Janice Scroggins is one of the most in-demand pianists in the Northwest today. “the very model of the perfect side musician, utilizing space in her keyboard delivery, leaving plenty of room for the other players, while glistening in her moments to shine.”

She’s on a ton of albums, not just on Flying Heart, but on this label she plays on Eddie Harris’s album, Tom McFarland’s first album, all three Esquires albums, and her own album of Scott Joplin rags. Furthermore, Janice is ALL OVER the Portland blues sampler on Flying Heart, “A Taste of the Blue Rose” — look for this CD at Music Millennium, Locals Only, and the Flying Heart Catalogue. Writing in the November 1998 Two Louies, S.P. Clarke describes Janice as