Karen Hammack is a well respected pianist based in Los Angeles.Her diversity as a player has let her work with such artists as Jackson Brown , Michael McDonald , Bill Frisell , Perla Batalla , Niki Haris , Julie Christensen , Mellisa Manchester , Don Was, too name a few. She also stays busy with some of LA's finest jazz artists such as Tierney Sutton , Stephanie Haynes , Larry Koonse ,and Chuck Berghofer.

Karen has been playing the piano since the age of three and by the time she was 16 she was playing blues and jazz with some of LA's best. She studied jazz at Orange Coast College and then pursured her education through private studiies with such great teachers as Terry Trotter and Dick Powell.

Karen has recorded with many artists such as Perla Batalla, Niki Haris and Michael McDonald and has two CDs of her own orignal compositions-Lonesome Tree and Above The Clouds.She has traveled the world playing concerts like the Edinburgh Jazz Festival and local treasures like Royce Hall.

Karen stays busy teaching piano privately and at The Oaji Performing Arts Theater Academy.She also has been in involved in Bobby Rodriguez' Jazz Adventure which brings jazz education to students from kindergarden to high school.