“Cherner’s music tells a story.” (Cadence Magazine)

“A lyrical player who sounds thoughtful even when playing an uptempo piece, Jarrett Cherner clearly has a bright future… his interplay with his trio finds the three musicians often seeming to think as one.” (Scott Yanow, LA Jazz Scene)

   New York based Pianist, Composer, and Educator Jarrett Cherner was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. After completing degrees in Mathematics at Tufts University (2003, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and Jazz Piano Performance at the New England Conservatory of Music (2004), he returned to the west coast, establishing himself as "one of the most exciting young pianist-composers on the Bay Area scene" (Andrew Gilbert, San Jose Mercury News).

   While based in San Francisco, Cherner performed with the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Collective West Jazz Orchestra, Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra, Kasey Knudsen Sextet, Fred Randolph Quintet, Terrence Brewer, Orquesta Bakan, and ran one of the city’s best weekly jazz jam sessions at Grant & Green in North Beach.

   Cherner has toured nationally and internationally, performing at the Festival de Jazz Lima (Perú), San Francisco Jazz Festival (CA), San Jose Jazz Festival (CA), Fillmore Jazz Festival (CA), Sonoma Jazz Festival (CA), Cape Cod Jazz Festival (MA), LI Winterfest (NY), and venues such as JazzZone (Lima, Perú), Jamboree (Barcelona, Spain), Smalls (NYC), Dizzy's (NYC), 55 Bar (NYC), Zinc Bar (NYC), Cornelia St Cafe (NYC), Ryles Jazz Club (Cambridge, MA), Jordan Hall (Boston, MA), & Yoshi’s (Oakland, CA).

   Cherner's debut album as a leader, Burgeoning (2005), earned him recognition from the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards and critics alike.

   Cherner completed a master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City in 2010 where he studied with Jason Moran & Garry Dial. Previous teachers have included Danilo Pérez, Jerry Bergonzi, Warren Senders, Michael Cain, Frank Carlberg, & Joe Bloom.

   As an educator, Cherner maintains a small private studio and is on the faculty of the New York Jazz Academy, the Manhattan School of Music Summer Music Camp, the Larchmont Music Academy, and the Harlem School of Urban Music & Recording Arts. Previous positions include the San Jose Summer Jazz Workshop, Jazzschool’s Summer Youth Program, Music Maker School, Talented and Gifted Hispanic summer program at UMass Boston, and Summerbridge San Francisco.