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ALAN
BLACKMAN-
Baltimore
based pianist and award-winning composer. He and his various groups have
performed at Blues Alley, the Kennedy Center, and many festivals and venues
from San Francisco to New York. Recent performances have been with Donny
McCaslin, Vardan Ovsepian, Orrin Evans, Ferenc Nemeth, Mike Pope, Warren Wolf,
Tim Green, and Sunna Gunnlaugs among many others. He was awarded the eastern
regional songwriting award by the Gospel Music Association and was selected to
be part of the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead
program at the Kennedy Center.
Additionally, he has received grants
from the Maryland State Arts Council
in jazz composition and performance for the years 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
and Baltimore Creative Fund grants for 2009 and 2010. The Chamber Music of
America Society just awarded the prestigious New Jazz Works Commission to Alan for the years 2011-2013. Original
arrangements and performances of his music have been featured on NBC’s Parenthood, Grey’s Anatomy, NPR’s Talk of the Nation, and the new TV show Hawaii Five-O as well as Stephen King’s
movie 1408.
Alan released his first CD of original music, Shadowdance, in January 2000 and is
currently working on his first jazz composition book tentatively entitled, Changing
Standards, which will be accompanied by an audio CD of his original
arrangements. His latest quartet CD, Turning
Point featuring Donny McCaslin was released in 2010 on Top Floor Records. His
most recent recording, The 2 Piano Project, Alone
Together was just released in 2012.
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