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Ben Rosenblum

Welcome to the website of award-winning New York City jazz pianist and accordionist Ben Rosenblum.  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 albums as a leader, including Instead, River City, Kites and Strings and A Thousand Pebbles.

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October updates!

10/7/2017

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October is turning out to be an exciting month, with a number of very cool performances both in New York City and throughout the Northeast.  Hope to see you at one of my upcoming shows:

Return to Kitano

On Tuesday, October 3rd (tomorrow!) and Tuesday, October 17th at 8pm, I will be returning to the Kitano in Midtown Manhattan (38th and Park Ave) to perform for their emerging artist solo piano series.  I did a series of solo piano performances at Kitano in April, and it was a ton of fun, so I'm very happy to be doing it again.  This month, the themes are Movie Soundtracks (Oct 3) and Free Improvisation (Oct 17).  Both are great passions for me, so I'm excited to share this music with all of you.

In addition, on Wednesday, November 1st (sets at 8pm and 10pm), I will be appearing at the Kitano with my trio featuring long-time collaborators and close friends Ben Rubens on bass and Ben Zweig on drums.  I've been playing with these two musicians as a trio for at least six years now, and it's always very special for me to be able to perform with them.  I hope to see you there!
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Astrid Kuljanic's CD Release Concert: Carnegie Hall

On Tuesday, October 24th at 8pm, I will be at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall celebrating the album release of Astrid Kuljanic's Riva.  It's been such a pleasure playing accordion in Astrid's new group, Transatlantic Exploration Company, alongside bassist Mat Muntz and percussionist Rogerio Boccato, and I cannot say enough about how creative and talented Astrid is.

This CD Release event will feature the original ensemble as well as a number of special guests, including various Balkan Folklore ensembles, Klazz-Ma-Tazz members Ben Sutin and Elijah Shiffer, Astrid's choral project (the Asaran Earth Trio) and more.  This should be a really incredible evening.  To learn more, visit Carnegie Hall's website here.

Other news

As mentioned in the previous email blast, I have a very exciting performance coming up this week on Friday, October 6th (sets at 8:00pm and 9:30pm) at An Die Musik in Baltimore, MD alongside the legendary Curtis Lundy and Eric Kennedy.  Tickets are available at this link, so if you live in the area or have any friends around there, please spread the word!  I also have my weekly Thursday residency with Curtis at Orama in Edgewater, NJ, as well as our Saturday residency at the South Fin Grill in Staten Island.  And I will be making a couple appearances on accordion in Northampton, MA alongside guitarist Michael Sheridan, including a feature concert on Friday, October 13th at the Northampton Community Music Center.

Finally, I will be doing an incredibly unique and wonderful project with acclaimed trombonist Chris Washburne at the end of the month.  Chris has been commissioned to write a brand new score to the classic silent film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.  The score consists of music composed in 1920-1921, the years in which the film first premiered, and we will be performing it live at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on Halloween night!  Full event info can be found here.

Thanks for reading all the way through this long email!  Hope to see you at an upcoming show, and all the best!
-Ben

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9/3/2019 02:45:00 am

I am happy to see that Ben Rosenblum is getting all the attention that he deserves. Ever since, he has this potential to make it big in music industry and I am glad to see that his love for his craft is slowly being acknowledged! Now that he is given multiple shows where he can show his greatness, I am pretty sure that he sees this as a huge opportunity to spread his message through playing piano, and I am sure that those who watch him knows this. If he will keep that attitude, I am sure that he is going to be big for the coming years ahead!

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    2023:

    Friday, May 26th at 7:00 pm:
    Laura Anglade at Chelsea Table and Stage (Manhattan: Chelsea). More info.

    Thursday, June 1st at 9pm
    Ben Zweig Big Beet at Salon on Kingston (Brooklyn: Crown Heights)
    Friday, June 2nd at 6:00pm
    Kiran Ahluwalia at Next Stage Arts (Putney, VT). More info.
    Saturday, June 3rd at 8:00pm
    Kiran Ahluwalia at Flushing Town Hall (Queens: Flushing). More info.
    Sponsored by the World Music Institute
    Sunday, June 4th at 7:00pm
    Kiran Ahluwalia at Bombyx (Northampton, MA). More info.
    Tuesday, June 6th at 9:30pm
    Choro at St. Tuesday (Manhattan: Tribeca)

    June 12-18th: Tour with Rickie Lee Jones

       Monday, June 12th: Bombyx (Northampton, MA). More info.
       Tuesday, June 13th: Shalin Liu Performance Center (Rockport, MA). More info.
       Wednesday, June 14th: Spire Center for Performing Arts (Plymouth, MA). More info.
       Friday, June 16th: Jimmy's Jazz and Blues Club (Portsmouth, NH). More info.
       Saturday, June 17th: Jane Pickens Theater and Event Center (Newport, RI). More info.
       Sunday, June 18th: Payomet Performing Arts Center (North Truro, MA). More info.

    June 21st-July 8th: Tour with Rickie Lee Jones
    (dates to be announced)

    July 12th-16th: Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project Midwest Tour

       Wednesday, July 12th at 7:30pm: Forst Inn Arts Collective (Tisch Mills, WI). More info.
       Thursday, July 13th at 7:00pm: Erickson Center for the Arts (Curtis, MI). More info.
       Friday, July 14th​: North Street Cabaret (Madison, WI). More info.
       Saturday, July 15th: Epiphany Center for the Arts (Chicago, IL). More info.
       Sunday, July 16th: Strand Theatre (Shelbyville, IN). More info.

    Tuesday, July 18th at 9:30pm-midnight
    Choro at St. Tuesday (Manhattan: TriBeCa)

    ​Friday, July 28th:
    Rickie Lee Jones at the Newton Theatre (Newton, NJ).  More info.
    Saturday, July 29th:
    Rickie Lee Jones at Celebrate Brooklyn (Brooklyn: Prospect Park.  More info. 


    Friday, September 22nd:
    Laura Anglade at Spencertown Academy Arts Center (Spencertown, NY)
    Sunday, September 24th:
    Ben Rosenblum Trio with Laura Anglade at Mezzrow (Manhattan: West Village)
    Thursday, September 28th:
    Laura Anglade at Jazz on Main (Mt. Kisco, NY). More info.
    Friday, September 29th:
    Laura Anglade at Phippsburg Congregational Church (Phippsburg, ME)

    Saturday, October 7th:
    Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project at the Jazz Room (Kitchner-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)
    Sunday, October 8th:
    Laura Anglade at Annette Studios (Toronto, Canada)

    Friday, November 17th-Sunday, November 19th:
    ​Cynthia Sayer at the Suncoast Jazz Festival (Clearwater, FL)

    February 22nd-March 1st: Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project Southern Tour
    (more dates may be added)

       Thursday, February 22nd: Timucua Arts Foundation (Orlando, FL)
       Friday, February 23rd: The Moss Center (Miami, FL)
       Sunday, February 25th: Penney Farms (Penney Farms, FL)
       Monday, February 26th: Private event in Naples, FL
       Tuesday, February 27th: Marco Island Center for the Arts (Marco Island, FL)
       Friday, March 1st: Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church (Charleston, SC)

    Sunday, March 10th:
    ​Astrid Kuljanic at Maybeck Recital Hall (Berkeley, CA)

    Sunday, April 14th:
    Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project at Marine View Presbyterian Church (Tacoma, WA)
    Friday, April 19th:
    Laura Anglade at The Cooperage Project (Honesdale, PA)
    Saturday, April 20th:
    Laura Anglade at The Jazz Loft (Stony Brook, NY - Long Island)

    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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