A five, six, seven, eight…
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.
Jon Weber
Jazz, TV Score Composer, Radio Host
“Immensely gifted.” “Formidable talent.” “Phenomenal.” “Essential.” - The New York Times
Jazz pianist Jon Weber has recorded and toured all over the world, winning numerous accolades for performance and composition, and scoring extensively for television since 1987. He's at once an exceptional musician as well as a gifted historian and storyteller, and, above all, a true piano polymath. Jon stepped in to host NPR's Piano Jazz radio program, the station's longest-running cultural program, following host Marian McPartland's retirement; The Wall Street Journal sung Jon’s praises: "Most frequently seen across New York as the accompanist to any singer lucky enough to hire him, Jon Weber is best known to the rest of the country as the worthy successor to the late Marian McPartland on the NPR staple Piano Jazz." As a host, Mr. Weber takes listeners through a century of history, making it crystal clear what Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, Bud Powell, Nat King Cole, Erroll Garner, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson and the other figures on jazz piano's Mount Rushmore. Jon lives in New York City.
Thank you for the music!
Many thanks to Sam Ash Music Stores for their support through the years.
