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Come on down and swing along to the best ragtime, stride, and jazz the Big Apple has to offer. With special performances on select Thursdays and sprinkled spontaneously throughout the season.
Find Piano in Bryant Park on the Upper Terrace at the base of the William Cullen Bryant statue behind the New York Public Library.
David Pearl (Composer, arranger) is an award-winning pianist, composer, and arranger who has performed in many of New York’s premiere venues (Joe’s Pub, Rainbow Room, The Cutting Room, Symphony Space, 54Below) and collaborates frequently with musicians in the jazz and classical community. He has been awarded grants from the New York State Council on the Arts to perform solo piano recitals, and his musical arrangements and transcriptions are published and performed regularly. He is the author of Chord Theory Explained, Piano Exercises For Dummies, The Art of Steely Dan, The Jazz Piano Collection, and The Art of Billy Strayhorn. He performs regularly in New York City at concerts and in clubs, as a soloist and in ensembles.
