​CRAIG JASTER

American pianist, vocalist, and composer Craig Jaster radiates warmth, wit, and seasoned disregard for boundaries between jazz, blues, swing, and soul. A subtle, searching lyricist with a wry sense of humor, his compositions and piano playing range in styles from blues-with-a-twist shuffles, sambas, and New Orleans style funk to melodic instrumental poems. He is also an outside-the-box, thoughtful interpreter of the Great American Songbook. Whether seated alone at the piano, picking songs out of the blue to suit the mood and the moment, or leading his outstanding quartet in a dynamic two hour show, he is always 110% present, committed to the music and to the audience.  

A longtime resident of New Hampshire, he moved to Europe in 2017, and now divides his time between New Hampshire and Grosseto, Italy. ​