Joe Deleault is an international performer, composer, and session pianist. Recent performances include Russia, France, Germany, and Italy. Joe has shared the stage with many multi-Grammy winning artists and was recently voted Best Original Performer by the Hippo Press. Recording credits include Mighty Sam McClain and Jon Bon Jovi for the national project to aid the homeless, “Give Us Your Poor”, New Orleans zydeco master CJ Chenier (Paul Simon- Rhythm of the Saints), Chris Colbourn (Buffalo Tom), Don Davis (Microscopic Septet, LL Cool J), Eugene Friesen (Paul Winter Consort), Glen Velez (Pat Metheny Group), Poet F.D. Reeve, Kara Tondorf/Dawson's Creek season II, Jonathan Lorentz, and Identity Quintet. Joe is a Yamaha Piano Artist.
From the Hippo Press-
Joe Deleault played with equal technical mastery and innovation on an instrument that can provide much rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic variety.--
From critic Michael Cala of Blues Revue Magazine: "Rosemary" (from CJ Chenier's Desperate Kingdom of Love) features fine keyboard work from session pianist Joe Deleault, and it's outstanding.--
VOTED BEST ORIGINAL PERFORMER OF 2006- Hippo Press--
Here's what the Hippo Press had to say about Joe's new project with Don Davis- " When it comes to keeping the audience satisfied, they seem to do it just right."--
Yankee Magazine called Joe "a brilliant performer."--
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From the Hippo Press-
Joe Deleault played with equal technical mastery and innovation on an instrument that can provide much rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic variety.--
From critic Michael Cala of Blues Revue Magazine: "Rosemary" (from CJ Chenier's Desperate Kingdom of Love) features fine keyboard work from session pianist Joe Deleault, and it's outstanding.--
VOTED BEST ORIGINAL PERFORMER OF 2006- Hippo Press--
Here's what the Hippo Press had to say about Joe's new project with Don Davis- " When it comes to keeping the audience satisfied, they seem to do it just right."--
Yankee Magazine called Joe "a brilliant performer."--
The Rutland Herald said “Joe Deleault, the piano player. He can dazzle with his melodic work, and when the chords kick in, too, you know why Scott Joplin called that rag “The Entertainer.”--
The Neufutur states, “the instrumental interlude during ‘Moonbeams’ has the wonderful effect of piercing listeners' hearts with each subsequent hit of a piano key.”
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