Featured Article in Downbeat Magazine!

4/6/2023

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.

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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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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