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Posted on August 27, 2024September 25, 2024

Playing Duo with Adam Kolker on Saturday, October 19th 2024, Bar Bayeux, Brooklyn

Posted on August 4, 2024August 31, 2024

Playing with Spigame Big Band Directed by Victor Jones on Friday, September 20th 2024, Cutting Room, New York. CD RELEASE PARTY

Posted on August 1, 2024August 2, 2024

Fundraiser Concert for Richie Beirach on Saturday, August 17th 2024, Cafe Ornithology, Brooklyn

Posted on July 16, 2024July 16, 2024

Playing with Gene Ghee Organ Trio on Sunday, July 21st 2024, Harlem Tavern, Harlem

Posted on July 15, 2024July 16, 2024

Playing with Lance Bryant Quartet on Thursday, July 25th 2024, Tavern on George, New Brunswick, NJ

Posted on July 15, 2024July 16, 2024

Playing Organ Trio with Jerry Weldon and Tommy Campbell on Tuesday, July 23rd 2024, Chelsea Bell, NYC

Posted on July 4, 2024July 22, 2024

Playing with Peter Brainin and Friends on Wednesday, July 24th 2024, Room 623, Harlem

Posted on July 4, 2024July 16, 2024

Playing with Virginia Mayhew Group on Friday, July 26th 2024, Smalls Jazz Club, NYC

Posted on July 4, 2024July 16, 2024

Playing with Virginia Mayhew Group on Saturday, July 27th 2024, Smalls Jazz Club, NYC

Posted on June 21, 2024June 25, 2024

Playing with Peter Brainin and Friends on Wednesday, June 26th 2024, Room 623, %city

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“Piket is emerging as one the top tier of improvising pianists around today.”
Dave Wayne, AllAboutJazz.com

“A favorite of Marian McPartland, Piket is a deeply swinging, intelligent, two–fisted pianist.”
Paul deBarros, Seattle Times



“Subtle genius.”
Elliott Simon, All About Jazz
[West Coast Trio] is a masterful album, a poignant reminder of how compelling small group interplay can be…
Thomas Stauder, Ossining Gazette


“An extremely talented young pianist. I predict she’ll go far as a jazz pianist and composer.”
Marian McPartland
At the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival…despite her phenomenal talent, Piket had a refreshingly down-to-earth rapport with the audience…a tour-de-force.
Rochester City Newspaper

Third time through this [online] solo hit… it’s superb… you need to see the welcome mat she puts out for “Monk’s Dream.” 

Jim Macnie (@hapboym)
“Roberta Piket isn’t a blusterer: each of her pieces seeks to solve a particular problem, and she’s quietly been working on form and conceptual matters in the spirit of devoted explorers like Chick Corea and Richie Beirach.”
Ben Ratliff, New York Times


“Pianist and composer Roberta Piket stands among the elite minds of modern jazz.”
National Public Radio



“A sense of discovery abounds.”
Billboard Magazine


“Roberta is an eloquent creator who takes chances but is true to her internal compass.”
Michael Steinman, JazzLives

“(Critic’s Choice) Constantly curious, she has released a series of recordings probing across the landscape from retro-mainstream to free jazz.”
Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times


“…a jazz pianist who still hasn’t quite received the ovations that her unique talents deserve.”
Don Heckman, Int'l Review of Music
These performances [on Domestic Harmony] portray a warmth that goes beyond the collegiality of most jazz.
Martin Johnson, Wall Street Journal

Roberta Piket enters a tune’s body intimately, revealing the soul of a song with both precision and surprise.
JazzIz
“If you were lucky enough to hear Roberta Piket…you heard an exceptional talent…with probing lyricism and creative fluency…a fine instinct for leading a rhythm section…always taking the music to a more elevated plateau.”
Los Angeles New Times


“A modern romantic with a contemporary harmonic sense and a timeless genius for inventing fresh, crisp ideas.”
Owen McNally, Hartford Courant
“An exceptional modern-jazz pianist hovering just outside the radar, Piket looks beyond the tradition while tipping her hat to its verities.
The New Yorker

“Roberta Piket is not as well-known as she should be, but “Solo” gives plenty of examples of her deep, rich talent.”
Thomas Cunniffe, Jazz History Online

“Roberta Piket is a revelation on the piano, a virtuosa whose skill and innovation can enliven and transform any song.”
NYC Jazz Record
Whether improvising freely or working within standard jazz structures, Roberta Piket and Billy Mintz show that there is no genre that they cannot conquer.
Terrell Holmes, The New York City Jazz Record


“It’s Piket’s two-handed keyboard work that has Keith Jarrett’s facility but more guts….”
Ken Waxman, NYC Jazz Record


“The revelation of this year’s (Earshot Jazz) festival was Roberta Piket.”
JazzTimes
“Piket plays with a studied abandon… she’s completely familiar with the entire history of jazz piano which she translates into a comfortably post-modern attitude…. What a gift to evoke everyone from Jelly Roll Morton to Stanley Cowell!”
Jan P. Dennis, Audiophile Audition

“Wonderful and versatile…. A strikingly fine pianist and composer… Expect jazz in its more multi-limbed, open-ended definition.”
Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara News-Press


“Roberta is a force to be reckoned with and one to watch.”
Mike Stratton, 89.7FM, WLNZ, Lansing, MI

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Available on ESP-Disk: Seven Pieces/About an Hour/Saxophone, Piano, Drums (2023)

Free improvisation with long-time colleagues alto saxophonist Mark Reboul and drummer Billy Mintz.

Available on Sunnyside Records: You've Been Warned (2022)

Collaborative CD featuring originals by Harvie S, Billy Mintz and Roberta Piket

DOWNBEAT READERS VOTE FOR ROBERTA IN POLL!

The people have spoken! In the 2018 Downbeat Readers' Poll, Roberta was voted 8th in the Jazz Artist category (just behind such luminaries as Pat Metheny and Tony Bennett), 7th in the Piano category (following the legendary Keith Jarrett) and 5th in the Organ category!

ROBERTA WINS DOWNBEAT CRITICS POLL RISING STAR CATEGORY

Roberta won the 2018 Downbeat Critics Poll Rising Star Award for Organ. Roberta also placed 16th in the Rising Star category for piano.

Roberta plays and endorses Fishman amplifiers and ZT amplifiers.

Coming Performances

  • August 2, 2026 8:00 pm Victor Jones Orchestrio Five Spot Jazz NEW YORK USA
  • August 3, 2026 6:30 pm Roberta Piket Quintet Ornithology Brooklyn US
  • August 9, 2026 4:00 pm Eddie Allen Quintet West Side Park Red Bank US
  • August 13, 2026 7:30 pm Bob DeVos Organ Quartet Jazz at the Post - Westport VFW Westport US
  • August 14, 2026 8:00 pm Victor Jones Orchestrio Maureen's Jazz Cellar Nyack

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