Bert Seager | Jazz Piano

“Seager is one of our most valuable local treasures, and his music is always well considered.”
— Steve Elman, The Arts Fuse

“There’s not only smart and well-crafted modern jazz present, but innate beauty and serene confidence in Seager’s music.”
— Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

“Seager has distilled his lyrical approach into perfectly balanced and unfailingly beautiful music full of quiet subtleties.”
— Ed Hazell, The Boston Phoenix

“Seager’s group balances fresh immediacy and a whiff of nostalgia.”
— John S. Wilson, New York Times

“Seager, unafraid to use space, achieves tension and interest through sophisticated melodic design and piquant harmonic thinking.”
— David Kane, Cadence Magazine

“Seager is one of our most valuable local treasures, and his music is always well considered.”
— Steve Elman, The Arts Fuse

“Seager, unafraid to use space, achieves tension and interest through sophisticated melodic design and piquant harmonic thinking.”
— David Kane, Cadence Magazine

“Seager has distilled his lyrical approach into perfectly balanced and unfailingly beautiful music full of quiet subtleties.”
— Ed Hazell, The Boston Phoenix

“There’s not only smart and well-crafted modern jazz present, but innate beauty and serene confidence in Seager’s music.”
— Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

“Seager’s group balances fresh immediacy and a whiff of nostalgia.”
— John S. Wilson, New York Times

Thanks for stopping by.

I’ve posted some videos here, and a blog, where you will perhaps notice the intersection of music, dharma, world events and nature, as a path of discovery and interconnection.

Besides finding my albums on Spotify, Apple Music and the other services, they are now download-able for free from this site.

At the core is live music, and so I am excited and grateful to be playing with my quartet “Heart of Hearing” on the first Wednesday of every month at the Lilypad in Cambridge, MA and two Thursdays a month at Spice Thai Kitchen in Ipswich, MA. The “Schedule” page has all the details.

I send out a few brief emails each year. If you are interested please sign up at the bottom of this page.

Yours in harmony,

New album: Kindness

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Album cover for Bert Seager's Heart of Hearing album, Kindess

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Left to right: Dor Herskovits (drums), Bert Seager (piano), Rick DiMuzio (tenor saxophone), Andrew Schiller (upright bass).

Photo of Bert taken by Joanne Ciccarello. Photo of band taken by Isabel Roeder.

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What joy brings

June 29, 2026

Dear friends,

In reflecting on the need to open to the vast suffering in this world right now,
I sense and am grateful for the heart’s natural response, the arising of compassion.
and simultaneously, the knowledge that I cannot take for granted my extreme good fortune ….

Of course there are profoundly troubling things –
harsh injustice and deeply broken systems
illness, loss, and grief

But I want to land where I am, trusting the power of friendship and listening to bring us together.
How the sharing of joy offers meaning to me, I feel its tangible support and how this love lets me open to more and more of life.
…..

This week at Spice Thai Kitchen I will be playing piano trio jazz with my friends
Sean Farias on upright bass and Dor Herskovits on drums.
Trio playing can offer a bit of open space – not always needing as much arranging
or volume as quartet playing sometimes does. And the joy of the three way conversation holds
a kind of balance that both depends on and supports reflective listening as we play – and hopefully as you listen along with us.

Please join us, this Thursday evening, July 2 at 7:00 PM

Spice Thai Kitchen
15 Depot Square
Ipswich
(978) 356 – 1828 – for reservations.

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New album: Kindness

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