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Christopher Pitts

Pianist and Composer, Christopher Pitts seeks to transcend the piano and connect with community by engaging with sounds of the African American Diaspora.

Christopher has been featured with Lauren Henderson, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Sara Reich Tap Music Project, Sean Imboden Large Ensemble, Andrew Danforth Quartet and Rob Dixon Triology. Christopher is featured on Evan Drybread Quartets “Tiger Tail” release as composer and pianist which reached the top 20 on Jazz Week charts

Christopher's primary musical expression is with his trio CP3, who recently recorded and released an EP "BE Free" January 2024 during a residency at Cliff Bells. An established entity in Indianapolis you can hear the trios connection every 1st Friday at McGowan Hall at no cost.

Christopher seeks to collaborate with artists to create immersive experiences for the community. Frequently collaborating with Indianapolis Museum of Art he has curated and played music for "The Lume", "We The Culutre", MLK weekend of Love and many more present and future. Christopher has partnered with One Drop art collective on "Undercurrents" and most recently "Folk, Us"

Christopher joined forces with “Clint Breeze and the Groove” in 2017 as keyboardist/co-composer and recorded their debut album and shared the stage with “Durand Jones and The Indications” and “Trombone Shorty”. The band has released 2 studio albums.

Sean Imboden: Communal Heart

Read "Communal Heart" reviewed by Dean Nardi

by Dean Nardi
June 8, 2025

Sean Imboden's Large Ensemble Has a Communal Heart Sean Imboden was bitten by the big band bug early on. It is understandable. Both his parents were musicians, and his father taught him to play clarinet when he was in sixth grade. As a teenager, besides playing in middle school and high school bands, he sometimes sat in on gigs with his father's ensemble. After college, he moved to New York City and became involved with the touring Broadway show circuit, ...

"Pattison got an extensive spotlight with his "Behind the Glass," a challenging piece for the Collective's basic five front-line members. A highlight was Chris Pitts' piano solo, which seemed to expand on Pattison's compositional ideas while drawing the piece together at the same time." - Jay Harvey Upstage, Naptown Trombone Collective

" the addition of Pitts’ performance gives the opus its own identity; an identity that is so immersive throughout and that will keep listeners fully engaged from beginning to end"