Theo Bleckmann
photo: Lynne Harty
A jazz singer and new music composer of eclectic tastes and prodigious gifts, GRAMMY®-nominated THEO BLECKMANN makes music that is accessibly sophisticated, unsentimentally emotional, and seriously playful, leading his work to be described as “from another planet” (New York Times), as “magical, futuristic,” (AllAboutJazz), “limitless” (Citypaper, Philadelphia) “transcendent” (Village Voice) and “brilliant” (New York Magazine).
Bleckmann, who has been residing in New York City since 1989, has released a series of gorgeous and irreverent albums, including his highly acclaimed "Hello Earth - the Music of Kate Bush." In recent years, he has appeared as a special guest on recordings by Ambrose Akinmusire for Blue Note Records and Julia Hülsmann’s trio for ECM, and in 2017, ECM released Theo’s recording with his Elegy Quintet, produced by Manfred Eicher. In their album review of “Elegy”, the Wall Street Journal’s called Bleckmann “A jazz vocalist for the 21st Century”.
Bleckmann has collaborated with musicians, artists, actors, and composers, including Laurie Anderson, Uri Caine, Philip Glass, Ann Hamilton, Sheila Jordan, Frances MacDormand, Ben Monder, Michael Tilson Thomas, Kenny Wheeler, John Zorn, the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and, most prominently, Meredith Monk, with whom Bleckmann worked as a core ensemble member for over fifteen years. He has been interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air and appeared on the David Letterman show with Laurie Anderson. In 2015, Bleckmann premiered his commission for the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, and 2016 brought the premieres of two new works to the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics.
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