Pianist Ryan Hanseler’s professional career has spanned nearly twenty years including performances and recordings with Delfeayo Marsalis, Tim Green, Branford Marsalis, Kobie Watkins, Dee Dee Bridgewater and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Cyrille Aimee, Jason Marsalis, Renee Marie, Nnenna Freelon and Herlin Riley. He has hosted numerous clinicians and academic presentations around the world and is a former professor of jazz studies at East Carolina University. Hanseler earned a Masters degree in Jazz Composition and Arranging from North Carolina Central University under the direction of Dr. Ira Wiggin, Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo.