Jo Ann Daugherty

Jo Ann Daugherty is an American Jazz pianist and a composer. Jo Ann began playing piano as soon as she could reach the keys. She began her studies with her rural area's only piano teacher at age 5 and was immediately hooked on making music. By age 15, she began playing at restaurants in the surrounding small towns. It was at Truman State University, while pursuing a degree in classical piano performance, that she discovered the joys and frustration of studying jazz, which she continued through some graduate coursework in jazz at DePaul University in Chicago.

Jo Ann began playing piano as soon as she could reach the keys. She began her studies with her rural area's only piano teacher at age 5 and was immediately hooked on making music. By age 15, she began playing at restaurants in the surrounding small towns. It was at Truman State University, while pursuing a degree in classical piano performance, that she discovered the joys and frustration of studying jazz, which she continued through some graduate coursework in jazz at DePaul University in Chicago. (source)