JD Tolstoi is strange.
He is an artist.  He does not create for fame, nor for money --

Rather fear of the possibility of spontaneous combustion or maybe some blackhole-esque implosion if not in an infinite state of expression... that's one reason.  And also the magic, that special unifying magic in music that has the power to move us all.  

JD has been musical for as long as he has been breathing air.  He'll play anything that makes noise, though his main focus is the piano.

Over the past decade JD has worked with many talented musicians and has travelled and played across the country with a number of great bands.  You may have seen him with Bow Thayer, Blues for Breakfast, Multibeast, Into The Mystic, or Local Strangers, to name a handful.

His performance has been described as
"wonderful vibrant infectiously, happy, masterful"
He pulls from a most unique and diverse bag of music, his influences range from all over, and setlist may consist of anything from Tom Waits to Tupac, Grateful Dead to Lizzo, Snoop Dogg to System of a Down, Flaming Lips to Billy Joel, etc. etc. etc.

Keep an ear out and join him for a good time !!!!