Working with Eliot Zigmund

7/29/2014

Starting last winter, and continuing into this summer, I've had the pleasure of playing on a regular basis with drummer Eliot Zigmund. Eliot has toured with some of my all-time heroes, including Bill Evans, Jim Hall and Stan Getz, and it has been such a learning experience interacting with him and becoming more familiar with his drumming. Eliot has a feel that is so open and spacious, yet so supportive at the same time. It makes improvising effortless, because there is a steady stream of fresh ideas coming at me, and because the groove always feel amazing.

Recently, I also had the pleasure of recording a few demo tracks with Eliot and a great bass player named Curtis Ostle. I will post one or two tracks soon, so keep on the lookout for that!

For those of you who don't know Eliot's playing, my favorite album that he has recorded on is Bill Evans' "You Must Believe In Spring." Every track is a masterpiece, but my personal favorites are the first track (B-minor Waltz) and the third track (Gary's Theme). Definitely check it out.

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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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