- Location:
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Travel Radius:
- Will travel up to 200 miles from Chapel Hill.
- Pay Range:
-
$100-$750 per event
- Member Since:
- 2008
- Primary Category:
- Jazz Piano
- Additional Categories:
- Blues Piano, Piano
- Influences:
- Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Bill Evans, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett
Description
If your event requires an exceptional level of live jazz entertainment, look no further. Alan has 30 years experience performing for weddings, corporate functions, festivals, clubs, hotels and other events.
Born in Chicago, jazz pianist/composer Alan Stoumen began jazz lessons at age 13 with master jazz teacher Alan Swain at Swain Studios in Evanston , IL. Alan continued his training in jazz improvisational techniques and played in small combos and jazz ensembles at the University of Denver and the University of Colorado in Boulder. In 1980, Alan started playing professionally in Colorado while pursuing a B.A. and M.S in Biological Sciences. During his graduate career, Alan taught jazz piano to college students as an instructor in the Applied Music Program at the University of Colorado's Division of Continuing Education.
In 1989, Alan released his first CD of original music, "Necessary Changes" as a BMI-affiliated artist and composer, which received extensive airplay on local Colorado stations KUVO, KGNU, KBZE, KHIH, KDHT and KSMT. Local appearances included the Hotel Boulderado, Josephina's, The Mall Exchange, LaPrimavera, JJ McCabe's, the Westin Hotel and Keystone Resort.
In 1990, Alan received Certificate of Achievement Awards from Billboard Magazine for his original compositions "Broadway Shuffle" and "Ocean Child". In 1991, Alan recorded his second album of original music, "Nature Street", and appeared live with his band at such festival venues as Hyatt DTC Jazzfest, The Top of the Week Concert Series at the Denver Art Museum, The Breckenridge Jazz Festival and the Beaver Creek Arts Festival.
Alan currently resides with his family in Chapel Hill. Local performances have included the Sienna Hotel and Mansion 462 (Chapel Hill), Sullivan's Steakhouse (Raleigh), Notes ('Little' Washington) and Jazebel's (Burlington). In addition, Alan is a regular member of the Carolina Jazz & Blues collaborative, and performed with trumpeter Joe Sizemore and Friends at the 2010 Ochos Rios Jazz Festival in Jamaica.
Song List
- Misty - Errol Garner
- Have You Met Miss Jones? - Rogers and Hart
- Bewitched - Rogers and Hart
- A Foggy Day - Gershwin
- Our Love Is Here To Stay - Gershwin
- I Wanna Be Around - Johnny Mercer
- Just In Time - Jule Styne
- It's Only A Paper Moon - Harold Arlen
- Makin' Whoopee - Walter Donaldson
- You Took Advantage Of Me - Rogers and Hart
- Somewhere Beyond The Sea - Lawrence/Trenet
- As Time Goes By - Herman Hupfeld
- Almost Like Being In Love - Lerner and Loewe
- Imagination - Burke and Van Heusen
- Let's Get Away From It All - Dennis and Adair
- On The Street Where You Live - Lerner and Loewe
- I Could Write A Book - Rogers and Hart
- My Funny Valentine - Rogers and Hart
- Skylark - Hoagy Carmichael
- Swinging On A Star - Burke and Van Heusen
- All Of Me - Simons and Marks
- But Beautiful - Burke and Van Heusen
- Angel Eyes - Dennis and Brent
- Here's That Rainy Day - Burke and Van Heusen
- Polka Dots And Moonbeams - Burke and Van Heusen
- I Thought About You - Mercer and Van Heusen
- My Romance - Rogers and Hart
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Josef Zawinul
- Girl From Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Everything Happens To Me - Dennis and Adair
- Waltz For Debby - Bill Evans
- Tenderly - Walter Gross
- St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
- One For My Baby - Arlen and Mercer
- Lush Life - Billy Strayhorn
- Like Someone In Love - Burke and Van Heusen
- Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi
- Skating - Vince Guaraldi
- Changing Memories - Alan Stoumen
- Up Jumped Spring - Freddie Hubbard
- Mornin' - Al Jarreau
- This Masquerade - George Benson
- Friends and Strangers - Dave Grusin
- Morning Dance - Spyro Gyra
- Denver In Moonlight - Alan Stoumen
- Broadway Shuffle - Alan Stoumen
- Wilmette Dream - Alan Stoumen
- Visions - Alan Stoumen
Available For:
Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Casinos, Celebrations, Christmas Parties, Clubs, Cocktail Parties, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Engagement Parties, Events, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Grand Openings, Holiday Parties, Hotels, New Year's Eve Parties, Nursing Homes, Private Parties, Resorts, Restaurants, Studio Session, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.
Feedback
- Alan was wonderful. Our guests complimented his music over-and-over throughout the day. We would gladly hire Alan again for future events. -- Kimberly R, Raleigh, NC, 12/3/2011
- We and our guests were very pleased with Alan Stoumen's personality and performance. I would recommend him to the Governors Club and told him he should make the club aware of his availability. -- Donald R, Chapel Hill, NC, 12/10/2011
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