LAKEPORT >> Award-winning New York City jazz pianist and composer Ben Rosenblum will play material from his upcoming second album River City at The Soper Reese Theatre in Lakeport on Sunday, June 17 at 7 p.m. for a special Father’s Day performance.
The show will feature rising jazz star and Bay Area native Kanoa Mendenhall on bass and highly regarded New York City drummer Ben Zweig.
Described as an “impressive talent” by All About Jazz, Rosenblum was a finalist at the 2015 American Jazz Pianist Competition in Melbourne, Florida, and at the 2016 Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition in Jacksonville, Florida, and has performed in bands led by Bobby Watson, Winard Harper, TS Monk, Curtis Lundy, Chris Washburne and many others jazz luminaries.
This performance will be part of a two-week long West Coast tour celebrating the new album.
In 2017, Rosenblum made his West Coast debut to mark the release of his debut trio album, Instead (4 stars, Downbeat Magazine). Highlights of this tour included a well-attended performance at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, California, and two sold-out sets at Cafe Pink House in Saratoga, California.
Rosenblum and his trio recently returned from a two-week tour of Japan, and they toured in the Midwest and Canada earlier in the year.
Tickets are now on sale for $15 each and can be purchased by calling the Soper Reese at 707-263-0577 or by going online at soperreesetheatre,com.
For more on Rosenblum, visit benrosenblummusic.com.
