Plantoid
Plantoid is an experimental psychedelic progressive jazzy rock band from Brighton, UK.... read full bio
Plantoid is an experimental psychedelic progressive jazzy rock band from Brighton, UK.... read full bio
Ehren River Wright, known professionally as SoDown, is an up-and-coming instrumentalist and musical connoisseur. SoDown is a native to Colorado where his music is the most popular and goes to sell out shows all over the state. Wu-Tang Clan, Method Man, The Meters, Parliament, and James Brown are artists that influence SoDown. During a performance that he saw at the... read full bio
Pianist Roger Williams' sweeping, sparkling arpeggios, showy technique, and gentle, easy listening arrangements made him one of the most popular pop instrumentalists of the late '50s and '60s. Like many other easy listening musicians, Roger Williams blurred the boundaries between pop, jazz, and classical, creating a smooth, relaxing hybrid. In 1955 Roger Williams recorded "Autumn Leaves", the only piano instrumental... read full bio
Perhaps the most gifted African musician working within the fused ancestral streams of African+American music, Abdullah Ibrahim, formerly known as Dollar Brand, is a pianist, composer, arranger, band leader and teacher. His performing career has taken him to Africa, Japan, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, North America, and India, where he has worked as soloist, and in duo, trio, ensemble and... read full bio
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Jerry Douglas is a renowned resonator guitar (dobro) and lap steel player. The artist has recorded with musicians such as Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Dolly Parton, Paul Simon, Mumford & Sons, and Elvis Costello. In addition, the instrumentalist has produced albums for Alison Krauss, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Maura OConnell, and more. Douglas work has been noted by the Grammy Awardshe... read full bio
Rubblebucket is an alternative jazz band comprised of members Kalmia Traver, Alex Toth, Dandy McDowell, Maddie Rice, Jeremy Gustin, Ian Chang, Max Jaffe, and Adam Dotson. They use baritone saxophone, trumpet, bass, guitar, drums and trombone to create eclectic jazz music. The band has released a multitude of different albums, garnering acclaim from reviewers like Rolling Stone. They have played... read full bio
Chuck Mangione is an American flugelhorn player and composer who achieved international success with his jazz-pop single, "Feels So Good". Mangione has released more than thirty albums. Chuck Mangione's quartet with saxophonist Gerry Niewood was a popular concert and recording act. "Bellavia", recorded during this collaboration, won Mangione his first Grammy Award in the category Best Instrumental Composition. Mangione's... read full bio
Martino has been recognized as one of the most exciting and virtuosic guitarists in jazz. With a distinctive, fat sound and gut-wrenching performances, he represents the best not just in jazz, but in music. He embodies thoughtful energy and soul. He has performed with a wide variety of artists including Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Richard Groove Holmes, John Handy, Bobby... read full bio
She began playing the piano at five, learned the clarinet, flute and saxophone while in high school, then later accomplished the mandolin and guitar. Johnson also focused on singing and songwriting. Johnson continues to write music for other artists, including SheDaisy, Pam Tillis, Kathy Mattea and Patty Loveless. Her first two singles,”Georgia” and “Complicated,” reached No. 1 on the Canadian... read full bio
Long before there was an official radio format dedicated to the genre, Spyro Gyra was putting ""smooth"" into ""jazz,"" brilliantly blending soul, jazz, pop and world beat influences to become one of the seminal and most famous ensembles in the instrumental world. They are an American jazz fusion band that was originally formed in Buffalo, New York. Their music, often... read full bio
Cleo Laine is a singer who has done just about everything. She's played everywhere - English dance halls to London's Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie to the Blue Note Cafe. She's been on stage, on Broadway, to London's West End, done opera and the BBC. Cleo's records continue to be distributed worldwide. Her Woman to Woman album merited five stars out... read full bio
Arturo Sandoval is a Cuban-born Trumpet player and former protege of trumpet legend Dizzy Gillespie. He was a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning group Irakere, whose explosive mixture of jazz, classical, rock and traditional Cuban music caused a sensation throughout the entertainment world. Sandoval can burn through an Afro-Cuban groove, tear up a bebop tune, soar over a Mozart... read full bio
Following many years of listening to music, his early heroes being Floyd Cramer, the Ventures and Booker T. And The MGs, Winston took up the piano at the age of 18. He switched to jazz after being influenced by the ‘stride’ piano of Fats Waller. The mysterious and enigmatic Winston stopped playing in 1977 until the music of Professor Longhair... read full bio
Dee Dee Bridgewater (AKA Denise Grant) was born in 1950 to a musically driven father (a trumpeter and teacher) and thus was exposed to music at a very young age. She would sit around and listen to the music her father would play and, by the time she was 16, Dee Dee was in a trio of RnB vocalists who... read full bio
Guitarist Kevin Eubanks who often good-naturedly serves as a comic foil for host Jay Leno -- was officially named music director of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno after filling in for the bands original director, saxophonist Branford Marsalis. Eubanks, one of the most prolific jazz guitarists in the country, was a key member of The Tonight Show band... read full bio
The current Basie ensemble is uniquely equipped to render this distillation. One reason is the remarkable continuity of personnel that continues to connect the past to the present in the band. There are five permanent members in the current Basie Band who played under Count Basie's personal leadership.This is no exercise in nostalgia, however. Over its history, the Basie Orchestra... read full bio
"A native Californian, Gerald Albright grew up in South Central Los Angeles. After high school, he attended the University of Redlands where he received a B.S. degree in Business Management, minoring in Music. Immediately after college, Albright began to master his talent by working extensively in the studio with such artists as Patrice Rushen, Anita Baker, Ray Parker, Jr., Lola Folana,... read full bio
Awarded two Grammys as the best jazz vocalist, twice played the White House and her recordings top the charts. She was discovered by Dizzy Gillespie who brought her on stage at the 1979 Monterey Jazz Festival. Stan Getz became her mentor. Vocalist/pianist Diane Schuur is as eclectic as she is brilliant. A longtime disciple of Dinah Washington and... read full bio
The Artie Shaw Orchestra, under the direction of Matt Koza, hews to the Shaw legacy, and continues with the time-tested formula that has always pleased a full spectrum of audiences for over 60 years; from the Begin the Beguine" fans of yesteryear to the new jazz fans who want to imbibe in an exciting and heady evening of Swing. Shortly... read full bio