12/18/19:</br>Glenn Zaleski

Glenn Zaleski plays well with others.

Just ask Ravi Coltrane, Lage Lund, Ari Hoenig, Ken Peplowski, Melissa Aldana, Miguel Zenon, Dezron Douglas, Ben Street, Glenn's brother Mark Zaleski, or his trio stablemates Colin Stranahan and Rick Rosato. But he will be flying solo here @exuberance.

A solo recital can make even the most seasoned and accomplished jazz pianist uneasy.  Betty Carter aptly termed jazz thinking music. One of the supreme pleasures of jazz is hearing a real master think in real time. And in solo performance, that thinking is on full and unsparing display. Then, it is just a matter of that performer’s depth and breadth of resources, intelligence, inventiveness, deftness and heart to inform musical thinking that is coherent, compelling and unforced. 

No need to worry for Glenn on this score. Dan Bilawsky declares, "Glenn Zaleski has quickly become one of the most important pianists of his generation and it's easy to see why. He's a studied musician who's not bound by the rules, a believer in exactness who's willing to overturn order, and a precision architect who understands that musical designs are malleable.” 

This candid video of Zaleski playing Con Alma on an electronic keyboard shows what we are talking about—musical thinking out loud. For deeper insight as to Glenn Zaleski’s musical thinking, check out his unpretentious YouTube piano blog with 64 entries exploring techniques and tunes. 

Here he is with Dave Brubeck’s "Summer Song”:

Join us for an evening of sublime piano jazz—thinking music that will make us feel something. 

@exuberance parties at Matt’s are by invitation only to provide a dignified, comfortable and acoustically ideal setting for worthwhile art and ideas. Cellphones and other devices are to be holstered during the performances. Between sets, conviviality rules.