edalstrom.com

Edward Alstrom

Itinerant Musician and Musical Disaster Relief Specialist

Ed's YouTube channel has LOTS of music for you!
Click HERE to hear it.

Photo by Sonia Braga

Click HERE for the piece CHANNEL-2 NEWS NY ran about Ed, April 12, 2024!

Meet the Yankee Stadium organ player who's fulfilling his childhood dream


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Meet the Yankee Stadium organ player who's fulfilling his childhood dream++++++++++pinstripe alley


Ed's Going To Memphis!!

 The NJBS (North Jersey Blues Society) just held its Local International Blues Challenge on June 30, 2024 at The Stanhope House. 
Ed Alstrom was the winner in the SOLO/DUO category, and will be going to Memphis, TN for the INTERNATION BLUES CHALLENGE on January 7-11, 2025 on Beale Street!

The International Blues Challenge represents the worldwide search for blues bands and solo/duo blues performers ready for the international stage, yet just needing that extra big break. The world’s largest gathering of blues musicians will take place on Beale Street, with over 20 clubs hosting the challengers and fans. In addition to featuring these final rounds of the prestigious blues music competition, the IBC event week will offer seminars, showcases, master classes, film screenings, networking events, book signings, and receptions for blues societies, fans, and professionals.

ED'S NEW MUSIC VIDEO: DON'T CRY AT MY FUNERAL On YouTube NOW!!  https://youtu.be/pYgTuHpLOw8?si=TXH1RjJ77Q-qMAdG

ED'S NEW MUSIC VIDEO:
'DON'T CRY AT MY FUNERAL'

On YouTube NOW!!

https://youtu.be/pYgTuHpLOw8?si=TXH1RjJ77Q-qMAdG

AND LOTS O' GIGS!!
ED ALSTROM - Solo piano & Vocals

Thursday, October 31 (HALLOWEEN!), 6p~8p

SUSHI CAFE, 
555 Passaic Ave, West Caldwell, NJ 
(973) 403-7720 
www.sushicafewestcaldwell.com

Ed plays/sings all kinds of stuff solo at this lovely Sushi restaurant.
Great Japanese food of all types. BYOB. NO cover!

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 - 1PM - 4PM

The John McDermott Band - Sixties Rock & Roll Revue
Playing the best of the Beatles, Stones, Doors, Who, Allman Brothers and more!
Palmer Square, Princeton, NJ

https://palmersquare.com/event/music-fest-sundays/2024-10-06/

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 - 4PM ~ 7 PM

NJBS (NORTH JERSEY BLUES SOCIETY) hosts a fundraiser for the artists that won the IBC BLUES CHALLENGE in JUNE:CROSSROADS, 78 North Ave., Garwood, NJ 07027 (908) 232-5666
BLUES PEOPLE in the BAND catrgory
ED ALSTROM in the SOLO category!

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These artists are going to Memphis in January 2025 to compete nationally, and this event is to raise funds to pay expenses for that trip.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 - 9PM ~ 1AM

Ed with DAVE FIELDS BAND
THE GREAT NOTCH INN, 
400 US-46, Woodland Park, NJ 07424

Dave is a remarkable guitarist/singer, and my longtime associate Don Guinta will be there on drums as well!

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

The John McDermott Band - Sixties Rock & Roll Revue
Playing the best of the Beatles, Stones, Doors, Who, Allman Brothers and more!

TIERNEY'S TAVERN, 136-138 Valley Road., Montclair, New Jersey 
https://www.tierneystavern.com/

Ed plays keys and sings in the 60s R&R free-for-all, with a lot of talented people doing a lot of great songs, in a classic Irish pub with great Guiness!

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 - 6p - 9p

ED SOLO PIANO & VOCALS

LA FAMGILIA RISTORANTE
359 Bloomfield Ave, Caldwell, NJ 07006 - 973-226-3049
www.lafamigliaristorantepizzeria.com


Amazing pepperoni pizaa with hot honey! And Ed banging out your (and his) favorites. BYOB.

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A LATE FALL JAM!
SUNDAY, November 2, 2024 - 1 PM ~ 5 PM
IMPERIAL MUSIC CENTER
48 Appleby Ave, South River, NJ  -  (732) 238-0310
theimperialmusiccenter.com

A MONSTER lineup featuring  Joey Herr, Jimmy Bennett (Levon Helm Band, Ghost Riders, The Bennett Brothers), me on keys/vocals, Pete Bennett on bass and our impresario Scott Twomey on drums. Lots of Allmans, MTB, and other Southern and classic rock. $20 cash at the door.

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Saturday, November 9, 8:00 pm
Robert Hill Band
The Salem Roadhouse Cafe, Union
Salem Roadhouse Cafe, 829 Salem Rd, Union, NJ 07083 
Admission: $20.00 - Students: $15.00
Admission includes snacks, beverages, coffee, tea, desserts
www.roberthillband.com/
Robert is a splendid blues guitarist, and his recent CD is climbing Blues & Gospel charts. The gig features Rae Simone, a spectacular singer. My longtime friend and associate Frank Pagano is the drummer, and that always helps things. NOTE that this is not a bar, it’s a coffeehouse!

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Thursday, November 14, 7-9 pm
ED ALSTROM (p/v) and FRANK PAGANO (d/v)
TWIN DOOR TAVERN, 
122 W Pleasant Ave, Maywood, NJ 07607 - (201) 843-8022 - twindoortavern.com

Eddie and Frankie gon' bang out and sang out 50s-60s tunes and a healthy dose of New Orleans gems. Great food and drink and a cozy vibe!

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Sunday, November 17, 4:30pm
ED ALSTROM SOLO at the MONTCLAIR BREWERY
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101 Walnut St, Montclair, NJ 07042
montclairbrewery.com

TICKETS $10.00 at this link
NJBS (NORTH JERSEY BLUES SOCIETY) monthly Blues & Brews Series features Ed Alstrom.  This event is extra special in that it is also a fundraiser -- all ticket sales will be donated to the artist to help fund the trip to Memphis in January 2025 to complete in the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge representing the North Jersey Blues Society in the solo/duo category.  
Come on out and show your support!

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Saturday, November 30, 730-930p
ROBERT HILL BAND
MONTCLAIR BREWERY
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PRESENTATIONS!

YANKEE BASEBALL: FROM THE (ORGAN) BENCH
with Ed Alstrom

Ed Alstrom is in his 21st season as the Organist at Yankee Stadium. In this breezy and fun hour-long presentation, he talks about that job, demonstrate how it gets done, and tells stories about his fabulous experiences at the Stadium!
Please check these libraries' websites for full details, or drop Ed an email. 

Monday, October 28, 4p - Tappan, NY

Thursday, November 7, 6p - Greenwood Lake, NJ

Sunday, November 24, 2p - Ridgewood, NJ - THIS ONE is a bit different: not the usual multi-media presentation, but a straight-up organ concert of mostly things I play at the Stadium!


Like to have this at your library or other venue?
Drop me an email and we'll talk!

ed@edalstrom.com

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ED ALSTROM
at the 
RAINBOW ROOM WURLITZER THEATER ORGAN
'IT WAS 60 YEARS AGO TODAY - THE HITS OF 1964'

WEDNESDAY,  APRIL 3, 2:00 p.m.

RAHWAY SENIOR CENTER
1306 Esterbrook Avenue, Rahway, NJ - 732-827-2016
FREE!

YOU CAN HERE IT ALL HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fGQqvkV9rc&t=540s

I am so grateful to be back behind the cockpit of the amazing historic instrument! It is quite literally a "Mighty Wurlitzer", and has a sound that defies description, especially if you've never heard one in action. It is a fire-breathing, 3-manual, 10-rank monster of a pipe organ that was originally installed at the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center in NYC in 1934.
This model R16 is one of only two ever made by the Wurlitzer company (the other was installed at the Ambassador Theater in L.A. in 1929). This organ is in its 4th home at the Rahway Senior Center now, and it is all-original and has been lovingly restored piece by piece by the GARDEN STATE THEATER ORGAN SOCIETY (more info on them and the organ itself at www.gstos.org). I did the inaugural recital on this instrument in 2012.

1964 was an amazing and very diverse year in popular music. It is certainly mosty famous for The Beatles making their entrance onto the world stage, dominating the charts for months, only to be supplanted in the number 1 spot by....  Louis Armstrong singing 'Hello Dolly'!!

It is an aural experience you will not soon forget!




ONGOING/GOINGS-ON

What's Alstrom up to?

Ed is Director of Music at CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Montclair, NJ,

At this beautiful and historic church in the heart of Montclair, Ed is playing their magnificent E.M. Skinner/Austin pipe organ, his Hammond X-66, and their Steinway piano, directing their choirs, and facilitating greater congregational and community involvement in the music program. Come and check out a Sunday service at 10am!

Hear the music by clicking HERE

CENTRAL PRESBYETRIAN CHURCH
46 Park St. (corner of Claremont),
Montclair, NJ 07042
www.centralpresbyterian.net

Ed is Accompanist and Choir Director at TEMPLE NER TAMID in Bloomfield, NJ

At this fabulous and highly spiritual schul, Ed plays guitar and piano accompanying the brilliant Cantor Meredith Greenberg, and directs the choirs for holidays and special occasions. Services are Friday evenings and Saturday mornings, in season.

Temple Ner Tamid
936 Broad Street
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
www.nertamid.org

Ed is in his 21st season as Weekend Organist at YANKEE STADIUM!

Ed continues his run at the MIghty HAMMOND E:LEGANTE at YANKEE STADIUM, on Saturdays, Sundays, and some weekdays here and there. A 15-minute spot about an hour before game time, and of course, rousing renditions of "Happy Birthday" in the middle of the 6th, and "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" in the middle of the 7th (all 45,000 fans singing along!).

Info about the team, of course, is at www.yankees.com

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