Jonas Myers is a Cascadian musician, writer, teacher, and bicycle wanderer. Growing up in Seattle, he played bass and sang in a family band. As a pianist with the Garfield High School Jazz Ensemble, he performed at Lincoln Center, the Montreux Jazz Festival, and the Umbria Jazz Festival. Jonas attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA, where he majored in English with a focus on creative writing and minored in mathematics. He graduated summa cum laude and received the Paul J. Jackson Award for Excellence in Literary Study. In his twenties, Jonas gained recognition in Seattle as a jazz pianist, composer and bandleader. His group the Walking Hat Trio played a KNKX Studio Session in 2019 and is still played regularly on that station. That same year, he was nominated for the Make Jazz Fellowship at 18th Street Arts Center. He performed twice in the Piano Starts Here concert series sponsored by the South Hudson Music Project. He was also a regular performer at the famous Canlis piano bar.
