Roberta Piket
Roberta Piket (born August 9, 1966 in Queens , New York City ) is an American jazz pianist , singer, composer and author.
Live and act
Roberta Piket is the daughter of the Viennese orchestra conductor and composer Frederick Piket . She first studied computer science at Tufts University and music at the New England Conservatory , at the same time she had private lessons with Fred Hersch , Stanley Cowell , Jim McNeely , Bob Moses and Richie Beirach . She played for two years in the women's big band Diva and in 1993 she won second place at the Thelonious Monk-BMI Composers' Competitions. After recordings and a. with Lionel Hampton , she presented her debut album Unbroken Line ( Criss Cross Jazz ) in 1997 . a. played with Michael Formanek , Scott Wendholt and Donny McCaslin . The trio album Live at the Blue Note with Harvie Swartz and Jeff Williams followed in 1999 .
From 2003 to 2006 she published the six-volume Jazz Piano Vocabulary (Muse-Eek Publishing). As the composer of the Nabokov Project , she wrote music for five poems by Vladimir Nabokov for piano, violin, mezzo-soprano and percussion. In 2011, Piket appeared on Marian McPartland's NPR radio show Piano Jazz .
Discographic notes
- 2001 - Midnight In Manhattan (Meldac), with Michael Formanek, Jeff Williams
- 2002 - September of Tears (Meldac) with Rufus Reid and Billy Hart
- 2003 - I'm Back In Therapy and It's All Your Fault (Thirteenth Note)
- 2007 - Love and Beauty (Thirteenth Note) with Billy Mintz and Ratzo Harris
- 2011 - Sides, Colors (Thirteenth Note) with Billy Mintz and Johannes Weidenmüller
- 2016 - Piket One for Marian: Celebrating Marian McPartland (Thirteenth Note)
- 2018 - West Coast Trio (13th Note Records) with Joe LaBarbera , Darek Oleszkiewicz , Larry Koonse
Web links
- Pikets website
- Roberta Piket at Discogs (English)
- Roberta Piket at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roberta Piket at Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Discography and publications Roberta Pikets
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piket, Roberta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist, singer, composer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Queens , New York City |