Origin Artist

John Hansen is of that rarest of breeds: An attentive, discreetly inventive accompanist.
- Christopher Delaurenti, The Stranger

John Hansen is regarded as one of the most in-demand jazz pianists in the Northwest. A studied and musical ensemble player with a strong melodic vocabulary, John has always been recognizable for a unique personal voice.

His performance history includes such venues as NYC's Birdland, The Jazz Standard, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, DC's John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts, Seattle's Jazz Alley and Tula's, and international festivals and tours in France, Japan, Korea, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Russia and Central America. During his career, John Hansen has performed and recorded with many of the Northwest's premiere, award-winning bands including: the Jay Thomas Quartet, Jim Knapp Orchestra, Kelley Johnson, and The Bill Ramsay-Milt Kleeb Band with Pete Christlieb. He has been invited to perform with The Seattle Symphony, Rick Margitza, Randy Brecker, Ingrid Jensen, Ernestine Anderson, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Bud Shank, Bobby Shew, David 'Fathead' Newman, and more.

RECORDINGS FEATURING John Hansen

Jim Knapp Orchestra

It's Not Business, It's Personal

Origin 82834

Jared Hall

Seen on the Scene

Origin 82828

Jay Thomas with the Oliver Groenewald Newnet

I Always Knew

Origin 82767

Michael Waldrop

Origin Suite

Origin 82747

Richard Cole

Inner Mission

Origin 82575

Phil Kelly

Ballet of the Bouncing Beagles

Origin 82549

Richard Cole

Shade

Origin 82492

Phil Kelly

Convergence Zone

Origin 82417

Jim Knapp Orchestra

Secular Breathing

Origin 82412

Richard Cole

The Forgotten

Origin 82384

Richard Cole

A Glance Back

Origin 82366

Kelley Johnson

Something Good

OA2 Records 22173

Chris Amemiya & Jazz Coalescence

In the Rain Shadow

OA2 Records 22101

Todd DelGiudice

Pencil Sketches

OA2 Records 22078

Brian Owen

Unmei

OA2 Records 22026