Lynne Arriale was born May 29, 1957 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was adopted as an infant only to discover the piano keyboard at three. Her initial training being classical, eventually earned her Master’s from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. However, it wasn’t until after college that her interest in the works of Keith Jarrett and Herbie Hancock led her to jazz.

She gained renown in the 1990s with her collaborator, drummer Steve Davis and bassist Jay Anderson. Lynne first came to prominence when she won the 1993 International Great American Jazz Piano Competition and…