Nick Puin Band Join us for a swingin' evening at BLU as we celebrate some of the very best of the Great American Songbook, including songs made popular by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme, Sarah Vaughan & more! Featuring Nick Puin, Dave Zamos, Steve Stanziano, John Klayman.

Northeast Ohio native drummer, bandleader and composer, Nick Puin, brings his fabulous quintet to “Jazz Central” for an intimate evening of swingin’ standards!
 
A graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Puin’s compositions and arrangements have been performed by members of The Cleveland Orchestra, The Cleveland Chamber Symphony, The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, The Singing Angels, The Bop Stop Jazz Unit & more!
 
Take a stroll down memory lane with the band’s renditions of classic tunes like, “Exactly Like You,” “Time After Time,” “Polka Dots & Moonbeams,” and “The Best Is Yet to Come.”
 
Celebrate the return of this wonderful drummer & his band with a special night in the BLU Zone – see you there!
 

About Nick Puin

A native Clevelander, Nicholas Puin holds a Bachelor’s of Music Composition Degree from The Berklee College of Music, a Master’s of Music Composition and an Ohio Teaching Certificate from Cleveland State University. His compositions and arrangements have been performed by members of The Cleveland Orchestra, The Cleveland Chamber Symphony, The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, The Singing Angels, The Bop Stop Jazz Unit and most recently, The Baldwin-Wallace University and The Case-Western Reserve University Jazz Ensembles.
 
Some of his works have been commissioned for radio and television commercial advertising recordings, recordings by local recording artists as well as formal concert performances by various local ensembles. Mr. Puin has taught General and Instrumental Music for The Beachwood City Schools, The Maple Heights City Schools and most recently The Berea and Strongsville City Schools. He currently serves as The Director of Percussion for The Strongsville High School Marching Band. In addition, he has been a substitute percussionist for The Strongsville Community Band since 2002 and has been a drum instructor at Motter’s Music in Lyndhurst since 1975. He also leads his own ensemble, The Nick Puin Band and is the Music Director of The Italian Band of Cleveland.
 

$15 (Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or 48-hour negative test required)*