JazzFest History ABOUT JAZZFEST ARTISTS EDUCATION COMMUNITY POSTERS & PROGRAMS CLEVELAND MUSIC LEGENDS DONATE Sir Roland Hanna Instrument: Piano Born: Detroit, Michigan "I want people to see that music is not just entertainment, but it's a self-contained entity that's to uplift all of us, one way or another." - Sir Roland Hanna DownBeat Back to Artists Sir Roland Hanna 1983 From the JazzFest Program Biography: