Join us for a very special evening of jazz! Alex Minasian is a NYC-based jazz pianist who is headlining with his trio throughout New England, including the Burlington Jazz Fest last summer and a recently sold out show at Scullers in Boston. 

Alex has had the pleasure of being the pianist and musical director for two iconic, legendary jazz vocalists, Little Jimmy Scott and Mark Murphy. He has performed at jazz venues across the US --Dizzy's, The Blue Note in NYC, Yoshi's in San Francisco, and the House of Blues in Hollywood to name a few. He was also a professor at NYU, where he earned both his undergraduate and masters degrees in jazz performance and where he taught jazz piano. This summer they have a 3 night stand at Dizzy's at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and a performance in D.C at the Jazz in the Gardens Concert series, plus a beautiful concert planned for us at the library! 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. No registration required.

With two degrees from NYU, Alex Minasian has, at a remarkably young age, established himself as a versatile pianist, educator, and impresario in many different musical genres. As a pianist, Alex has studied with some of the greatest pianists in jazz history, including Hank Jones, Don Friedman, Jean-Michel Pilc, and James Williams, and has performed in most of the country's most famous jazz rooms, such as Birdland, the Blue Note, Cafe Carlyle, Yoshi's, Bohemian Caverns Iridium, Jazz @ Lincoln Center, the Village Vanguard, and the Apollo Theater. He has shared the stage with such legends as James Ingram, Arturo Sandoval, QUESTLOVE, Sam Moore, Marylin McCoo, Curtis Fuller, Hank Jones, and Clark Terry, and with such jazz greats as Brian Lynch, Billy Pierce, Sheila Jordan, Gary Bartz and Hugh Masekela. Alex was the last pianist for the late iconic singer and NEA Jazz Master Little Jimmy Scott, and is the pianist and musical director for the renowned jazz singer Mark Murphy, and performs as pianist and musical director for singer, actor, songwriter, and musical historian Billy Vera and his 18-piece big band. Alex has also headlined such important jazz celebrations as the Rochester Jazz Festival appearing as co-leader of a trio with Canadian bassist Brandi Disterheft. In 2013, Minasian, Disterheft, a veteran drummer Steve Williams (Shirley Horn), formed the Hanky Panky Trio to honor Hank Jones. The Hanky Panky trio is featured in Season 2 of the hit Netflix show, 'Orange Is The New Black'. They have performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival with Sheila Jordan, and as a trio at the Istanbul Jazz Festival. Alex has also been collaborating with Broadway Star Christina Sajous (Spider Man--Turn off the Dark, and American Idiot) on an eclectic nightclub act featured at such New York City hotspots as Duane Park and Millesime. Alex has been featured in Yerevan Magazine, a Los Angeles–based Armenian publication promoting Armenian news and culture.