Jon Weber (musician)
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Jon Weber (born 1961, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a New York City and Chicago-based jazz pianist and composer whose compositions and performances have met critical and popular acclaim in many countries around the world. Largely self-taught, Weber has perfect pitch and remarkable melodic recall. He serves as host of '' Piano Jazz With Jon Weber'' on NPR.


Early life

Weber began playing at a very young age. He lived and performed for many years in Chicago, and currently resides in New York City. He has performed and recorded with a broad range of musicians in the United States, Europe, India, Japan, and Australia.


Later life and career

Weber's album ''Jazz Wagon'' was released in 1993, followed by a live album, ''Flying Keys'', and ''It's Never Quite the Same'', an album of tunes by composers
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'', features his own compositions. It was released in 2004 with Weber on piano, drummer Mark Walker, Eric Alexander on sax, trumpeters Diego Urcola and
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, bassists Avishai Cohen, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Peter Washington and Gary Burton on vibraphone. Weber produces and performs a popular concert series entitled 'From Joplin to Jarrett: 100 Years of Piano Jazz', which received positive reviews in such publications as ''The New York Times'' and the ''Wall Street Journal''. (Review in external links below) Weber's broadcast appearances have included NPR's '' Piano Jazz'' with the late pianist Marian McPartland, and ''
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'' with Judy Carmichael. In 2012 he began hosting an updated version of the popular ''Piano Jazz'' program, now called ''Piano Jazz with Jon Weber'' on NPR, replacing Mrs. McPartland, who stepped down from her longtime hosting duties in the fall of 2011.


References


External links


New York Times Music Review: Jon Weber-'Joplin to Jarrett'

Jon Weber & the Evolution of Piano Jazz

Jon Weber's website

Piano Jazz with Jon Weber

Review- From Joplin to Jarrett

Jazz critic citation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Jon American jazz pianists American male pianists American jazz composers Musicians from Chicago Musicians from Milwaukee 1961 births Living people 20th-century American pianists Jazz musicians from Illinois 21st-century American pianists American male jazz composers 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians