PIANIST NOBLE

Noble Jolley, Jr. is a Jazz Pianist, Composer, Arranger, and Producer. He received a scholarship to study at the prestigious Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University, where he majored in Jazz Studies/Performance. Noble’s achievements at Peabody were rewarded with a Study Abroad invitation to study jazz and classical piano at the esteemed Paris Conservatory in his junior year. Noble graduated with honors in 2009. He was selected as an Artist-In-Residence at the Strathmore Arts Center in 2010–2011

Noble has toured and/or opened up for renowned artists such as Ron Carter, James Moody, McCoy Tyner, John Legend, Ayọ and Fred Hammond to name a few. The Jazz Times called him “fiercely talented,” and the Jazz Setlist said, “Noble Jolley, Jr’s. jazz styling’s seamlessly meshed the past and the future… .” Noble was selected as the “Best Pianist” awarded by the Washington City Paper’s “Jazzies Award for D.C.’s Best Jazz in 2013.” In 2016, Noble wrote a 64-piece orchestral arrangement for the David Foster composition “The Prayer” that was performed at the prestigious Carnegie Hall with Grammy Award winners Yolanda Adams and Donnie McClurkin. Noble has produced for Grammy Award winner Mya, as well as artists Chante Moore, Kenny Lattimore, Kiana Ledé, Too Short, Rayven Justice, and Elijah Blake among others.