Professor Blenzig
Piano/Keyboards, Music Theory
Professor Charles Blenzig is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator. In the mid-80s Blenzig joined the legendary Gil Evans’ Monday Night Orchestra that performed weekly at Sweet Basil Jazz Club. Blenzig has performed with Michael Brecker, Marcus Miller, Bill Evans (saxophonist with Miles Davis), Hiram Bullock, Lew Soloff, Kenwood Dennard, Eddie Gomez, Dave Weckle, Joe Locke, Harvey Mason, Joe Beck, and Italian rapper Jovanotti, among others. Blenzig has been musical director for singer/songwriter Michael Franks since 1990, and for the late Latin jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri. Blenzig has toured extensively throughout the world as a leader and sideman including South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Republic of Georgia, Europe and Korea.
Professor Blenzig was a member of the SUNY Purchase Conservatory Jazz Department faculty along with Jon Faddis, Hal Galper, John Abercrombie and Todd Coolman.