Keyboardist and bandleader Lao Tizer is a gifted performer known for his genre-bending mix of jazz, classical, new age, and jam-oriented music. A native of Boulder, Colorado, Tizer expressed interest in music from a young age, and first began taking piano lessons at age nine. Influenced by both classical and jazz, he progressed quickly, and by his teens was already performing regularly around Boulder. During this period, he also recorded several self-produced albums, including 1994's Arabian Dusk and 1996's Praeludium.
In 1997 Tizer relocated to Los Angeles, where he caught ...