Peter Cincotti

Singer/songwriter Peter Cincotti is a jazz-influenced pianist and vocalist with a bent toward adult alternative pop and '70s-influenced rock. Cincotti displayed a talent for music after being given a toy piano by his grandmother at age three, and when he was four, he began taking piano lessons. At seven, he attracted the attention of Harry Connick, Jr., who had him sit in at a show at Bally's Grand in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He studied classical piano at the Manhattan School of Music and jazz piano with Ellis Marsalis, among other teachers. At 12, he turned professional and...