Julian Shore
Julian Shore
Piano
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Julian Shore began playing piano at a young age. Starting out playing blues, pop and classical repertoire he found jazz when he began high school and has since made that his focus. He began to study improvisation and composition with famed jazz educator Hal Crook at 17, and was then awarded a full-tuition scholarship to Berklee College of Music. Since then he's had the opportunity to work with Gretchen Parlato, Joshua Redman, Myron Walden, Chris Cheek, Marcus Strickland, Ferenc Nemeth and Hal Crook at Smalls, Blues Alley, Catalina's, the Banff Arts Centre, the Panama Jazz Festival and others as a sideman and a leader. Currently he lives in New York where he does much of his performing, and his debut album 'For Away Places' is now available through iTunes, Amazon and CDBaby.