Jim Szana (Zahn-ah) is a Vietnam vet, a retired blue-collar clinical dentist of fifty years, and an accomplished pianist. The jimszanatrio.com represented the jazz genre of the Touring Artists Roster of the South Dakota Arts Council for twenty years. Jim's ability to paint with words is similar to improvising with notes on the piano. As in music, he is totally not a paper-trained author. Jim has lifelong interests in history, ethics, and theology.