Don Stille

Born and educated in St. Louis, Missouri, Don Stille began formal music instruction at the age of 5. He has performed throughout the country with a long list of nationally and internationally acclaimed jazz artists which include Clark Terry, Red Holloway, Roy Hargrove, Terry Gibbs, Ira Sullivan, Eddie Daniels, Doc Severinsen, Lew Soloff, The New York Voices, Peter Erskine, Claudio Roditi, Mark Murphy, Marlena Shaw; and he opened for Herbie Hancock and Stephane Grappelli.

Some of his achievements include: being proclaimed the Mainstream Jazz Pianist of the Year by the Twin Cities Jazz Society in Minnesota; house pianist and often-featured jazz artist on National Public Radio's "First House on the Right" (broadcast weekly across the country); and finalist in The Great American Jazz Piano Competition at Jacksonville, Florida (a national competition).