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Alan Blackman

Award-winning composer and jazz pianist.

About Me

Alan Blackman is a Baltimore based pianist and award-winning composer. He and his various groups have performed at Blues Alley, the Kennedy Center, and many festivals and venues from San Francisco to New York. Recent performances have been with Donny McCaslin, Gilad Hekselman, Vardan Ovsepian, Ferenc Nemeth, Mike Pope, Tom Guarna, Joe Locke, Warren Wolf, Tim Green, Michael Formanek among others. Additionally, he has received grants from Chamber Music America, the MAP Fund, Puffin Foundation, and the Maryland State Arts Council. Original arrangements and performances of his music have been featured on NBC’s This is Us, NPR’s Talk of the Nation, and Grey’s Anatomy as well as Stephen King’s film, 1408. Alan released his first CD of original music, Shadowdance, in January 2000 with the Blackman/Barke Quartet. His next CD, Turning Point featuring Donny McCaslin was released in 2010 on Top Floor Records. A recording of his 2 Piano Improvised Series, Alone Together with various other pianists was released in 2011. The Coastal Suite was a long-form suite recorded in 2015. His 2018 release features guitarist Gilad Hekselman and is entitled Chapter 3. December of 2022 saw the release of his latest endeavor entitled Sacred Spaces which features 8 new original compositions. Most recently, Alan received a prestigious MAP fund grant and Puffin Foundation award for his forthcoming multimedia concert presentation entitled Once Upon A Prairie.