Leslie Pintchik Trio

Leslie Pintchik-Piano / Scott Hardy-Bass / Michael Sarin-Drums

Before embarking on a career in music, jazz pianist and composer Leslie Pintchik was a teaching assistant in English literature at Columbia University, where she also received her Master of Philosophy degree in seventeenth-century English literature. She first surfaced on the Manhattan scene in a trio with legendary bassist Red Mitchell at Bradley’s, and in the ensuing years Pintchik formed her own trio which performs regularly at New York City and East Coast jazz venues that have included Jazz At Kitano, Bar Next Door, the Blue Note, Cornelia Street Cafe, 55 Bar, Smalls, Knickerbocker Bar and Grill, Alvin and Friends Restaurant, Scullers Jazz Club and the Side Door, among others.

Her CD You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl! reached number 4 in the country for radio spins on JazzWeek, and also remained in the top 10 for five weeks. Two tracks from Pintchik’s CDs were included in the soundtrack of Orson Welles’ final movie, The Other Side of the Wind (released in 2018).