everyone involved with the project. We have some really exciting performances and recordings in the works, so I hope you'll continue to join us as we embark on this journey with the large ensemble! Click here to read the article on Downbeat's website.
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Click here to learn more about the album, see other reviews and find links to listen to and purchase the recording.
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A Thousand Pebbles - New Nebula Project Album!

1/5/2023

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Hey everyone!

I'm super excited to announce that my album, A Thousand Pebbles, was released this February on Friday, February 10th! This is my fourth album as a leader and the second with my six piece ensemble, the Nebula Project, featuring some of my absolute favorite musicians in New York City: Wayne Tucker on trumpet and flugelhorn, Jasper Dutz on alto saxophone, bass clarinet and alto flute, special guest Xavier Del Castillo on tenor saxophone and flute, Rafael Rosa on guitar, Marty Jaffe on bass and Ben Zweig on drums and percussion. The album is almost entirely my original compositions, ranging from straight ahead jazz to Brazilian forró to Irish jigs to Bulgarian folkloric styles. It features both the piano and accordion prominently, including multiple tracks where I play both.
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Click here to learn more about the album and read the press release, which includes a lot more detail about the inspiration behind the songs. The link above will also contain more information on how to purchase the album, both physically and digitally. A huge thanks goes out to everyone who was part of this album, especially my family who went above and beyond as always to help make this possible. Read below for the special thanks from the record.

​​Click the following links to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, or YouTube.
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2022 Update!

5/17/2022

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Hey everyone! It's been a while since I posted an update, but I have a lot of exciting projects in the works so I just wanted to make a quick post with some upcoming news and photos.

Firstly, I have a new Nebula Project album coming out later this year! I had so much fun with the sextet on my most recent album, Kites and Strings, that I went back and recorded another one this past summer. The new album will be almost exclusively original compositions (in addition to one Jobim tune), and features an expanded septet format featuring special guest Xavier Del Castillo on tenor sax, in addition to our core band of Wayne Tucker on trumpet, Jasper Dutz on alto sax and bass clarinet, Rafael Rosa on guitar, Marty Jaffe on bass and Ben Zweig on drums. Looking forward to sharing more info about the release soon! I'm so excited about this project - The Nebula Project was recently voted runner up on JazzTimes' Readers Poll in 2020, and recently we've been able to begin touring. We just came back from a multi-day trip in the Northeast this past weekend and we have more in the works.
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With the trio, I've also been getting back to a full-time touring schedule. We did multi-week tours in the South and West Coast in 2022, and I made it over to Europe late last year to do some playing as well. Over the summer, I'll be doing a Northeast US and Canada tour with the amazing singer Laura Anglade, and beginning in the Fall I have a number of tours in the works with both the trio and the sextet. I've also been fortunate to participate in some new groups as a sideman in the past year, including the incredible Ephrat Asherie and her dance company as well as Juno award-winning Indian vocalist Kiran Ahluwalia, in addition to the many beautiful groups I've been playing with for years. As always you can visit my schedule page for the latest updates on where I'll be when. And if you would like to receive an email once a month with the most recent news, feel free to visit my contact page to sign up for my newsletter.
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New Trio Videos from Southeast Tour 2021!

3/15/2021

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Hi everyone! It's been a little while since I've posted, but I hope everything has been going all right for all of you. We were incredibly fortunate recently that we got to go on a tour for the first time in a year. One of our shows at Timucua Arts Foundation was recorded and filmed, and I've shared my favorite songs on my YouTube channel. You can see all five videos in the players below. Timucua is an incredible place, and we definitely hope to be back soon! If you want to support them, visit this link and scroll down to the bottom of the page for the donate button. These videos featured two of my absolute favorite musicians - the amazing Eduardo Belo on bass and Ben Zweig on drums. I'm playing piano on most of them, but I switch to the accordion for Jacob do Bandolim's classic choro, Receita de Samba.
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Third Album, Kites and Strings, to be Released on October 16, 2020!

7/12/2020

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I'm so happy to announce that my third album as a leader, Kites and Strings, is set to be released on October 16!  This album is the debut of my new sextet, the Nebula Project, and features mostly original compositions (with a few eclectic arrangements thrown in - Neil Young, Leonard Bernstein and a Bulgarian traditional song).  It is also the first album where you can hear me playing both piano and accordion!  Listen and learn more about the album here, or continue reading below for some videos and personal thoughts.
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The journey of this album is a long one - it started ten years ago in my last year of high school, when I completed the first larger ensemble version of one of the tracks on the album, Bright Above Us, and it includes compositions, arrangements and re-arrangements written across this whole span of time.  It is an album that merges my deep love of both jazz and world music styles, and features many of my favorite musicians in New York City.  This includes my long-time regular touring trio with Marty Jaffe on bass and Ben Zweig on drums, as well as the incredible Wayne Tucker on trumpet, Jasper Dutz on sax and bass clarinet and Rafael Rosa on guitar.  It also features special guest appearances by Jake Chapman on vibraphone, Sam Chess on trombone and fellow pianist Jeremy Corren performing on two of the tracks that I play accordion on.  Watching these musicians bring my music to life was such a special experience - after so many years waiting to record these compositions, I felt that I could finally express them in the way I imagined them.  Since then, I've been working with my brother Dev Avidon who recorded, mixed and mastered the whole project so incredibly beautifully and guided it through the entire process to completion, and my mom who took the gorgeous cover and back photos and imagined the art for the whole project.  I'm really proud of the work that went into this album, and I hope you'll all have a chance to listen to it soon!

If you want to hear a preview of the album, click on the link above.  I'm also including four Youtube videos taken by Kevin Jiang at our most recent live performance at the Kitano.  These videos feature many of the musicians that are on the album and two of the songs (Somewhere and Laughing on the Inside) that are on the album.  Thank you so much to everyone who has supported this project and I can't wait to share this music with all of you live.
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March 2020: The Last Eight Months in Pictures

3/20/2020

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Hey everyone!

So much has happened since my last blog post.  Scrolling back through my pictures has brought up so many wonderful memories, whether traveling overseas or performing here in New York City.  It is a particularly uncertain time right now.  Sadly my tour with Gabriela Martina in Switzerland had to be postponed due to the current pandemic, and it is unclear when live performances will resume.  But at the very least, being in self-isolation gives me time to share a little bit about all the positive experiences I've had recently, and look forward to many things to come once the virus is past.  Best wishes to everyone reading this to stay safe and healthy!
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One of the most exciting developments is that I have been performing with my new sextet, the Nebula Project. I mentioned in my most recent blog post that a new sextet album is on the way. The album is making great progress and is set to be released in the late summer, so stay tuned for the latest on this. In the meantime, I debuted the group with performances at the Jazz at 5 festival in Madison, Wisconsin (above) as well as at the Puffin Cultural Forum and in NYC at Jazz at Kitano (right).
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I have continued a full touring schedule with my trio.  In addition to tours in the West Coast (June), Midwest (August and February) and Canada (October), we did our longest tour yet this past January and February, when we spent three and a half weeks touring in the Southern US.  There were so many incredible highlights from this trip, including a TV appearance in Jacksonville on the Morning Show at News4Jax (pictured above) and over twenty shows and three educational appearances throughout the area.  The picture below is from our appearance in Orlando, where we also got to work with students at UCF - thanks so much Sandy for the beautiful pictures from this performance!
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I have also continued to work as a sideman with Curtis Lundy, Astrid Kuljanic, Gabriela Martina, Pat Bartley (whose YouTube channel J-Music Ensemble is starting to gain some significant publicity - I'm in the playlist linked, which features our acoustic renditions of video game music) and many others, and my travels have taken me to so many beautiful places around the world.  Over the summer, I spent three weeks in Croatia, Italy and Switzerland (the last of which I got to perform in as a leader with some wonderful local musicians).  While I was there I also took some time off to compose new material for the trio and the sextet, some of which we have been able to debut in our recent performances.  I also had the unique and amazing experience of subbing on accordion for the Off-Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, doing twenty performances between October to December.  Below are some pictures - the Colosseum in Pula, the church overlooking Lake Geneva, backstage at Fiddler, a performance with bagpipe in Cres, hiking in Quebec at Lake Gatineau, performing with Curtis Lundy in New Jersey, and finally at home in NYC, both at the Black Cat LES with Pat Barley and at Smalls.
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I can't wait to share some music with all of you once the self-isolation is over and live music begins again.  Until then, stay well and I look forward to seeing you soon.  All the best!
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Mid-year 2019 Update

6/29/2019

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Hey everyone!

It's been a little while since I posted anything.  This year has been filled with a number of incredibly special experiences and adventures, and I've been meaning to put together a quick post with some pictures and highlights.  So far in 2019, here's what has happened:

  • Five tours under my name/with my trio, including two on the West Coast, one in the South, one in Canada/Northeast US and one in Japan!  These tours featured workshops and concerts at the University of Tampa, College of Charleston and UC-Santa Barbara, performances for multiple jazz societies, including the San Luis Obispo Jazz Society and the Coastal Jazz Association, shows at small intimate house concert venues and at concert halls with 250+ people, and much more.
  • I recorded tracks for my new album, Kites and Strings, which will be released in early 2020.  This is a new project entitled the "Nebula Project," which features a sextet of some of my favorite musicians in New York City, as well as me on piano and accordion.  I'm so excited to share this music once it is ready to be released!
  • Appearances as a sideman in some amazing venues, such as the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. (with Astrid Kuljanic), the Lancaster Cultural Arts Center (with Paul Sanwald Quartet) and the Side Door (with Curtis Lundy).  Astrid's show at the Kennedy Center can be live streamed at this link.
  • Regular appearances at Smalls/Mezzrow late night with Ben Zweig, as well as a monthly video game music jam session alongside Patrick Bartley.
  • Leader appearances in New York City at Mezzrow and the Kitano, as well as a whole bunch of awesome shows in New York and throughout the Northeast.

I'm so lucky to be able to travel the world with some of my favorite musicians and closest friends, and to have met so many supporters of the music whom I have befriended throughout my tours.  These people mean so much to be and make playing and performing on the road so worthwhile.  I can't wait to see you all again soon.  Thanks so much to all of you, and see you all in the second half of 2019!
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Press from Canadian Tour!

12/12/2018

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Hi everyone!  I just got back from a wonderful tour of Quebec and Ontario in Canada, during which we playing eight shows across five cities.  While on tour, I was very excited to see a number of great articles promoting the band and our music, including this beautiful feature by Peter Hum for the Ottawa Citizen.  A huge thanks to Peter and everyone else who wrote about us and helped generate buzz for the tour. Below are some links to read articles about the band, in three different languages!

Tour Preview - Ottawa Citizen (Peter Hum)
Quebec Preview - Le Soleil (Josianne Desloges) - French
Peterborough Preview - MyKawartha (Lance Anderson)

Toronto Review - Spill Magazine (Conrad Gayle)
Toronto Review - Miki Ando Life (Miki Ando) - Japanese
Toronto Review - Blast Magazine (Jojo Aderson)

While I was in Canada, this great interview I did with WNUR's Geoff Fenton went live as well.  We talk about the new album, River City, as well as my career this far and my plans for the future. Check it out!  Geoff's daughter Sara did all the editing, and I'm so happy with how it came out.

River City Interview - WNUR (Geoff Fenton)

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    2025:

    Wednesday, July 9th:
    Sanny Alves at Pangea (Manhattan: Lower East). More info.
    Thursday, July 10th:
    Catbus Collective at Umbra (Brooklyn: Bushwick). More info.
    Saturday, July 12th:
    Brazilian Music Party at Time Out Dumbo (Brooklyn: DUMBO). More info.
    Sunday, July 13th at 1-4pm:
    Denise Reis at Berimbau Midtown (Manhattan: Midtown East)
    Thursday, July 17th at 12:30pm:
    Catherine Russell at Jazz on the Plaza (Manhattan: Midtown East). More info.
    Friday, July 18th:
    Laura Anglade and Ben Rosenblum at Harmony in the Woods (Hawley, PA). More info.
    Sunday, July 20th at 3-5:30pm:
    Regional Samaúma at Barbes (Brooklyn: Park Slope). More info.
    Sunday, July 20th at 7-10pm:
    Ben Rosenblum Solo Piano at the Wallace (Manhattan: Upper West Side). More info.
    Tuesday, July 22nd:
    Laura Anglade and Ben Rosenblum at the BU Tanglewood Institute Jazz Series (Lenox, MA). More info.
    Sunday, July 27th:
    Ben Rosenblum Trio at St. Peter's Jazz Vespers (Manhattan: Midtown East). More info.
    Thursday, July 31st:
    Ben Zweig Big Beet at Mohonk Mountain House (New Paltz, NY). More info.

    Sunday, August 3rd:
    Catherine Russell at the Bansko Jazz Fest (Bansko, Bulgaria). More info.

    August 5-September 10: Trip to Japan

    August 9-10: Hina Oikawa Combo in Tokyo

       Saturday, August 9th: Jazz Bar Kohaku (Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan). More info.
       Sunday, August 10th: No Room For Squares (Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan). More info.

    August 12-20: Naoya Ogura Jazz Orchestra Album Release Tour

       Tuesday, August 12th: Westa Kawagoe Hall (Saitama, Japan). More info.
       Wednesday, August 13th: NARU (Ochanomizu, Tokyo, Japan). More info.
       Monday, August 17th: Frente Hall (Nishinomiya, Japan). More info.
       Tuesday, August 18th: Live Spot Rag (Kyoto, Japan). More info.
       Wednesday, August 19th: 100Ban Hall (Kobe, Japan). More info.
       Thursday, August 20th: ROOMS (Fukuoka, Japan). More info.

    September 12-14: Ben Rosenblum Brazilian Quartet California Tour

       Friday, September 12th: The Sound Room (Oakland, CA)
       Saturday, September 13th: The Soper Reese Theatre (Lakeport, CA). More info.
       Sunday, September 14th: The White Barn (St. Helena, CA)

    Saturday, September 20th: 
    ​Laura Anglade Quartet at the New Marlborough Meeting House (New Marlborough, MA). More info.
    Sunday, September 21st at 3-5:30pm:
    Regional Samaúma at Barbes (Brooklyn: Park Slope)

    September 25-26: Ben Rosenblum and Yoko Sano - Live Music and Art Tour in Oregon!

       Thursday, September 25th: Lincoln City Cultural Center (Lincoln City, OR)
       Friday, September 26th: Chehalem Cultural Center (Chehalem, OR)

    Saturday, September 27th at 9pm-midnight:
    Ben Zweig Big Beet at Midnight Blue (Manhattan: Lower East)
    Sunday, September 28th: 
    Catherine Russell at the Shea Center at William Paterson (Wayne, NJ). More info.

    October 10-30: Tour with Rickie Lee Jones (double bill with Patty Griffin)

       Friday, October 10th: The Ellis Theater (Philadelphia, MS). More info.
       Saturday, October 11th: Variety Playhouse (Atlanta, GA). More info.
       Sunday, October 12th: Haw River Ballroom (Saxapahaw, NC). More info.
       Monday, October 13th: Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, TN). More info.
       Thursday, October 16th: The Capitol Theatre (Port Chester, NY). More info.
       Friday, October 17th: State Theatre (Portland, ME). More info.
       Saturday, October 18th: Chevalier Theatre (Medford, MA). More info.
       Monday, October 20th: Lebanon Opera House (Lebanon, NH). More info.
       Tuesday, October 21st: Flynn Center (Burlington, VT). More info.
       Thursday, October 23rd: Carnegie Music Hall (Pittsburgh, PA). More info.
       Friday, October 24th: Music Center at Strathmore (North Bethesda, MD). More info.
       Sunday, October 26th: Memorial Hall (Cincinnati, OH). More info.
       Tuesday, October 28th: Cahn Auditorium (Evanston, IL). More info.
       Wednesday, October 29th: The Pageant (St. Louis, MO). More info.
       Thursday, October 30th: Uptown Theater (Kansas City, MO). More info.


    Saturday, November 1st:
    Laura Anglade and Ben Rosenblum at Pinecrest Gardens (Miami, FL). More info.

    November 6-18: Tour in Spain with Catherine Russell. More info.

       Thursday, November 6th: Teatro Campos Eliseos (Bilbao, Spain)
       Friday, November 7th: Auditorio Cuidad de León (León, Spain)
       Saturday, November 8th: Teatro Jovellanos (Gijón, Spain)
       Monday, November 10th: Teatro Rialto (Madrid, Spain)
       Tuesday, November 11th: Teatre Tivoli (Barcelona, Spain)
       Thursday, November 13th: Teatro Zorrilla (Valladolid, Spain)
       Friday, November 14th: Gran Teatro de Elche (Elche, Spain)
       Saturday, November 15th: Auditori La Nucía (La Nucía, Spain)
       Tuesday, November 18th: Teatro Principal (Alicante, Spain)

    Sunday, November 30th at 3-5:30pm:
    Regional Samaúma at Barbes (Brooklyn: Park Slope)

    December 2-9: Laura Anglade Quartet Tour
       
       Tuesday, December 2nd: Upcycle Piano Craft (Kansas City, MO)
    ​   Wednesday, December 3rd: Blue Strawberry (St. Louis, MO)
       Thursday, December 4th: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, AR). More info.
       Saturday, December 6th: American Gothic Performing Arts (Ottumwa, IA)
       Sunday, December 7th: Common Chord (presented by the Bix Beiderbecke Museum) (Davenport, IA). More info.
       Monday, December 8th: Private event (Des Moines, IA)
       Tuesday, December 9th: Vesper Concerts (Omaha, NE). More info.

    Saturday, December 13th:
    Laura Anglade at the Spencertown Academy Arts Center (Spencertown, NY)
    Sunday, December 14th at 3-5:30pm:
    Regional Samaúma at Barbes (Brooklyn: Park Slope)

    2026:

    January 2026: Southeast US Tour
    More dates to be announced

       Tuesday, January 20th: Private event (Naples, FL)
       Wednesday, January 21st: Marco Island Center for the Arts (Marco Island, FL). More info.
       Thursday, January 22nd: University of Tampa (Tampa, FL)
       Friday, January 23rd: In Concert Apalachicola (Apalachicola, FL)
       Saturday, January 24th: The Sound Wall (Opelika, AL)
       Sunday, January 25th: St. Mary's on the Highlands (Birmingham, AL)
       Monday, January 26th: Rudy's Jazz Room (Nashville, TN)
       Thursday, January 29th: HART Regional Theatre (Waynesville, NC)
       Saturday, January 31st: Grace Concert Series (Richmond, VA). More info.
       Sunday, February 1st: Le Mondo (Baltimore, MD)

    Friday, February 6 at 7:30pm:
    Rickie Lee Jones at the Wallis (Los Angeles, CA). More info.

    March 6-7: Astrid Kuljanic California Mini-Tour

    ​   Friday, March 6th: Community School of Music and Arts (Mountain View, CA) 
       Saturday, March 7th: Soper Reese Theatre (Lakeport, CA)

    Saturday, March 14th:
    Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project at Pinecrest Gardens (Miami, FL). More info.
    Sunday, March 15th:
    Ben Rosenblum Trio at First UMC of Sarasota (Sarasota, FL)

    March 20-22: Laura Anglade Texas Tour

       Friday, March 20th: Arcadia Live (Kerrville, TX)
       Saturday, March 21st: Monks (Austin, TX)
       Sunday, March 22nd: Marvin Methodist Church (Tyler, TX)

    ben Rosenblum

    Award-winning New York City jazz pianist and accordionist Ben Rosenblum has been described as “mature beyond his years,” (Sea of Tranquility), an “impressive talent” (All About Jazz), who “caresses [the music] with the reverence it merits” (Downbeat Magazine). Since the release of his debut trio album, Instead (4 stars, Downbeat), Rosenblum has toured extensively with his trio and sextet throughout the United States, including multiple trips to the Northeast, Midwest, South and West Coast, and internationally  in Canada, Europe and Japan. He was a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall's Stern-Perelman Auditorium (with Reona Ito's New York Harmonic Band) and has appeared at prestigious venues throughout the world, including at the Appel Room at Lincoln Center, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Ravinia, Himawari-No-Sato Concert Hall in Yokohama, Bird's Eye in  Basel and the Library of Congress. Rosenblum's second trio album in 2018, River City, was called “richly romantic” and “well-realized” by JAZZIZ Magazine, which featured the title track as part of their Best of Fall 2018 CD. Most recently, Rosenblum released his third album, Kites and Strings, which is the first to feature him on both piano and accordion alongside his new sextet, the Nebula Project. In 2020, the Nebula Project was voted runner-up for Best New Artist in JazzTimes' Readers' Poll. Rosenblum has been privileged to share the stage with many highly acclaimed jazz musicians, including extensive work with Curtis Lundy, Winard Harper, Deborah Davis and Chris Washburne, as well as appearances with Bobby Watson, Sean Jones, TS Monk, Warren Wolf, Eliot Zigmund, and many others. Rosenblum's musical interests also extend beyond jazz to include work in numerous world music scenes, including musical styles from Brazil, Peru, Croatia, Bulgaria, India, Ireland, Jewish traditions and more.

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