Ed Bazel

Ed Bazel is an American pianist and composer. He won a Hollywood Independent Music Award in 2023 and was nominated for a Josie Music Award for Musician of the Year in 2025. He founded the River of Calm Headphones and led a fundraising drive that has provided patients with wireless, rechargeable headphones that stream tranquil music while undergoing chemotherapy at all seven Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center locations. He began taking piano lessons at five years old and later studied under Lou Levy, Joe Harnell, and Clare Fischer. He earned a Business Degree from Marshall University and a Computer Programming Degree from the University of Kentucky.

Career Bazel has released six studio albums; Bella Piano (2013), Homecoming (2021), The London Sessions: Reflections From Studio 2 (2022), The London Sessions: New Perspectives from Studio 2 (2024), The Christmas Sessions: Season's Greeting in Studio 2 (2024), and A Weekend in Marin (2025), which have received favorable reviews. In 2023, The London Sessions: Reflections From Studio 2 charted at #6 on the New Age chart.

Bazel began composing music in the early 1980s and in 1984 co-wrote "Cat Rap" for the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team which received a fair amount of airplay. He performed solo piano shows throughout the 1980s and 1990s at venues including the Beverly Hills Country Club and the Ritz-Carlton in Los Angeles. In 1991, he performed in Beijing, as a band member of Pegasus.

Bazel became a producer of corporate events for companies providing concert artists, comedians, and speakers in over 25 countries. In 2001, he was elected President of the Nashville Association of Talent Directors. In 2014, he was nominated for an International Entertainment Buyers Association Award for Corporate Talent Buyer of the Year. He later launched the River of Calm Headphones and led a fundraising drive that has provided patients with wireless, rechargeable headphones that stream tranquil music while undergoing chemotherapy at all seven Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center locations. He has also volunteered as a pianist for patients in the waiting room at Henry-Joyce Cancer Clinic at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Bazel is an artistic collaborator with the SENSE Theatre intervention research program, composing music for the program which focuses on enhancing social competence in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. In 2025, he was awarded a COVR Visionary Gold Award. 2025 - A Weekend in Marin 2024 - The Christmas Sessions: Season's Greeting in Studio 2 2024 - The London Sessions: New Perspectives from Studio 2 2022 - The London Sessions: Reflections From Studio 2 2021 - Homecoming 2013 - Bella Piano

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