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About||the baseball player|Jon Weber (baseball)|other uses|John Weber (disambiguation)!John WeberInfobox musical artist |name = Jon Weber|image = Jonweberpiano.jpg|image_size =|caption = Jazz Virtuoso Jon Weber|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist|instrument = Piano, Synthesizer|genre = Jazz , Post Bop , Fusion (music)|Fusion , Stride |occupation = Jazz pianist and composer|years_active = 1979–present|label = 2nd Century Jazz Jon Weber is a New York City and Chicago -based jazz piano|pianist and composer (born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1961) whose compositions and performances have met critical and popular acclaim in many countries around the world. Largely self-taught, Weber has Absolute pitch|perfect pitch and remarkable melodic recall. He currently serves as host of Piano Jazz Rising Stars on NPR .
Weber began playing at a very young age, lived and performed for many years in Chicago, and now resides in New York City. He has performed and recorded with a broad range of musicians in the United States , Europe , India , Japan and Australia .
His album "Jazz Wagon" was released in 1993,cite web|title =Jon Weber: Biography |first=Matt|last=Collar |publisher=Allmusic| url =Allmusic|class=artist|id=p165640|pure_url=yes |accessdate =2010-09-24 followed by a live album, "Flying Keys", and "It's Never Quite the Same" an album of tunes by composers Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. His most recent album, Simple Complex , features his own compositions. It was released in 2004 with Weber on piano, drummer Mark Walker, Eric Alexander (jazz saxophonist)|Eric Alexander on sax, trumpeters Diego Urcola and Roy Hargrove , bassists Avishai Cohen (bassist)|Avishai Cohen , Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Peter Washington and Gary Burton on vibraphone .
Weber has appeared on many broadcasts including NPR's Piano Jazz with pianist Marian McPartland , and Jazz Inspired with Judy Carmichael. In January 2012 he began hosting an updated version of the popular Piano Jazz program, now called Piano Jazz Rising Stars on National Public Radio , replacing Ms. McPartland, who stepped down from her longtime hosting duties in the fall of 2011.
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http://www.npr.org/series/145131718/piano-jazz-rising-stars NPR Piano Jazz Rising Stars
http://www.scetv.org/index.php/piano_jazz_rising_stars/information/program_descriptions Piano Jazz Rising Stars program descriptions
http://www.jonwebermusic.com Jon Weber's website
http://www.scetv.org/index.php/piano_jazz_rising_stars Piano Jazz Rising Stars
http://footprintsmusic.blogspot.com/2008/05/jon-weber-piano-for-kids-bmw-edge.html Melbourne Jazz Festival: Jon Weber Does Piano for Kids
http://clients.37three.com/Events/Melbourne-Jazz-2008/Jon-Weber/4891490_zNML5m/6/291869641_a3jwK#291853080_MHRud Photos: Jon Weber Piano for Kids
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