Isaiah J. Thompson

7P SHOW | DOORS AT 5P
9:30P SHOW | DOORS AT 9P

American Pianist Award's 2023 winner Isaiah J. Thompson is celebrating his new Mack Avenue Records album, The Book of Isaiah: Modern Jazz Ministry, with a special album release tour. Inspired by the profound sacred-jazz legacies of Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams, Thompson's latest work chronicles his own transformative journey of faith through a captivating blend of swing and blues, all while showcasing his masterful command of jazz tradition. Dedicated listeners will undoubtedly recognize echoes of jazz titans like Ellington, Williams, and Coltrane within this life-affirming collection.

Isaiah J. Thompson is a jazz pianist, composer and bandleader from West Orange, New Jersey. He began studying at The Calderone School of Music at an early age, and soon after continued his studies with Jazz House Kids and NJPAC Jazz For Teens. He received both his bachelor’s and master’s from The Juilliard School, was awarded the 2018 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award and earned Second Place in the 2018 Thelonious Monk (now Herbie Hancock) Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition. Isaiah has since performed with major artists including Ron Carter, John Pizzarelli, Christian McBride, Steve Turre and Buster Williams. He was featured on the Golden Globe-nominated soundtrack for "Motherless Brooklyn" and was named a Steinway Artist. Isaiah made his recording debut on Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine Records’ release, “Handful of Keys” with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and he released his debut album as a leader, "Isaiah J. Thompson Plays the Music of Buddy Montgomery" in 2020.