Ben Rosenblum Trio Featuring Sam Kirmayer at Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill

Award-winning New York City jazz pianist Ben Rosenblum plays material from his debut album Instead (4 stars, Downbeat Magazine) at Upstairs Jazz in Montreal, featuring special guest and Montreal native Sam Kirmayer on guitar. They will be joined by the highly regarded Marty Jaffe on bass and Ben Zweig on drums. Described as an "impressive talent" by All About Jazz, Ben was a finalist the 2015 American Jazz Pianist Competition in Melbourne, Florida, and at the 2016 Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition in Jacksonville, Florida, and has played in the bands of Curtis Lundy, Bobby Watson, TS Monk, Winard Harper, Wayne Escoffery and many others...

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Award-winning New York City jazz pianist Ben Rosenblum plays material from his debut album Instead (4 stars, Downbeat Magazine) at Upstairs Jazz in Montreal, featuring special guest and Montreal native Sam Kirmayer on guitar. They will be joined by the highly regarded Marty Jaffe on bass and Ben Zweig on drums. Described as an "impressive talent" by All About Jazz, Ben was a finalist the 2015 American Jazz Pianist Competition in Melbourne, Florida, and at the 2016 Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition in Jacksonville, Florida, and has played in the bands of Curtis Lundy, Bobby Watson, TS Monk, Winard Harper, Wayne Escoffery and many others. Sam Kirmayer is described as playing with “a fearlessness and momentum that promise much, much more to come” (Katie Malloch, former host of CBC's Jazz Beat and Tonic). In 2017, CBC Music included Sam in their list of the “35 Best Canadian Jazz Musicians Under 35.”

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