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Toby Koenigsberg is a jazz pianist, composer, and educator. He leads a working trio and has released three albums as a leader: Push, a live recording featuring saxophonist Rich Perry; Sense (Origin Records), praised by Cadence, the All Music Guide, and All About Jazz – New York; and Drift (Ninjazz Records), which interprets the music of Elliott Smith. He has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, including at the Rochester International Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival Calgary, the Värinää Festivaali in Finland, and the Knitting Factory in New York City.

Album

Drift

By Toby Koenigsberg

Label: Ninjazz Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Alphabet Town; Satellite; Song for Aki; The Rain Before It Falls; Improvisation; Strung Out Again.

Article: Album Review

Toby Koenigsberg Trio: Drift

Read "Drift" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
October 4, 2014

Pianist Toby Koenigsberg explored some of bop icon Bud Powell's tunes, the Great American Songbook gem “My Foolish Heart," and Bill Evans' “Show Type Tune" on his outstanding 2005 Origin Records release, Sense. And there was a warped (in a good sense) take on the “Stella By Starlight," also from the Great American Songbook. All of ...

Album

Sense

By Toby Koenigsberg

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Thirteenth Species; Oblivion; Stellaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! (one); My Foolish Heart; So Sorry Please; Variant Strain; Stellaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! (two); Show Type Tune; Realizing.

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Article: Album Review

Toby Koenigsberg Trio: Sense

Read "Sense" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
February 25, 2007

On Sense, the Toby Koenigsberg Trio approaches jazz from intriguing angles, bringing an exciting energy and edginess to both originals and standards. The group's preferred organizing principle can be described as deconstruction by addition. The pianist/leader approaches Bud Powell's “Oblivion by artfully inserting bits and pieces of the melody like someone would assemble a jigsaw puzzle: ...

Album

Sense

By Toby Koenigsberg

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Thirteen Species; Oblivion; Stellaaaaaaa! (one); My Foolish Heart; So Sorry Please; Varian Strain; Stellaaaaaa! (two); Show Type Tune; Realizing.

Song of the Day

Thirteenth Species

June 27, 2006

Album: Sense
By Toby Koenigsberg
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2006
Duration: 08:02

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Article: Album Review

Toby Koenigsberg Trio: Sense

Read "Sense" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 19, 2006

On Sense, pianist Toby Koenigsberg's trio offers up a wistful and straightforward take on the American Songbook classic “My Foolish Heart," including a poignant, spare reading of the familiar melody. However, everything else on the disc pushes the boundaries.The trio opens and closes the set with tunes by the New York-based trumpeter Andre Canniere: ...