The art of the swinging jazz piano trio is alive and well in the hands of Joe Alterman. The young jazz pianist was born and raised in Atlanta, and moved to New York City in 2007 to study music at NYU. Since then, he has emerged as one of the finest traditional pianists of his generation, having performed with Les McCann, Houston Person and Tony Middleton, and shared the stage with Ramsey Lewis, John Pizzarelli and Hiromi, among others. Houston Person, one of Alterman’s musical mentors says, “Joe has a great sense of what is most meaningful in the history and tradition of our music, and a real solid musical vision of where he wants to take it.” The Joe Alterman Trio consists of Kevin Smith on bass and Justin Chesarek on drums.