Dan Pugach Nonet GRAMMY® nominated and ASCAP Jazz Composer Award-winning New York City drummer & composer returns to the BLU stage with his critically-acclaimed 10-piece band!

Dan Pugach is a GRAMMY® nominated drummer and composer living in Brooklyn, NY. He was born in Raanana, Israel and moved to the United States in 2006.
 
He served as the drummer for The Air Force Band in the IDF while attending the Rimon School of Jazz at the same time.
 
He received a Bachelor of Music Degree from Berklee College of Music, where he studied with Terri Lynn Carrington, Hal Crook, and Joe Lovano, and an M.A in music from the City College of New York, where he studied with Mike Holober and Scott Reeves.
 

 
In 2011 Dan was a recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award for his Nonet piece “Discourse This!”. In the same year he participated in the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program at the Kennedy Center, where he worked with Curtis Fuller, Nathan Davis and George Cables. In 2013 he received another ASCAP Jazz Composer Award for his Nonet piece “Brooklyn Blues”.
 
The Dan Pugach Nonet, his 9-piece ensemble which features Dan’s original compositions, has already won two ASCAP Jazz Composer Awards, a prestigious residency at the Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington D.C and a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Arrangement, Instruments with Vocals, alongside vocalist Nicole Zuraitis, his wife.
 

“What I like the most about the sound and concept of Dan’s Nonet is that the playing and the writing is selfless. It’s all about the music. The writing is on point, sharp, concise and so is everybody’s playing. Beautiful album…”
—Antonio Sanchez

 
This ensemble tours regularly and has played at Bird’s Eye Basel, The Zone in Tel Aviv, Blue Note Jazz, The 55bar, Smalls Jazz Club, The Jazz Loft, The Jazz Estate, Stowe Jazz Festival among respected Performing Arts Cheaters across the nation.
 
This year he is a participant at the BMI Jazz Composer Workshop directed by Andy Farber.
 
Don’t miss this exciting NYC artist and his all-star band in their return to BLU, get your tickets now!
 

$20 ($10 student w/ ID at door)