Dan Nimmer

Dan Nimmer is an American jazz pianist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Wynton Marsalis Quintet. Born in 1982 in Milwaukee, he started on drums before turning to the piano, came up in the city's jazz scene, and studied at Northern Illinois University with Willie Pickens. He moved to New York in 2004 and joined Wynton Marsalis's groups the following year, touring the world and recording widely. Rooted in swing and bebop, he also leads his own trio.