A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes 🎶Happy New Year! Here’s to all of your 2025 wishes coming true!
Sharing one of my favorite quotes about jazz—straight from baseball legend Yogi Berra!
Whew! Chicago brought the energy last night!
Guess The Song! Drop your guesses in the comments! 👇🎶 #guessthesong #pianochallenge #cover #piano
Oscar Peterson's Funny Art Tatum Story
The Five Spot
Happy Birthday to the great Joe Sample! Here’s a favorite quote he shared with me 🙏
This take of Billy Joel’s “Just The Way You Are” is the one on ‘Solo Joe: Songs You Know.’ Enjoy!
A little Christmas joy! Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! ❄️🎄🐧
What do #JanetJackson and #FullHouse have in common? #solojoe
41 Seconds of Joy!
29 Seconds of Joy!
26 Seconds of Joy
Storytime: Touching 1st Voicemail From Les McCann
I hope you enjoy my take of Taylor Swift’s ‘Speak Now:’ Joe’s Version #taylorswift #piano #tswift
Bring the beat in! Solo Joe is back and this time with a #Beyoncé classic! #solojoe #loveontop
Joe Alterman Solo on "Unchain My Heart"
Atlanta native Joe Alterman expresses a certain upbeat naiveté, with a broad smile and bright eyes that make you feel welcome. At first glance one might not guess that this is a man hailed by greats; Ramsey Lewis described his music as "happy music with tasty meat on the bones," Les McCann stated "Joe's on a 'blow your mind' level," and Ahmad Jamal referred to him as "a very special artist."
Journalist Nat Hentoff championed three of Alterman’s albums, as well as his writing (Joe wrote liner notes to three Wynton Marsalis/JLCO albums), calling one of Joe’s columns “one of the very best pieces on the essence of jazz, the spirit of jazz, that I’ve ever read, and I’m not exaggerating.”
He began at NYU with a BA and Masters in Jazz Piano and has since performed at many world renowned venues including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Birdland and Blue Note alongside Houston Person, Les McCann, Dick Gregory, Ramsey Lewis, and his own trio, among others.
18 December 2009