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HAROLD M. O'NEAL

Pianist - Composer  - Speaker - Storyteller

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    ALBUMS

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    MARVELOUS FANTASY
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    MAN ON THE STREET
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    WHIRLING MANTIS
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    CHARLIE'S SUITE

    VIDEOS

    HAROLD O'NEAL:

    "PIANO CINEMA"

    JAY Z:
    FOREVER YOUNG

    92Y: 7 DAYS OF GENIUS

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    HBO: BOARDWALK EMPIRE

    TEDX MONTREAL

    U2: ELECTRIC BURMA

    HAROLD O’NEAL:
    “MAN ON THE STREET”

    HAROLD O'NEAL:

    "MARVELOUS FANTASY"

    HAROLD O'NEAL:
    THE LOVERS

    FORTUNE MAGAZINE

    Harold O’Neal has the charmed life of a lauded musician, composer, actor and busy speaker focusing on the creative process. He’s performed with U2, Jay Z, and appeared as a piano playing hepcat on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.

    But he tells a story of the night he nearly died, as a reminder to himself and others that the past only has the power to define you if you let it. ELLEN MCGIRT

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    PRESS

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    THE NEW YORK TIMES

    Harold O’Neal’s “Marvelous Fantasy” is a solo piano record in two ways. He plays his instrument unaccompanied, and the album is a piece of work that seems to be out there on its own. I have an idea where the music comes from, but I’m not hearing it anywhere else. BEN RATLIFF

    NPR: ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

    My guest is Harold O'Neal. He's a kick boxer, a Rubik's cube champion, a B-boy dancer. Most importantly, he is a jazz pianist, and his new album is a collection of pieces for solo piano. It's called "Marvelous Fantasy." GUY RAZ

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    WNYC - STUDIO:360

    A few hundred years ago, classical pianists would impress audiences by improvising cadenzas in the middle of a concerto — riffing, we would say today. Now improvisation is firmly in the realm of jazz. But a new record called Marvelous Fantasy explores the connection between jazz and classical improvisation. It’s by the 30-year-old jazz pianist Harold O’Neal. KURT ANDERSON

    THE NEW YORK TIMES

    In other words, the record swings: a major plus for an unpretentious, accessible, this-is-who-I-am kind of record. On the other hand, “Whirling Mantis” comes with ideas, because Mr. O’Neal can write. BEN RATLIFF

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    NPR: FRESH AIR

    Harold O'Neal's Whirling Mantis is named for a defensive move in karate. The martial-arts reference suggests one way to look at how O'Neal's music operates: The players react to each other's moves, deflecting one another in stylized interaction. KEVIN WHITEHEAD