Kerry Politzer

Kerry Politzer is a Portland-based jazz pianist, composer, and educator. She is on the music faculty of Portland State University and has taught through Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Swing University. Kerry received a Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music from Rowan University.

Kerry has released seven jazz CDs as a leader. She has also been a featured sideman on albums of George Colligan, Laura Dreyer, and the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble. The pianist’s latest CD is In a Heartbeat (PJCE Records, 2022). In 2019, Kerry was awarded a Regional Arts and Culture Council Artistic Focus grant to explore the music of Brazilian composer Durval Ferreira.