Sarah Jane Cion

The Sarah Jane Cion Songbook

Selected Compositions and Arrangements by Sarah Jane Cion 1982-2020, Sarah Cion was the 1st Place Winner of the17th Annual Great American Jazz Piano Competition. Ms. Cion has performed with legends such as Clark Terry, Anita O'Day, Carmen Leggio, Bucky Pizzarelli, and many more. Sarah's debut CD features Antonio Hart and Tony Reedus. Her second CD was released on the Naxos Jazz label, featuring ChrisPotter and Billy Hart, and her third features saxophone giant Michael Brecker. Cion's articles and transcriptions have been published in Piano Today Magazine, and her book Modern Jazz Piano was released by Hal Leonard in 2005. Sarah is a contributor to the Steinway Library of Piano Music. She has also penned the Pianist's Jammin' Handbook and A Baker's Dozen: 13 Contemporary Jazz Etudes, and her music was featured on the ABC daytime soap All My Children. Finalist in the John Lennon songwriting competition, her music appears in Cinematic Universe's Thor: The Dark World and Clint Eastwood's The Mule. Sarah graduated from the New England Conservatory with honors and distinction in composition and performance. Please visit www.sarahjanecion.com for more info.