Eric Stern

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Currently, Eric is playing with acclaimed GRAMMY-winning bassist John Benitez. They performed at the Jersey City Latin Jazz Festival, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, and at Room 623 later this October!

Eric is also playing with La Caribali, a mainstream mambo salsa band, at Coop City Theatre on November 16th. Eric also is featured in Retumba la Roka, a production that highlights dialogue regarding the African-American and Afro-Caribbean narrative, as well as maintaining connection to heritage. The production is at the Bronx Academy of Theatre and Dance on November 12th at 8pm.

Eric is also leading his Quintet on November 7th at Culture Lab LIC, in an art gallery.

Eric headlined with the Kellin Hanas Quintet at the Music Mountain Festival next month, August 31st! He is currently studying for his masters at the Manhattan School of Music with Ted Rosenthal, Phil Markowitz, and others. Eric is expected to graduate in the spring of 2025.

In 2023, Eric graduated from the Frost School of Music, University of Miami. He was the final sitting pianist for the Frost Concert Jazz Band, directed by GRAMMY-winning trumpeter and composer John Daversa. While in the Concert Jazz Band, Eric worked with Regina Carter, Terrell Stafford, and Dick Oatts. Eric also was the pianist for the award-winning ensemble Funk Fusion, working with acclaimed drummer Stephen Rucker. He also is working with GRAMMY-winning drummer Dafnis Prieto, as well as studying privately with Martin Bejerano, Shelly Berg, Alex Brown, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and a few other noteworthy pianists. The Concert Jazz Band (now named the Frost Jazz Orchestra) released its debut record on all streaming platforms on November 14th, 2023!

He is also the pianist on Kate Kortum’s debut album Good Woman, which released this past September. The album had over one million streams in its first month of availability!