Joe Block Quintet – Album Release Show

Joe Block Quintet at Black Cat celebrates the pianist, composer, and bandleader’s debut album There Is Always Hope — his first record built entirely from original compositions, released September 25 on Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine Records after seven years of writing and collaboration. Block is a finalist for the American Pianists Association’s prestigious jazz piano competition and the 2024 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award recipient, recognized by Jazz at Lincoln Center as one of “jazz’s most promising young composers,” with credits that include performing with Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Gary Bartz, and serving as associate musical director and pianist for George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck on Broadway. He leads trumpeter Noah Halpern, saxophonist Dylan Band, bassist Sam Harris, and drummer Miguel Russell through the album’s sharp interplay and emotional range over a three-night run.