“Mr. Simon's touch, light and warm, allows for his music to drift calmly, taking its where it has to go" --The New York Times It's often said and written that jazz is based on improvisation. This is a ...

Pianist/composer Edward Simon has recognized this disparity and has decided to release the first live recording in his discography, Live In New York at Jazz Standard. The recording was done with his ...

Described as "the best of us all" by no less an authority than Cuban piano giant Chucho Valdés, pianist and SFJAZZ Collective member Edward Simon brings his supremely inventive trio for one night in ...

Pianist Edward Simon – a native of Venezuela who has made a name for himself over decades in America as a jazz pianist, bandleader and composer-arranger, along with being a Guggenheim Fellow and ...

Pianist and composer Edward Simon is very familiar with the Joe Henderson Lab at the SFJazz Center. A member of the mighty SFJazz Collective octet since 2010, he’s participated in many a rehearsal and ...

Tickets are on sale as jazz returns to the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library for its annual series of winter concerts. The series, in the La Jolla library’s Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Room, begins Jan.

Musical resume: Attended the Philadelphia Performing Arts School, graduating at 15. Studied classical music with concert pianist Susan Starr at the University of the Arts. Studied jazz piano with ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Acclaimed Venezuelan pianist Edward Simon has been named a 2023 Lucas Artist ...

This album opens with “Poesía,” the title track of the previous (2009) album by Venezuela-born pianist Edward Simon, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade. The piano is flowery and fluttery ...

Edward Simon Trio plays six shows at SFJazz in the Joe Henderson LabJay Blakesburg/SFJazz Pianist and composer Edward Simon is very familiar with the Joe Henderson Lab at the SFJazz Center. A member ...

The pianist was recruited by the SFJazz Collective last winter and spent a chunk of the year working with their imaginative Horace Silver designs. At a recent local gig, he demonstrated new ...