Eli Yamin is an internationally acclaimed pianist, composer, and educator. He is the co-founder, Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz Power Initiative (JPI), the 21 year old non-profit, 501(c)3 organization that transforms lives through jazz arts education and performance. Eli has performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the White House and toured over 20 countries as a cultural ambassador for the U.S. He has published three jazz musicals for youth performers: NORA's ARK, about breaking social dogma to address climate crisis, HOLDING THE TORCH FOR LIBERTY, on women's suffrage, and MESSAGE FROM SATURN, about the healing power of the blues. Performances have been staged in four languages in five countries and 14 states in U.S. including Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) and Jazzmobile/Summerfest. Eli Yamin's Cd's as a bandleader include YOU CAN'T BUY SWING w jazz quartet, I FEEL SO GLAD, w blues band, and LOUIE'S DREAM, for our jazz heroes w clarinetist Evan Christopher. He also recorded LIVE IN BURGHAUSEN, with jazz icon Illinois Jacquet, and five Cd’s with baritone saxophonist Claire Daly, including SWING LOW, currently on display at President Clinton’s Library in Little Rock.Raised on the bandstand and mentored by jazz masters Walter Perkins, Barry Harris, Illinois Jacquet, Mercedes Ellington and Amiri Baraka, Eli believes that learning about jazz should feel as creative as playing it and through JPI has brought this experience to over 6000 youth and 1000 artists and teachers in NYC and around the world. At JALC, Eli designed and led Middle School Jazz Academy for its first 10 yrs and trained over 100 musicians making educational presentations as cultural ambassadors for the U.S. Dept of State’s American Music Abroad pgm. Eli’s videos for JALC’s online Jazz Academy received two million views and over 2500 executives and MBA students have experienced SYNCOPATED LEADERSHIP, the immersive workshop Eli co-created that sources jazz as a model for leading innovative and effective teams. Eli’s book, SO YOU WANT TO SING THE BLUES: A Guide For Performers, was published 2018 by Rowman and Littlefield in partnership with the National Association of Teachers of Singing and in 2024, Eli received the AATS Award for excellence in jazz education by the American Academy of Teachers of Singing. Eli holds a BA in music from Rutgers, a master’s in music ed from CUNY and a DMA in music from SUNY. He is a level III certified teacher of Somatic Voicework™, the LoVetri method, a NARAS voting member, Dramatist Guild Member, and Steinway artist.