Southern Connecticut/NYC Metro area
Tobin Mueller is a composer, interpretive pianist and NYC Dramatist Guild playwright. He has appeared on over 35 albums. His latest recording, INSTEAD OF HEAVEN, is a collection of original solo piano meditations inspired by Greek myths. The music ranges from New Age to post-bop, melding Romanticism, Impressionism and Jazz. “Inventive, sensual, flowing with grace and contemplative ease,” writes one reviewer. “Challenging yet accessible, Mueller’s music is never predictable and always takes us someplace new and surprising.”
His most notable collection may be THE MASTERWORKS TRILOGY, in which he interprets Bach, Chopin and Debussy, respectively. FLOW (the Bach double album) includes 2 original piano jazz suites Mueller composed as an homage - the album was listed among Fanfare Magazine’s 2015 Notable Recordings. OF TWO MINDS (the Chopin album) includes 3 original sonatas inspired by Chopin Preludes - listed among Fanfare Magazine’s 2016 Notable Recordings. The 3rd in the trilogy, IMPRESSIONS OF WATER AND LIGHT, was awarded Album of The Year by SoloPiano.com (in the “Other” category - Mueller’s cross-genre work is difficult to categorize.) Other notable piano albums include: AFTERWORDS, 13 MASKS and MORNING WHISPERS. Mueller’s Christmas album, MIDWINTER BORN, has season appeal, as well.
Mueller’s recordings swing from solo piano to combo jazz to Big Band funk. He has worked with Grammy winners Dave Brubeck, Ron Carter (COME IN FUNKY), Michael Hedges (WONDER), Donny McCaslin (last collaborator with David Bowie), blues guitarist Paul Nelson (STANDARD DEVIATIONS), Jon Anderson (from Yes), Janet Planet, Maynard Ferguson, Brian Welch (”Head” from Korn), Scott Rockenfield (Queensrÿche), Woody Mankowski (WHAT SURVIVES) and countless other musicians from around the globe. RAIN BATHER won Best Jazz Album in 2009. He has been a featured performer on NPR, BBC Radio and AllAboutJazz many times.
As a playwright, he has staged 5 shows in Manhattan, toured the world, and been involved in several artistic multi-genre collaborations involving the Internet. He founded the ArtsForge Collaborative Artist Community back in 1998. He’s won awards for music, poetry and environmental commitment (UNEP 1994 Roll of Honor).
“Tobin Mueller proves his originality, his inquisitiveness as a musician and a thinker, and his fluid, full throttle energy as a pianist. One continually has the sense that the piano is Mueller’s alter ego, and when he sits down to play, to arrange or improvise, he is engaging in an exciting dialogue of discovery with his inner self.” - Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold, Fanfare Magazine
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