Dana Reason is a Canadian-born pianist, composer, improviser and musicologist.

As a pianist, composer and improviser, Reason has performed extensively throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe and can be heard on over eleven recordings. She has appeared at Frau Musica Nova, Banff Center for the Arts, Stanford University, San Francisco Jazz Festival, Spring Reverb, and Is that Jazz? Seattle, among others. Reason was part of The Space Between trio with Pauline Oliveros and Philip Gelb in the 2000s. She has performed with Mark Dresser, Joelle Leandre, Lori Goldston, Bert Turetzky, Alex Cline, Barre Philips, Fred Frith, Cecil Taylor, Lisle Ellis, and George E. Lewis, among others.