<p>Jazz pianist, composer/arranger, producer, Yamaha® artist, multiple Grammy® nominee and 2009 Grammy® winner Laurence Hobgood has enjoyed a 40+year career. Classically trained from age 5, he chose to focus on improvisation and composition when he was 15. He's played at many of the world’s most prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the White House and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Laurence is on the faculty of the New School of Jazz &amp; Contemporary Music in Manhattan.</p>