About One of the Best Pianists in New Jersey for Your Event: Meet Arnie Abrams
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Arnie Abrams, one of the best pianists in New Jersey, is a professional piano player located in central Freehold, NJ. Arnie started playing piano at the early age of 5. At that young age, he began copying the hand movements of his father, an accomplished, self-taught pianist in his own right. His dad played exclusively by ear, and despite the fact that he could not read a single note, Howard Abrams knew and could play thousands of songs, all by ear.
Arnie also realized that he was blessed with perfect pitch, which helps him enormously when he works with many of the talented New Jersey musicians and vocalists.Howard’s musical signature was his high-energy ‘Harlem Stride‘ style, which Arnie ‘inherited’, and is what he is known for in the local New Jersey, metro New York City & Philadelphia area today, along with his talented ear for picking up songs quickly and playing them after just hearing them once or twice on the radio.
Now, as one of the most highly acclaimed piano players in NJ, Arnie has been performing at all types of events for over 20 years.
Arnie studied classical, pop and jazz piano in his early years in New Haven, and later in the Buffalo, New York area. Longing to play the more popular tunes, Arnie’s dad taught him how to play by “ear” (without the use of sheet music) and taught him many of the most wonderful standards that were so popular during his musical golden era (the Great American Song Book).
This NJ Pianist later worked as a booking agent and performing musician for Richard Neal Productions in Hamden, CT, where he learned the wedding and music business and worked with some of the finest musicians and vocalists in many different and diverse venues. Arnie began his musical career in the New Haven, CT area, playing piano in many restaurants and piano bars including The Recovery Room Restaurant (an upscale restaurant & bar that was connected to a hospital!), Tandom’s, The Summit House, 500 Blake Street, and App’s Ristorante in his hometown of West Haven, just to name a few.
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