The Michael Blum Trio will be performing a selection of jazz standards and original compositions.

The Michael Blum Trio is the first group led by jazz guitarist and Dartmouth student Michael Blum ‘15. In February 2014, Blum released his debut album, Initiation, which All About Jazz calls “a stellar debut,” and author Scott Yanow calls, “a strong debut from Michael Blum, a guitarist who will clearly have an important future in jazz.” Blum also received a rave review in DownBeat Magazine, which compares him favorably to, “Kenny Burrell, Charlie Byrd, Jim Hall, Johnny Smith, Emily Remler…or Columbia-era George Benson.” DownBeat calls Blum “an articulate player who executes with clarity…[and] shows unusual maturity.”