Noah Baerman (born 1974 in New Haven, Connecticut) is jazz pianist who began studying piano at age eight. He studied at the ACES Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven and Jackie McLean’s Artists Collective, Inc. in Hartford. He earned his bachelor's and Master's degrees in jazz studies from the Mason Gross School of the Arts of Rutgers University. He has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the joints, and the disease has restricted his ability to perform since 2001; in that year he shifted his focus to his trio. He recorded Patch Kit with Ron Carter and Ben Riley to raise money for research on the rare condition. He is also active in education and works on jazz instruction for beginners.
He has published a series of nine well-regarded instructional books on harmony, composition, keyboard method, and improvisation. A prolific composer, he has earned honors from the Billboard Song Contest (First Prize, jazz category), the Unisong Contest (First Prize, jazz category), and ASCAP ("ASCAPlus Awards" every year since 2004). Baerman's work, "Know Thyself," is composed of 13 movements and premiered at Wesleyan University, where he teaches.[1]