Alan Blackman

Alan Blackman is pianist and award-winning composer based in Baltimore, Maryland. Together he and his ensembles have performed at Blues Alley, the Kennedy Center and at many festivals and venues - from San Francisco to New York. He was selected to be part of the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program at the Kennedy Center and for residencies at The Banff Centre, Millay Arts, and the Avaloch Music Institute. Alan has received over 10 grants from the Maryland State Arts Council in jazz composition, jazz performance and world music as well as the Chamber Music of America’s prestigious New Jazz Works multi-year commission, The Puffin Foundation and The MAP Fund. Arrangements. Performances of his music have been featured on NBC’s Parenthood, NPR’s Talk of the Nation, and JazzSet, as well as in the Stephen King movie, 1408. Among his recordings: Turning Point, featuring Donny McCaslin (2011), Alone Together: The 2 Piano Project (2012); The Coastal Suite, a multimedia suite, (2014); and Chapter 3 (2018), which featured guitarist Gilad Hekselman. His latest recording, Sacred Spaces, was recorded live at a temple during the pandemic and was released at the end of 2022. His current practice is long-form music compositions that incorporate multimedia components that address social elements such as climate change.

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