Lao Tizer has built a career by refusing to recognize musical boundaries. The Colorado-bred, Los Angeles-based keyboardist, composer, and bandleader has emerged as one of contemporary jazz’s most adventurous voices, blending jazz, world music, rock, funk, soul, and sophisticated orchestration into a sound that is both globally inspired and unmistakably his own. The Lao Tizer Band will perform Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026 at the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival. Over the years, The