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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 and Kites and Strings. 

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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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8/17/2020 12:59:39 am

This includes my long-time regular touring trio with Marty Jaffe on bass and Ben Zweig on drums, also because the incredible Wayne Tucker on trumpet, Jasper Dutz on sax and 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 working on two of the tracks that I play accordion on. Watching these musicians bring my music to life was such a special experience - after numerous years waiting to record these compositions, Since then, i have been working with my brother Dev Avidon who recorded, mixed and mastered the whole project so incredibly beautiful 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 entire project. I'm really pleased with the work that went into this album, and that i hope you'll all have an opportunity to concentrate thereto soon!

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    Upcoming Shows

    (For a complete list of upcoming gigs, click here.  To sign up for my mailing list, click here).

    2021:

    In Person Dates:


    Thursday, January 7th at 7:30-10:00pm
    Curtis Lundy Trio at Harry's Food and Drink (North Bergen, NJ)
    Saturday, January 9th at 7:30-10:00pm
    Curtis Lundy Trio at Harry's Food and Drink (North Bergen, NJ)

    Sunday, January 10th at 4-7pm:
    Oxente Trio at Joey Bats (Manhattan: East Village)

    Thursday, January 14th at 7:30-10:00pm
    Curtis Lundy Trio at Harry's Food and Drink (North Bergen, NJ)

    Sunday, January 17th at 4-7pm:
    Oxente Trio at Joey Bats (Manhattan: East Village)

    Sunday, January 24th at 4-7pm:
    Oxente Trio at Joey Bats (Manhattan: East Village)


    Live Stream Dates:

    Friday, January 15th at 7:00pm
    Premiere of virtual Ben Rosenblum Trio concert for the Richland Library!
    Tune in on Richland Library's Facebook Page here.

    ** Saturday, January 16th at 8:00pm (5:00pm PST) **
    Virtual Debut of a Set of Solo Piano Compositions Commissioned by MUSAICS of the Bay!
    "Symposium Docuseries I: The Death and Rebirth of Hope: Musical Interpretations of Simon Toparovsky"
    Visit MUSIACS' website for more information, and join after the concert for a live Q&A session with Ben and the visual artist Simon Toparovsky.

    Ben Rosenblum Solo Piano/Accordion Live Stream!
    Can be accessed on Youtube or Facebook.

    Sunday, January 17th at 1:00pm
    Sunday, January 31st at 1:00pm
    Sunday, February 7th at 1:00pm
    Sunday, February 28th at 1:00pm
    (Dates subject to change and more dates to be added.  Check here for the latest)


    February 11th-21st: Ben Rosenblum Trio Southern Tour !!
    (More dates to be announced - stay tuned for the latest)

       Thursday, February 11th: Marco Island Center for the Arts (Marco Island, FL)
       Friday, February 12th: Timucua Arts Foundation (Orlando, FL). More info.
       Sunday, February 14th: Arts Garage (Delray Beach, FL). More info.

       Tuesday, February 16th: North Greenville University Masterclass and Performance (Tigerville, SC)
       Wednesday, February 17th: UNC-Pembroke Masterclass and Performance (Pembroke, NC)
       Friday, February 19th: Lancaster Cultural Arts Center (Lancaster, SC). More info.

    Friday, May 14th
    Ben Rosenblum Trio at the Seasons Yakima (Yakima, WA)
    (more West Coast dates to be announced - stay tuned for the latest!)

    ben Rosenblum

    Described as an "impressive talent" by All About Jazz, Ben Rosenblum is a jazz pianist, accordionist and composer based in New York City, and a recent graduate of the joint program between Columbia University and Juilliard School of Music. His work has garnered numerous awards, including the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award and two Downbeat Student Music Awards for composition and arrangement.  Ben was a finalist at the 2015 American Jazz Pianist Competition in Melbourne, Florida, and at the 2016 Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition in Jacksonville, Florida. He has played with the Bachiana Brasileira Orchestra at Lincoln Center (conducted by Joao Carlos Martins and featuring Dave Brubeck), as well as in Delhi, India, and at the Masten Jazz Festival (Buffalo), Richmond Jazz Festival (Richmond), Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival (Maryland) and Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival (Manhattan).  He has also performed at Carnegie Hall, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, the Allen Room at Lincoln Center, Ryles Jazz Club, Webster Hall, Symphony Space, The Blue Note and a host of other locations throughout the northeast.  Ben has worked extensively with such jazz luminaries as Curtis Lundy, Neal Smith, Winard Harper, Wayne Escoffery and Deborah Davis, and he has shared the stage with Houston Person, Dave Stryker, Steve Nelson, TS Monk and many others.  Ben is currently celebrating the release of his debut album, entitled Instead. The album has been released to critical acclaim, including 4 stars from Downbeat Magazine.

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