Eli Wallace, pianist/composer/improviser, is an active player in the San Francisco Bay Area music community, playing in groups ranging from straight-ahead jazz, to indie-rock, to free improvisation, to classical music. In addition to Cabbages, Captain, & King he also leads his concept ensemble Platform Series, and his solo piano project. Other groups in which he’s involved include: Karl Evangelista’s Ai-Ai, Bill Noertker’s Moxie, Virtual Assembly, Inner Ear Brigade, Images: the music of Sun Ra, Avant Red, Omua, Low Standards, Denny Denny Breakfast, Herman Roque latin jazz project, and many others. As a composer he’s written pieces for chamber groups, jazz groups, full studio orchestra, jazz big band, and solo piano. Recently he performed a commissioned work at Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY and Oberlin Dance Conservatory, San Francisco, CA with dancer/choreographer Randee Paufve. He was also awarded Honorable Mention after submitting his piece “Influx Rebellion” to the EarShot Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute Readings. His musical education was granted by Lawrence University, Appleton WI, and New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, where he completed a Bachelor’s of Music, and a Master’s of Music, respectively.