Jake Smolowe

Jake Smolowe is a versatile pianist, composer, music educator, arranger and film scorer based in San Francisco, CA. He specializes in jazz but his work explores many genres, including funk, rock, blues, latin, folk, gospel, classical, electronica and experimental.

In addition to composing, performing and making music videos, Jake teaches piano lessons via Zoom through his private studio and also online through YouTube tutorials and Patreon.

Some of his major influences are, in no particular order:

Brad Mehldau
Geoffrey Keezer
Taylor Eigsti
Art Blakey
Chopin
Robert Glasper
Bill Evans
J.S. Bach
Herbie Hancock
P.J. Morton
The Bad Plus
Terence Blanchard
Jacob Collier
Maria Schneider
Peter Apfelbaum
Arvo Pärt
Michael Brecker
Joshua Redman
McCoy Tyner