Name: John(Jack) Giannini

Age: 17

School: North Atlanta High School

Year: Senior

Bio: Born in Atlanta, Jack first started playing piano at the age of 5. Like many jazz musicians, he aquired his technique through classical music. He sang in the Atlanta Boys Choir until he was twelve, and continued his classical studies until he was thirteen. At the age of fourteen he started his studies in jazz. He currently plays piano around downtown Atlanta.

Fav. Artist(s): Keith Jarrett, Nat King Cole, Chick Corea, Chet Baker, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Marian McPartland

Quote: "I hate it when people analyze jazz as an intellectual theorem; its not, its feeling."

-Bill Evans