Musical Interludes - Ben Rosenblum Jazz "Direct from NYC"

Award-winning jazz pianist, composer 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). An internationally-touring bandleader, Rosenblum has performed with his trio throughout the United States, including extensive tours of the Northeast, South, Midwest and West Coast, as well as in Canada and Japan. He was a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall's Stern-Perelman Auditorium with Maestro Reona Ito's New York Harmonic Band, and has appeared at numerous prestigious venues throughout the world, including at the Appel Room at Lincoln Center, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Ravinia, the Library of Congress, the Kennedy Center and Himawari-No-Sato Concert Hall in Yokohama.

Rosenblum was a finalist at the 2015 and 2019 American Jazz Piano Competition and at the 2016 Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition, and his composition has received multiple awards from the ASCAP Foundation and the Downbeat Student Music Awards. He 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, Sean Jones, Dave Stryker, Steve Nelson, TS Monk and many others. Rosenblum is currently celebrating the release of his second trio album, River City, described as "well-realized" and "richly romantic" by Jazziz Magazine. Rosenblum was born and raised in New York City, and is a graduate of the joint program between Columbia University and Juilliard School of Music.