Joel Forrester, American jazz composer and pianist. He is notable for having composed the theme song to NPR's Fresh Air.

Forrester was born on May 2, 1946 and was reared in Pittsburgh. He has played jazz piano professionally since age 15; his first composition (based on an Erroll Garner lick) was entitled “Tiber Rag” and was submitted as a high-school Latin project in 1962.