Roland Hanna, a classically trained jazz pianist and composer known for his inventiveness at the keyboard and his thorough understanding of the roots of jazz and other styles of music, has died. He ...

This 2003 Piano Jazz session with guest Sir Roland Hanna (1932 – 2002) was recorded before a live audience at the 2002 Tanglewood Jazz Festival. A subtle and insightful pianist, Hanna was a superb two ...

Like Jaki Byard, Roland Hanna was a pianist who had absorbed the entire jazz tradition and his playing reflected that. His posthumously released solo session, Colors from A Giant's Kit (IPO), finds ...