Mel Bay's Jazz Piano Photo Chords
Born in 1972 in St. Louis, Missouri, Jon Hansen began playing piano at age seven. He was classically trained by several teachers and has a musical background covering classical, blues, rock, jazz, new age, country, etc. At the age of 16, he began composing music and continues to this day. Self-classified as  new-age-classical-jazz , he continues to expand his compositions into music s many different genres and facets. Jon has played informal gigs in Kansas City and St. Louis, but prefers a quiet solo career concentrating on his compositions.  From 2001 to 2005, Jon worked for Mel Bay Publications, Inc. as project coordinator and as a music editor, editing everything from piano to violin to accordion to dulcimer and so on. As project coordinator he helped hundreds of authors move their projects into the Mel Bay catalog. He was the chief editor of Mel Bay s online webzine, Creative Keyboard® and is author of several Mel Bay piano publications.