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Name
  
Armen Donelian

Role
  
Jazz Pianist


Education
  
Music group
  


Albums
  
Sayat-Nova: Songs of My Ancestors, Mystic Heights, Full Moon Music, Wave, All Or Nothing At All

Similar People
  
Ara Dinkjian, Marc Johnson, Arto Tuncboyaciyan

Piano in bryant park with armen donelian


Armen Donelian (born December 1, 1950) is a jazz pianist, composer, educator and author.

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Donelian was classically trained at the Westchester Conservatory of Music in White Plains, New York. He has appeared since 1975 as a featured soloist and bandleader, and with an array of jazz musicians, including Sonny Rollins, in international venues. A composer of over 100 works reflecting Classical, Middle Eastern and jazz influences, Donelian has produced 13 albums. He has received multiple awards as a Fulbright Senior Scholar and Specialist and an NEA Jazz Fellow. An educator at several New York institutions for 30 years, including The New School and William Paterson University, Donelian is also the author of Training The Ear Vol. 1 & 2 and offers master classes at leading throughout the world. A graduate of Columbia University and private student of Michael Pollon, Carl Bamberger, Ludmila Ulehla, Harold Seletsky and Richie Beirach, Donelian is the co-founder with Marc Mommaas of the Hudson Jazz Workshop.

Thomas chapin trio pianist armen donelian 1991 jazz at toulon festival


Discography

  • Stargazer (Atlas Records, 1980) w/Eddie Gomez & Billy Hart
  • A Reverie: Solo Piano (Sunnyside, 1984)
  • Secrets (Sunnyside, 1988) w/Dick Oatts, Barry Danielian, Anthony Cox, Bill Stewart & Arto Tunçboyaciyan
  • Trio '87 (Odin, 1988) w/Carl Morten Iversen & Audun Kleive
  • The Wayfarer (Sunnyside, 1990) w/Dick Oatts, Barry Danielian, Anthony Cox, Bill Stewart & Arto Tunçboyaciyan
  • Wave Grand Ideas, Vol. 1: Select Standards for Solo Piano) (Sunnyside, 2000)
  • Mystic Heights (Grand Ideas, Vol. 2: Original Compositions for Solo Piano) (Sunnyside, 2002)
  • Quartet Language (Playscape, 2003) w/Thomas Chapin, Calvin Hill & Jeff Williams
  • Full Moon Music (Grand Ideas, Vol. 3: Free Improvisations for Solo Piano) (Sunnyside, 2005)
  • All or Nothing at All (Sunnyside, 2006) w/Marc Mommaas
  • Oasis (Sunnyside, 2007) w/David Clark & George Schuller
  • Leapfrog (Sunnyside, 2010) w/Marc Mommaas, Mike Moreno, Dean Johnson & Tyshawn Sorey
  • Sayat-Nova: Songs of My Ancestors (Sunnyside, 2014) 2 Discs: Solo Piano, Trio w/David Clark & George Schuller
  • With Billy Harper

  • Trying to Make Heaven My Home (MPS, 1979)
  • The Believer (Baystate, 1980)
  • The Billy Harper Quintet (Poljazz, 1981)
  • Jazz Jamboree 1980 Various Artists (Polskie Nagrania Muza, 1983)
  • With Mongo Santamaria

  • Afro-Indio (Vaya/Fania, 1975)
  • Sofrito (Vaya/Fania, 1976)
  • Mongo and Justo (Vaya/Fania, 1976)
  • A La Carte (Vaya/Fania, 1976)
  • With Night Ark

  • Moments (RCA/Novus, 1987)
  • In Wonderland (PolyGram/EmArcy, 1996)
  • Petals on Your Path (PolyGram/EmArcy, 1999)
  • With Bobby Vince Paunetto

  • Commit to Memory (Pathfinder, 1976; Bomba, 1998)
  • Composer in Public (RSVP, 1996)
  • Reconstituted (RSVP, 1999)
  • With Rory Stuart

  • Nightwork (Cadence, 1984)
  • Hurricane (Sunnyside, 1987)
  • With Datevik Hovanesian

  • Listen to My Heart (Sony, 1998)
  • With Julie Lyonn Lieberman

  • Mixing America (Huiksi, 1996)
  • With Roy Ayers
  • Step into Our Life (Polydor, 1978)
  • With Cosmology

  • Cosmology (Vanguard, 1978)
  • References

    Armen Donelian Wikipedia


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