He later switched to piano and, by his sophomore year of high school, knew he wanted his future to be in music.

Additionally, Cohan has worked with Freddie Hubbard, Milt Hinton, Jon Faddis, Joe Locke, Andy Narell, Curtis Fuller, Pat La Barbera, Regina Carter, Nick Brignola, Andy Bey, Kurt Elling, and Michal Urbaniak among others.

For this album, Cohan formed the Ryan Cohan Sextet, which featured Bob Sheppard and Geof Bradfield on woodwinds, James Cammack and Lorin Cohen on bass, Tito Carrillo on trumpet, and Dana Hall on drums.

The album is split into two sections; the first half of the album consists of original compositions and a piano solo of "Lush Life" while the second half consists of a four-part suite titled One Sky: Tone Poems for Humanity.

In 2009, the Quartet toured Eastern Europe[5] as Jazz Ambassadors with the Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad Program sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the US State Department.