R o d B j azz bio    ·    contact    ·    cds Welcome to the website of Rod Blumenau,
Rochester, New York jazz pianist, composer
and arranger.
"Rod swings in a harmonic and melodic
style that captures your full attention.
He's my favorite pianist!"
John H. Beck, Professor Emeritus,
Eastman School of Music

Rochester Int. Jazz Festival Photo by Don Ver Ploeg
Here is a list of upcoming gigs. Please scroll Down (or back Up) to see the whole list.
  • Saturday March 27, 2010, 6-11 PM, Daisy Flour Mill, Blossom Road, Rochester. Penfield Bicentennial Ball/Celebration - save the date! I'll be leading a quintet of Penfield's finest musicians, including Jeff Campbell and Gabe Condon.

  • Friday and Saturday April 30 and May 1, 2010, 7:30 PM, the brand new Penfield High School Auditorium, off Five Mile Line Road in Penfield. Penfield's Annual Jazz FundRaiser featuring Jeff Tyzik and the area's best local jazz musicians playing with excellent Penfield student groups. Friday night Rod leads Bay Trail's 7th-8th Grade Jazz Ensemble!

  • Friday June 4, 2010, 8:30 - 11:30, Tango Cafe Ballroom, 389 Gregory Street, Rochester. Groove Juice Swing Dance with the Rod Blumenau Swingtet!

  • Sunday June 13, 2010, 2:00 - 5:00 PM, Easton Moose Lodge, 3320 Fox Hill Road, Easton, Pennsylvania. Rod plays piano with an all-star group from all over New York State at the Pennsylvania Jazz Society's monthly concert. If you're in the area, drop by!!!

  • Tuesday July 20, 2010, 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Penfield Town Hall Amphitheatre, 3100 Atlantic Ave., Penfield. Rod and the Swingtet perform in a great outside location; bring your lawn chairs. Free! Musicians: Peter Ferran, Gabe Condon, Jon Seiger, Brad Paxton and Dave Zaskoda.

  • Wednesday February 9, 2011, 7:30 - 9:00 PM, Strong Museum of Play, Rochester. Rod and the Quartet perform music of George Gershwin in a new program called "It's Jazz, By George!", part of Strong's monthly "Making American Music" series.

  • Friday April 29, 2011, 8:00 PM, Ingle Auditorium at Rochester Institute of Technology. RIT's Performing Artists Concert Series presents Michael Lasser and an all-star cast presenting a concert of American Ragtime Music! Save the date!