David
Rozenblatt’s talents have drawn him to all corners of the globe and
all styles of music, performing in the world’s most revered concert
halls as well as intimate nightclubs. He has performed and collaborated with
some of the finest talents in Pop, Jazz and Classical including Barry Manilow,
with whom he recorded his latest CD, The Greatest Songs of the 70’s,
and two chart topping DVDs, Music and Passion and
First and Farewell. Barry’s latest Christmas recording, In
The Swing Of Christmas, features MaD Fusion, David’s
inspired collaboration with virtuoso pianist Matt Herskowitz and bassist Mat
Fieldes, with whom he tours nationally and internationally. MaD Fusion’s
debut CD, entitled Forget Me Not - Herskowitz Rozenblatt Project
featuring Lew Soloff (Disques Tout Crin) was released to rave reviews and
was nominated for the Felix Award for “Best Jazz CD”. David performed
and/or collaborated with Paul Simon, Usher, Baby Face, Cindy Lauper, Donna
Summer, Suzzane Somers, Judy Collins, Micky Dolenz, Jon Secada, Katherine
McPhee, Jennifer Hudson, Audra McDonald, The Ronettes, Paul Shaffer, Will
Lee, Dave Koz, Joe Zawinul, Paquito D’Rivera, Ornette Coleman, Napoleon
Murphy Brock, Mike Keneally, Mark Egan, Pierre Boulez, Dimitri Hvorostovsky,
Vladimir Spivakov and Elliot Carter. David has performed at Madison Square
Garden, Nassau Coliseum, the Meadowlands, Gund Arena, Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan
Opera House, Avery Fisher Hall, England’s Blenheim Palace, Japan’s
Santori Hall, and London’s Barbican.
On Television, Mr. Rozenblatt can be seen performing on The 22nd Annual Rock n’ Roll Hall Of Fame, The 2006 Emmy Awards, The 2006 American Music Awards, Late Show With David Letterman, A&E’s Live By Request, PBS’s “Soundstage”, ABC’s Good Morning America, The Ellen Show and BBC Television.
As a drummer and composer for the critically acclaimed and Grammy Award nominated Absolute Ensemble, Mr. Rozenblatt can be heard on the group’s eight released CDs and serves as producer on Fix (2002, Enja) and Absolute’s latest CD entitled Arabian Nights (2007) featuring the great Marcel Khalife. David is also featured on many albums of various genres featuring renowned artists, and on the soundtrack recordings for the feature films The Chamber, Wide Awake, You’ve Got Mail, Swat and Perfume.
On Broadway, Mr. Rozenblatt performed in Swan Lake, Smokey Joe’s Café, Sunset Boulevard, The King and I, Miss Saigon, Elton John’s Aida, Jim Steinman’s Dance Of The Vampires featuring Michael Crawford, and Legally Blonde. He has performed with the Met Orchestra, NYC Opera and Ballet, St. Luke's Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Jupiter Symphony, Concordia Orchestra, EOS, Moscow Chamber Symphony, the Moscow Virtuosi, and premiered Mark Anthony Turnage’s Blood On The Floor (originally written for Peter Erskine) as soloist with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in Australia in 2005.
Mr. Rozenblatt received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School where he became a founding member of the critically acclaimed New York Percussion Quartet. Born in the Ukraine, he moved to the United States at the age of four and one year later began playing drums professionally. He began his formal training at the Kaufman Cultural Center in New York City and, following graduation, was appointed to the faculty - a position he held for over ten years. Mr. Rozenblatt also devotes his time to recording and producing music from his recording studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
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