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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 performed at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival. She has toured Japan with the acclaimed 100 Golden Fingers ensemble, performed with jazz legends Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Junior Mance, Monty Alexander, Roger Kellaway, Ray Bryant, and Cedar Walton.

An active educator and adjudicator pianist Lynne Arriale is a member of The Jazz Education Network has adjudicated the Montreux Jazz Competition, American Pianists Association Fellowship Awards, and The Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Competition, and the Jacksonville Piano Competition. She is currently Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Director of Small Ensembles at The University of North Florida in Jacksonville and conducts educational clinics and master classes as she continues to perform and tour throughout the world.

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