Origin Records Artist Dylan Hayes

Dylan Hayes is a great composer and pianist. I go to hear him whenever I can. I trust him with my music.
James Knapp

Dylan is originally from San Francisco, and began playing piano at the age of seven. He attended an arts school in Novato, California, Marin School of the Arts, where he started playing in a rock, R&B, motown and funk bands. As time progressed, he joined the school's top jazz band and realized that jazz was the direction he wanted to take in his career as a musician. He continued his studies at Cornish College of the Arts from which he graduated from in 2019, and was able to study with Dawn Clement, Jovino Santos Neto, and Marina Albero.

Dylan's piano playing has brought him to share the stage with top tier musicians in both San Francisco and Seattle such as Jay Thomas, Johnaye Kendrick, David Marriott, Mark Taylor, Dan Marcus, Rex Gregory and former member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Chris Amberger.

Dylan Hayes is currently working on an electric band album that draws influences from jazz, R&B, neo-soul and funk. Dylan has also taken over the big band book of renowned composer Jim Knapp and has been revitalizing the group in Seattle. He also Co-Leads a group with Xavier Lecouturier called the DX-TET featuring Seattle's best Musicians.