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Pianist, composer, and bandleader Joe Block is a dynamic rising talent in the jazz world. He began playing classical piano at the age of two before switching to jazz in middle school. While growing up in Philadelphia, a city with a rich jazz and musical tradition, he was fortunate to learn and study from older musicians on the scene and in jazz education programs at the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts and the Kimmel Center. Joe currently resides in New York City where he attends both the Juilliard School (MM ‘22) and Columbia University (BA ‘21) as part of their highly selective and vigorous dual-degree exchange program

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Solo Piano Vol. 1

By Joe Block

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: My Ideal; Ask Me Now; All Too Soon; Days Of Wine And Roses; Laura; Imagine; Round Midnight; Tomorrow; Prelude To A Kiss; Monk's Mood; In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning; White Christmas; Over The Rainbow; All The Things You Are; Ruby, My Dear; I Remember You.

Article: Paul's Picks

New York City Jazz Performance Preview: Fall 2026

by Paul Reynolds
September 16, 2026

New York season includes the first fall programs from two recently opened midtown clubs--The Pocket and Jazzcultural and higher-profile shows for fine emerging performers such as singer Ekep Nkwelle and pianist/arranger Joe Block. The preeminent departure is that of Wynton Marsalis who, after 30 years in the job, will lead his last season as ...

Article: Album Review

Joe Block: Solo Piano Vol. 1

Read "Solo Piano Vol. 1" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer
March 16, 2026

At 26, Joe Block is already a mature, creative, and disciplined jazz pianist as well as an exceptional composer, arranger, conductor, and educator. His roots are in the Philadelphia area with such mentors/teachers as Tom Lawton. Repeated performances, especially at the Philadelphia's Clef Club and Chris' Jazz Cafe have helped him in sharpening his craft. He ...

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Wild Woman

By Kate Kortum

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Welcome (Into My Mind); Lucky To Be Me; I Feel Pretty; Little Lullaby Lucy; The Devil; Love Me Or Leave Me; Perpetual Searching; I Can't Say No; I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I've Got; Notice The Love; The Man That Got Away.

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Confirmation

By Mike Boone

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: G(ee) Blues; 3-2 Rhumba in C; Procrastinator McDestinator; KB Bump No. 1; Beneath the Surface; For Grover; Yes or No; KB Bump No. 2; What Can I Say; Hymn; On the Sunny Side of the Street; Yes Or No; Confirmation (studio); Confirmation (live) pt. 1; KB Bump No. 3; Old Folks; Jesus Loves Me; Confirmation (live) pt. 2; KB Bump No. 4.

Article: Live Review

Joe Block Christmas Extravaganza at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
December 25, 2023

Joe Block Christmas Extravaganza Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA December 17, 2023 Pianist Joe Block is a remarkable pianist and band leader born and bred in Philadelphia and its suburbs. He is a graduate of both Juilliard and Columbia, was mentored by legendary pianists like Tom Lawton ...

Article: Live Review

Joe Block Quartet Featuring Vocalist Jamile At Chris’ Jazz Cafe

by Victor L. Schermer
June 24, 2022

Joe Block Quartet featuring vocalist Jamile Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA June 17, 2022 Although this reviewer recently interviewed pianist Joe Block for All About Jazz, he never heard Block leading his own group live. So he seized this opportunity to get an up close hearing at ...

Article: Interview

Pianist Joe Block: At the Start of His Big Bang

by Victor L. Schermer
June 9, 2022

According to cosmologists, our universe started as a tiny speck and within a fraction of a second exploded into a huge ever-expanding space with all the galaxies, stars, and planets condensing out of the dispersed matter within it. This picture of the origins of the cosmos provides an apt metaphor for the way in which some ...

Article: Rising Stars

Meet Liam Sutcliffe, Jimmy Waltman, Sam AuBuchon, Derick Freitas Campos

by Sanford Josephson
June 5, 2022

The winners of the New Jersey Jazz Society's new Juried Scholarship Competition are:$1,000 prize for PerformanceTrumpeter Liam Sutcliffe, Rutgers' Mason Gross School of the Arts Jazz Studies Program$1,000 prize for Composition Vocalist Jimmy Waltman, Princeton University Program in Jazz Studies$500 prize for Performance Bassist Sam AuBuchon, William Paterson University Jazz ...