Alva Nelson

Pianist and composer Alva Nelson plays a pianist in current TV hits, Gossip Girls and Lipstick Jungle; he has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival and led his own group at NYC's Blue Note. He has performed with Lightnin' Hopkins, Kirk Whalum, David "Fathead" Newman, Arnett Cobb, Phyllis Hyman, Regina Belle, and Eddie Harris--to name just a few. Nelson has received multiple honors (from the NEA, IAJE and others) and was awarded three Meet the Composer commissions. Yet, despite the accolades, global experience, and wide-ranging background, Alva Nelson is most at home when he is seated at the piano, leading his own jazz trio: engaging in a musical conversation with his band mates--and his audience. More than anything, Nelson is proud of his new CD, Soul Eyes, on his own Kilosi Keys Music label.

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