ED
ALSTROM ,
Itinerant Musician
edalstrom.com and
acidcabaret.com
Welcome to the website! Thanks for stopping by.
NEWS
(see the EVENTS tab for more details)
Ed and Kevin Kiley bring you soul music on WFDU-FM!
EVERY MONDAY from 1pm ~ 4pm
www.wfdu.fm on the internet (streaming
or archived)
89.1 on your FM dial in NY/NJ.
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Friday,
August 8 - 6:30 ~ 9:30pm
Ed (pno/vcls)
SOLO at VINTAGE ITALIAN
9 Westfield Ave W, Roselle Park,
NJ 07204
(908) 445-4520
Me on piano and singing, all kinds of music, tremendous Italian
food, no cover.
SINGERS - come down and sit in!!!
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Thursday,
August 21 - 1:00pm
Ed Alstrom
Trio
Kearny Public Library, 318 Kearny
Avenue, Kearny, NJ 07032
(201) 998-2667 - admission FREE!!!
www.kearnylibrary.org
There's a new outdoor garden at the Kearney Library, and we'll be
helping to christen it. The gig will be outside
in this beautiful venue, weather permitting, and if not we'll be inside.
There will probably be a liberal dose of Acid Cabaret hits plus some straight
up jazz, and who knows what.
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THE HARMONIOUS FIVE DEBUT CD:
"Wanna Hear You Say Yeah!"
"VINTAGE R&B" - see the
EVENTS TAB for more details.
AVAILABLE at CDBABY.COM,
AMAZON.COM,
or iTUNES
- NOW!!!
Ed Alstrom (guitar), Dave Keyes (piano), Mark Berger (bass), Frank
Pagano (drums) -
all singing, all the time!
www.harmoniousfive.com for
more info on the band!
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ED'S ORGAN CD IS AVAILABLE TOO!!!
Available
for purchase at:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/EdAlstrom1
- packaged CD
http://www.digstation.com/EdAlstrom
- download of individual tracks or the whole album
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- Ed provides organ music for the recent
hit movie "42" (the Jackie Robinson story). He was called on
to replicate the organ sounds of Gladys Gooding, who played organ at Ebbets
Field in the 1940s. Listen for Ed during the scenes when Jackie first
joins the Dodgers, and look for his name in the end music credits!
- Ed in in his second year as Organist/Music Director at PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH IN WESTFIELD, Westfield, NJ! He is directing a big program including
multiple vocal, children's, and handbell choirs. Visit us and hear the
sounds at www.westfieldpc.org.
- Ed's work with his fine choir at his former church, CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER
in Morristown, NJ, can still be viewed at www.youtube.com/redeemermorristown
- Ed is in his fourth year as Accompanist (pno/org/gtr) and Choir Director
at TEMPLE NER TAMID in Bloomfield, NJ. He will accompany services on most
Friday nights and Saturday mornings. See http://www.nertamid.org
for more details.
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Ed played organ on harmonica great Rob Paparozzi's GRAMMY-NOMINATED
new CD, "Etruscan Soul" (go to http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/robpaparozzi
for more details).
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YANKEE
BASEBALL!
Ed is in his 10th season as Weekend Organist at Yankee Stadium.
Click here
to hear the legendary Bob Sheppard introduce Ed's traditional
7th inning rendition.
This version is on the old Hammond at Yankee Stadium from 2004
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And now BOULDERS BASEBALL too!!!
Ed was asked to provide organ at many games for the ROCKLAND BOULDERS.
The Boulders play at the
beautiful new Provident Bank Park in Pomona, NY. They are members of the
independent CAN-AM League
(NJ Jackals are also in this league). The park is gorgeous, the team is
good, and the games are fun-fun-fun!
The games Ed can't do are ably covered by Maxine.
Stop
by the Boulders site and check things out! Most games are broadcast live
on the site.
www.rocklandboulders.com
There are many clips of Ed playing
live in various contexts on YOUTUBE!
Go to www.youtube.com, and search "ed alstrom", and you'll find
'em!
revised 8/1/14