Grammy Nominated and Juilliard trained, David Linard shares his love for timeless feel-good music as a pianist, composer, educator, and musical director

As a long-time member of Sammy Miller and the Congregation, David has traversed the globe, performing at renowned venues such as the Monterey Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Jazz à Juan, Jazz à Megève, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, SF Jazz, and the Bowery Ballroom.

When he’s at home in New York City, you can often catch him playing with the trumpeter Wayne Tucker and his band, Wayne Tucker and the Bad Mothas. Joined by Addison Frei on the keys, this double keyboard band plays jazz clubs around the city.

In the past, David has presented in schools across the five boroughs of NYC as a member of Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jazz for Young People program, and has served as a musical director in Ars Nova's Makers Lab program.

In 2015, he earned his MM from the Juilliard School, studying under the tutelage of Kenny Barron and Frank Kimbrough, while closely collaborating with Wynton Marsalis.

In 2023, Linard released his debut record, "Nearsighted." Although this marked his first endeavor as a bandleader, he is no stranger to the recording studio. In 2020, Linard received his first Grammy nomination for his contributions to Derek Bermel's "Migrations." In 2022, he released "Storytime," a collaborative project with fellow Juilliard graduates Dan Stein and Dag Markus. Moreover, David has showcased his piano and harmonica skills on Sammy Miller and the Congregation's albums, including their latest work, "Leaving Egypt" (2020), and their self-titled mixtape (2018). In 2017, he played drums on Gracie and Rachel's self-titled debut album, which made Bob Boilen's list of top 10 albums of 2017 and NPR's top 100 albums of the same year.

Image by Birgit Buchart at Prosper Pianos in BK, NY