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Edward Alstrom

Itinerant Musician and Musical Disaster Relief Specialist

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

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ARTICLES!

PINSTRIPEALLEY.COM did a piece on Ed!

PINSTRIPESNATION.COM did a piece!

Ed's Alma Mater, Westminster Choir College (via Rider University) did a piece!

TAPINTO.NET, too!
GIGS!!
ED ALSTROM - Solo piano & Vocals

Thursday, August 29, 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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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 - SETS AT 7p and 830p

THE WONDER TRIO!
Ed Alstrom (organ), Al Orlo (guitar), Bobby Deitch (drums).
We play all Stevie Wonder tunes, instrumentally!

JAZZ AT THE LODGE

118 Croton Ave. Ossining, New York 10562
jazzatthelodge@gmail.com
Tel: (917) 488-7187
$10.00 CASH COVER

Obviously, Stevie’s music is even more fun to play than it is to listen to. This group  does a mix of the hits and some lesser known things, without the vocals, and it doesn’t hurt the music one bit not to have them, because they’ll be playing in your mind! 

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 - 4PM ~ 8 PM

TWO GUYS
Ed Alstrom (piano/vocals) and Dennis Diken (drums/vocals)
HOOVER'S TAVERN  960 Tabor Rd, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
(973) 538-4476
If you like 50s/60s/70s classics and rarities, this is for YOU! Ed and longtime pal/Smithereens drummer Dennis Diken blast through dozens of amazing 60s songs, in a show that is fun fun fun, at a great pub!

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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:
BLUES PEOPLE in the BAND catrgory
ED ALSTROM in the SOLO category!
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.

CROSSROADS, 78 North Ave., Garwood, NJ 07027
(908) 232-5666

More details to follow!

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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.

Thursday, July 18 - Monticello, NY (Crawford Library)
Monday, July 22, 3p - Bronxville, NY
Wednesday, July 24, 2p - Yonkers, NY                                                Wednesday, July 31, 6:30p - Bernardsville, NJ 
Thursday. August 8, 1p - Ridgewood, NJ
Tuesday, August 20, 630p - Little Falls, NJ
Wednesday, August 21, 6p - New Milford, NJ
Monday, August 26, 7p - Scotch Plains, NJ 
Sunday, September 22, 1p - YOGI BERRA MUSEUM, Montclair, NJ
Tuesday, September 24 - Ocean County, NJ
Wednesday, September 25 - New Milford, NJ
Monday, October 28, 4p - Tappan, NY
Thursday, November 7 - Greenwood Lake, NJ
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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