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Oliver Von Essen

Pianist and organist Oliver von Essen lives in Bay Shore, New York, a Long Island suburb of New York City. He has been active in the New York area Jazz scene and music business for the last 15 years. Oliver has achieved notoriety as a soloist and accompanist working in a wide range of situations from jazz club performances at Greenwich Village’s "Sweet Rhythm" and Harlem’s "Saint Nick’s Pub" to solo piano work, recording projects, clubs on Long Island’s East end and out of town concerts with national and international acts. Oliver was born in Frankfurt, Germany, where his father is a jazz musician

Shanghai Reflections

By Oliver Von Essen

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2007
Track listing: For A Day; Fu Xing; People

Oliver Von Essen: Shanghai Reflections

by John Barron
June 28, 2007

German-born pianist Oliver Von Essen approaches the piano trio format from a contemporary perspective, with affection to past innovations. Inspired by his time spent in China, Shanghai Reflections draws from Von Essen's years of sideman experience on the New York scene, as both a pianist and organist, to create a high-spirited collection of original, straight-ahead jazz ...