Ed Alstrom
Sat, Jun 15
|Dover
YANKEE BASEBALL: FROM THE (ORGAN) BENCH
Time & Location
Jun 15, 2024, 8:00 PM
Dover, 158 W Clinton St, Dover, NJ 07801, USA
About the event
North Jersey Blues Society Showcase Series features Ed Alstrom.  Ed Alstrom is in his 21st season as the Organist at Yankee Stadium. In this presentation, he will talk about that job, demonstrate how it gets done, and tell stories about his experiences at the Stadium. After the presentation and a short break, Ed will play a set of music on the organ. Ed has had a rich and extremely diverse musical career. He is currently the Music Director/Organist at Central Presbyterian Church in Montclair and Accompanist/Choir Director at Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield. Ed is a graduate of Westminster Choir College. He continues to play all kinds of music on all kinds of gigs in the NJ/NY area. Ed has performed with Bette Midler, Chuck Berry, Leonard Bernstein, Herbie Hancock, Odetta, Dion, Ronnie Spector, Zubin Mehta, Steely Dan, Blood Sweat and Tears, and many other notables.