Piedmont Piano Company is pleased to present the
Jarrett Cherner Trio

with Jeff Denson, bass and Hamir Atwal, drums
Saturday, January 7 at 8PM
at Piedmont Piano Company's new store located at
18th & San Pablo, Oakland (1728 San Pablo Ave.)

$15 - please call 510-547-8188 to reserve tickets with your credit card

Jarrett Cherner is a New York based pianist, composer, and educator who grew up in the Bay Area and is no stranger to the local scene. After completing his undergraduate work at Tufts University (B.S. Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and the New England Conservatory of Music (U.D. in Jazz Piano Performance), Cherner moved home to San Francisco where he quickly gained a reputation as "one of the most exciting young pianist-composers on the Bay Area scene" (San Jose Mercury News). His debut album as a leader, Burgeoning, earned him recognition from the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards and critics alike. In 2008, Cherner relocated to New York City where he is currently performing and teaching, having recently earned a Master's Degree from the Manhattan School of Music. He has toured throughout the US as well as in South America, Canada, and Europe, both leading his own trio and working as a sideman. Previous teachers include Danilo Perez & Jason Moran.

As an educator, Cherner maintains a small private studio in NYC and is on the faculty of the New York Jazz Academy, the Larchmont Music Academy, and the Harlem School of Urban Music & Recording Arts. Previous positions include the Manhattan School of Music Summer Music Camp, San Jose Summer Jazz Workshop, Jazzschool’s Summer Youth Program, TAG Hispanic summer program at UMass Boston, and Summerbridge San Francisco. www.jarrettcherner.com

Jeff Denson is a world renowned double bassist and composer who has performed in many of the world's top jazz festivals such as the Berlin Jazz Festival, the JVC Jazz Festival Paris and the Montreal Jazz Festival to name a few. Jeff, a native of the Washington, D.C. Area, has actively performed in a myriad of genres ranging from jazz to classical and contemporary orchestral and chamber music to R&B and pop. He has done extensive freelance work throughout the US, Europe, and Canada and has performed and/or recorded with distinguished musicians such as Bob Moses, Joe Lovano, Carl Allen, Kenny Werner, Anthony Davis, Geoffrey Keeser, Claudio Puntin, Lionel Loueke, Dan Weiss, Ralph Alessi, Charles McPherson and Lee Konitz. Jeff has received rave reviews in such periodicals as the Washington Post, NY Times, DownBeat Magazine, and has received such prizes as the German Cultural Award in 2006. Jeff also has the distinction as being a member of the Lee Konitz New Quartet. Jeff’s work with Lee Konitz is of particular importance due to its extraordinary originality of concept and group interaction and compositional improvisation, but also due to the fact that according to the legend himself, this is the “first actual band” that Lee Konitz has ever had. The Lee Konitz Quartet has garnered much international critical acclaim, including most recently winning the French Jazzman Magazine’s “Album of the Year Award 2010.”

Jeff has composed and arranged for jazz ensembles ranging in size from big band to trio as well as for string ensembles, solo double bass, and a chamber opera for soprano, baritone, woodwind trio, string quartet, and piano and double bass soloists. His compositions have been broadcast on radio stations across the USA and Europe, and on television networks such as PBS in the USA and Arte in France, ORF in Austria and WDR in Germany. www.jeffdenson.com

Hamir Atwal is one of the most sought after drummers in the San Francisco Bay Area. He studied at the Berklee College of Music on scholarship with such notable musicians such as Hal Crook, Ian Froman and Dave Santoro. After graduating in 2008, Hamir moved back to the San Francisco Bay Area where he grew up, and is currently working with jazz musicians such as Darren Johnston, Ben Goldberg, and Joshua Smith. Hamir will be releasing his first CD in March 2012 entitled "Hell Jazz," featuring Hamir's solo pieces for drumset/percussion.

In addition to performing, Hamir has been teaching professionally for over 10 years. He has taught the acclaimed Stanford Jazz Workshop, the Stanley Music Camp, the Jazzschool and the AMA Academy. Hamir has also taught clinics outside the U.S. at Music Academy International in Nancy, France as well as in Vienna, Austria. www.hamiratwaldrums.com