Pianist, Band Leader, Composer and Music Educator
As a jazz and Latin pianist he has performed with ensembles such as RumbaNaMa, The Boston Latin Band, The Either/Orchestra, Altiplano, Mojive, and the Kinewe African Drum Ensemble as well as renown musicians like Laurel Masse, Fred Wesley, Danilo Perez, and John Fedchock. He currently leads the acclaimed Latin jazz ensemble, Sensemaya
Mr. Gleason studied music education and jazz studies at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, New York. He also studied jazz piano with Capital Region guru Lee Shaw. He has taught Music Theory, I.B. Music, and Jazz Ensemble at the Sayles School of Fine Arts and World Music at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New York.
(518) 273-6577 or at gleasondavid@hotmail.com for
jazz or latin piano lessons,
improvisation instruction
composition lessons
or to book solo, duo, trio jazz performances or Sensemaya
Donna Lee - Solo Piano
Yesterdays - with the Pete Sweeney Quartet
In a Sentimental Mood - with the Kris Farrow Group
Skylark - with the Pete Sweeney Trio
Charanga for Clarinet and Piano (2003)
Piano Suite in Six Movements (2003)
I. Antiguo
II. First Interlude
III. Lagrimas
IV. Winter
V. Second Interlude
VI. Waltz
