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Progressive Pianist Roberta Piket Plays Jazz and Improvised Music Out of New York – – – – DownBeat Critics Poll Winner- – – – –

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“An exceptional modern-jazz pianist hovering just outside the radar, Piket looks beyond the tradition while tipping her hat to its verities. She’s joined by two players who prize invention and subtlety as much as she does, Harvie S and Billy Mintz.”

The New Yorker (August 7, 2017)

“A sense of discovery abounds.”

Billboard Magazine

“(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

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

“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 is a force to be reckoned with and one to watch.”

Mike Stratton, 89.7FM, WLNZ, Lansing, MI

“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

“It’s Piket’s two-handed keyboard work that has Keith Jarrett’s facility but more guts….”

Ken Waxman, NYC Jazz Record

“Roberta Piket is a revelation on the piano, a virtuosa whose skill and innovation can enliven and transform any song.”

NYC Jazz Record

“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

“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

“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

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

Paul deBarros, Seattle Times

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

National Public Radio

“The revelation of this year’s (Earshot Jazz) festival was Roberta Piket.”

JazzTimes

“Subtle genius.”

Elliott Simon, All About Jazz

“Piket is emerging as one the top tier of improvising pianists around today.”

Dave Wayne, AllAboutJazz.com

“A modern romantic with a contemporary harmonic sense and a timeless genius for inventing fresh, crisp ideas.”

Owen McNally, Hartford Courant

“…a jazz pianist who still hasn’t quite received the ovations that her unique talents deserve.”

Don Heckman, Int'l Review of Music

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New Solo Piano CD Celebrates the Music of Piket’s Husband, Billy Mintz

“Domestic Harmony is a strikingly sensitive tribute from one brilliant artist to another.”
–Donald Elfman, NYC Jazz Record

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.

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