Pianist/Arranger/Composer Ryan Cohan Cohan’s expansive body of work ranges from solo piano pieces to arrangements for symphony orchestra and scores for independent films. He has produced five critically acclaimed albums of original compositions, collaborated with such luminaries as Ramsey Lewis and Joe Locke and is set to start recording a new release entitled Originations, scored for a chamber jazz ensemble consisting of Cohan’s long-standing sextet plus string quartet.

 

We sat down with Ryan and talked about his early years, influences, compositional concepts and where what he has planned for the future.