pianist - composer - arranger

Praise

“Caelan Cardello is a natural…a great talent with an innate ability to communicate with other musicians and with the audience, his playing is uplifting and effervescent.”

— bill charlap

“EVERY JAZZ AFICIONADO WILL SURELY KNOW HIS NAME IN 5 YEARS”

— bob ludwig

“CAELAN HAS PHENOMENAL TECHNIQUE ALLOWING HIM GREAT INDEPENDENCE BETWEEN BOTH HIS HANDS. HE’S INVESTIGATED THE WHOLE HISTORY OF JAZZ PIANO AND IS ABLE TO INCORPORATE CONCEPTS FROM OSCAR PETERSON TO BRAD MEHLDAU AND BEYOND.”

— dave kikoski

All Through The Night

-Cole Porter

The 2023 American Pianists Awards Gala Finals

Cecile McLorin Salvant - Vocal

Caelan Cardello - Piano

Caelan Cardello trio

-live at mezzrow

Featuring

hank allen barfield - drums

jonathon muir cotton - bass

View fullsize It’s taken me a bit to process what a week I had in the end of November. As I was finishing up a set of music with Rufus a few Sundays ago, he spoke at the end about the importance of keeping this music alive and passing it down to the upcoming
View fullsize Getting ready to ship out the new CD’s! Have you bought yours yet? Available for purchase on my website now! You can also purchase a CD in person tomorrow at Our Lady of Consolation church in Wayne NJ, where Rufus and I will be performing ano
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