Producers

Producer Shari Hutchinson has produced Piano Jazz for the last 16 years, but was first associated with the show 20 years ago as an engineer, and then as associate producer.

Shari also produces the Spoleto Chamber Music Series for PRI and has produced three series for Black History Month, the recent Just Plain Folks series, and the two-part series "The African-American Music Tree."

In 1989, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting honored Shari as its Outstanding Arts and Performance Producer.

Mastering Engineer David Mitchell began working with Piano Jazz in 1996. He has been an audio engineer at SCETV/Radio for 15 years. David has been involved in sound and recording for 30 years and has worked on many projects, from symphonies and chorales to rock, soul, gospel, jazz, and bluegrass. His top priority is to maintain the excellent quality of sound that listeners expect of Piano Jazz.