Laura Klein

Wel­come to my music web­site! I much pre­fer play­ing music to talk­ing about it, so I hope you’ll go to the record­ings page and lis­ten to the clips there.

I feel very lucky to have been per­form­ing jazz pro­fes­sion­ally for over thirty years. It’s a spe­cial, unique form of music that allows the per­former to cre­ate in the moment, in your own per­sonal way. Every jazz impro­vi­sa­tion is a chance to go on a lit­tle adven­ture, and take the other play­ers and the audi­ence with you. When every­one on the band­stand is on the same wave­length, magic hap­pens, and it’s great to be a part of it!

I have played in all kinds of groups and contexts-from solo piano, duos and trios, to accom­pa­ny­ing vocal­ists and horn play­ers, to large ensem­bles and big bands. I love inter­pret­ing the great jazz stan­dards, but play­ing and writ­ing orig­i­nal music is espe­cially close to my heart.

Two of my cur­rent projects are the quin­tet Five­Play and Laura Klein/Ted Wolff duo where you can hear sam­ples of these, as well as other things that I have done.

To con­tact me about book­ings, get noti­fi­ca­tions of upcom­ing per­for­mances, or order CD’s, email me or call (510) 845‑6619.