Michael Kaeshammer, Canada’s piano master, headlines the Palladium’s third annual Boogie Woogie Blues Piano Stomp

Here’s a review and photos of this great show. Check it out!

http://communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/arts-entertainment-living/blue-notes/31751-a-joyous-boogie-n-blues-piano-fest

(And here’s my story written just before the 1-28-12 concert!)

Hard to believe our annual Boogie Woogie piano show is now in its third year. Each year, the Boogie Woogie Blues Piano Stomp, gets bigger. Last year’s headliner, along with the legendary Bob Seeley, was the great New Orleans piano man, Joe Krown. People are still talking about his Professor Longhair chops.

This year, Seeley is back, along with the rising Canadian pianist and bandleader, Michael Kaeshammer, Michael is a handsome, young Canadian who is developing into a major star playing his own songs and interpreting others with a great band. But Kaeshammer started as a boogie woogie pianist and that’s how he met St. Pete’s Liz Pennock, who helps us organize the Stomp.

He heard how much fun our show was and wanted to be part of it – and getting out of Canada in January probably was also some incentive. Anyway, he’s coming down to close the show. He’ll also stay on stage for the jam with all four pianists, taking turns on two grand pianos.

You can check out more on Michael at his website: http://kaeshammer.com

Here’s the what the critics are saying about Kaeshammer’s playing:

“The boogie-woogie pianist best known as a must-see live act reaffirms his true colours here: he’s an R& B hound, particularly if there’s a New Orleans roll to the beat.”  –  Bernard Perusse – Montreal Gazette

“Kaeshammer has piano technique to burn, and has an acrobatic way with a grand piano. –  John Terauds, Toronto Star

Kaeshammer is being hailed as the next big jazz crossover star to come out of Canada.

“The hottest Canadian music export isn’t indie rockers, it’s jazz musicians. First there was Diana Krall, then Michael Bublé and Matt Dusk, and now Michael Kaeshammer has come along…The German-born pianist’s latest could easily be the next big jazz record” – NOW Magazine

Kaeshammer is sharing the Boogie Woogie Stomp bill with Seely and, Liz Pennock (along with guitarist, Dr. Blues), and Craig Brenner, a boogie woogie star out of Indianapolis. Seeley, of course, is the 83-year-old dean of boogie woogie players, who studied with the great Meade Lux Lewis. Brenner has played with Bo Diddley, Buckwheat Zydeco, Matt “Guitar” Murphy and Duke Robillard. 

As usual, along with the music, we’ll have a camera crew focusing on their hands moving eight to the bar. Those images will be projected on a big screen behind the players.

It’s my favorite show of the year. Tickets are going fast, so get yours today. At www.mypalladium.org.