Winner of the 1994 Great American Jazz Piano Competition, Rick Roe is a skillful jazz pianist who particularly emulates the styles of some of the great modern jazz pianists such as Theolonius Monk and Bill Evans. He has played regularly at The Earle in Ann Arbor for the last eight years and is frequently heard at other area venues like The Bird of Paradise, Rusty's, Bert's and Baker's Keyboard Lounge.