ABOUT JK

Jazz Pianist  Composer  Film Scorer  Producer  U.S. Jazz Ambassador  Advocate

Justin Kauflin is an award-winning“jazz pianist who favors a clarity of touch and ideas...his writing is balanced tempering post-bop intricacies with the assurances of the gospel church” -New York Times.  As leader, player, composer, and producer, he has released 10 recordings to date, including his first vinyl live recording, Justin Kauflin Trio Live at Sam First, and collaborated on more than 30 albums, among them Oscar, with Love, a tribute to the great jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. For 10 years, he has worked and toured under the management of Quincy Jones and Quincy Jones Productions. In addition, he has scored a number of short films and feature-length documentaries including Reflection: A Walk with Water and Liv. Justin is featured in, as well as composed the film score for, the Academy Award short-listed documentary, Keep On Keepin' On, about his mentor, the late legendary jazz trumpeter, Clark Terry. He recently joined the jazz faculty at the Governor’s School for the Arts, a magnet-level performing arts school where he was a student from 2000 to 2004, helping to develop a new generation of young talented musicians in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. Justin continues to tour, with upcoming performances in Canada, Denmark and India, and will be performing in a number of tribute concerts for Oscar Peterson's Centennial Celebration.  Justin Kauflin is a Yamaha Artist.​​​
 

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