A particularly powerful representative of Chicago music culture is The LowDown Brass Band. This gifted all-horn ensemble mixes the spirit of conscious hip hop, jazz, reggae, and soul with the rhythm of dancehall and street beats. LowDown keeps a regular worldwide performance and touring schedule. Galactic, Bon Jovi, The Montreal Jazz Festival, World Music Fest, Vancouver Jazz Fest, Lagunitas Beer... read full bio
Lucia Micarelli is a multi-instrumentalist musician from Queens, New York. By the young age of three, Micarelli was learning how to play dance, piano and violin and by six years old, she made her solo debut with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. By the time she was 11, Micarelli was accepted into the Juilliard School of Music’s Pre-College Division. After a... read full bio
Lucy Woodward is an American pop/jazz singer and composer, whose parents accredited musicologists, Lucy grew up surrounded by music. She spent summers in Holland visiting her composer/conductor father (who once conducted for the BBC), learning classical music. With her mother, a music teacher who sang opera and belly danced professionally, Lucy was also raised on plenty of opera music, as... read full bio
m-Pact has been named “one of the best pop-jazz vocal groups in the world” by the San Francisco Chronicle. The group consists of six talented men, Drew Tablak, Aaron Schumacher, Andy Degan, Jamond McCoy, Jeff Smith, and Tracy Robertson. The m in m-pact stands for music and the group makes it their pact to stay true to the music no... read full bio
Madeleine Peyroux is a songwriter, jazz singer, and guitarist. Her voice has been compared to that of Billie Holiday. Madeleine started signing at the age of 15 when she discovered street musicians in the Latin Quarter in Paris. A year later she joined The Lot Wandering Blues and Jazz Band and toured with them for a few years.... read full bio
Makaya McCraven is redefining jazz music. He mixes different styles of music, from jazz to hip-hop, to create a masterful sound. His work has been reviewed by a multitude of critics. UKVibe has reported, You are listening to one incredible musician. His style and sound is unique, a heady, skillful, sophisticated, and boldly uncompromising mix of jazz and hip-hop. The... read full bio
New York City's #1 Afro-Gypsy Pop Band: Mamarazzi has a sound that blends jazz, blues, hip hop, and fusion. Spontaneously combusting under the careless scientific supervision of a group of Wesleyan University Alumni (the nonsensical institution that housed Santigold, MGMT, and Dar Williams), the band's sound has been born and born again through daily revivals of its earthly ingredients.... read full bio
Man About a Horse performs bluegrass music occasionally, although not usually on conventional instruments. The Philadelphia-based band incorporates blues, funk and rock influences into their music. They were nominated for an IBMA Band Momentum Award in addition to winning the FreshGrass Band Award. The first full-length album by Man About a Horse debuted at #11 on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart and received... read full bio
Mandy Harvey is an American jazz and pop singer-songwriter who rose to fame after competing in the 12th season of the reality competition series “America’s Got Talent.” Harvey was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and she moved to St. Cloud, Florida later in life. While growing up, she had several hearing problems and went through several surgeries to try to fix... read full bio
The Manhattan Transfer have passed their 40th anniversary having produced over 29 albums and earned ten Grammy Awards over the span of their careers together. One of the most popular jazz recordings, Birdland", brought the group their first Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance. They made music history by becoming the first group to win Grammy Awards for both... read full bio
Mansur Brown is a multi-disciplinary artist, curator, and guitarist with classical training whose music skillfully combines technical mastery with subtle emotional expressions. He truly is the epitome of a prodigy. Mansur, who was raised in the South London suburb of Brixton, uses a unique compositional style that combines his intricate, flamenco-influenced guitar playing with his own original production work, which... read full bio
Eli Cohen on guitar, Henry Wolf on bass, Julian Freeman on drums and Ari Garfin on keyboard make up the band Manwolves. Five guys, whose friendships go back more than ten years, figured out the best way to combine their various musical tastes to produce the distinctive alternative, rock, hip-hop and jazz sound for which Manwolves is now famous. The band has... read full bio
In the early 1980s, while other kids were playing war with G.I. Joe action figures, Detroit native Marcellus "Malik" Pittman was cranking up his radio and listening to jazz performances by Rosetta Hines, "the Wizzard," and "Electrifying Mojo." Malik started working as a DJ for college parties, wedding receptions, and "old school parties" in the early 1990s. Malik collaborated with... read full bio
Marco Benevento is an American musician, singer, composer, and music producer who is best known for being a performer in the New York experimental music rock and jazz scene since the late 90’s. He is the founder and recording engineer of the recording studio, Fred Short, and he has been a member of bands such as Joe Russo’s Almost Dead... read full bio
Marco Mezquida is a Spanish pianist and composer from Minorca, Spain. Over the course of his career, Mezquida has recorded over 50 albums, 17 of which are his own, and has also composed music for television and the theater. Mezquida has been called a prodigy and he has worked with numerous artists over the course of his career. Some artists... read full bio
Marcus Miller's M2 Wins Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album M2, a new Marcus Miller recording from Cleveland-based Telarc International, has received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. One of the most critically acclaimed albums released in 2001, M2, was produced by Marcus Miller and featured performances by a roster of luminaries that included Herbie Hancock, Branford Marsalis,... read full bio
Marcus Roberts is an American jazz pianist who has been blind since his youth due to glaucoma and cataracts. Focusing on older, pre-1950 traditional styles, he has recorded over twenty full-length albums and has been featured on even more with other musicians. Roberts' own late-'80s and '90s albums for RCA/Novus, particularly the 1990 release Alone with Three Giants, detailed his... read full bio
Marian Hill is an American songwriting duo that consists of Samantha Gongol on vocals and Jeremy Lloyd on production. They meet in High school and both went on to study music at different universities. Their music is a mix of blues, jazz, heavy bass and delicate vocals. They put out two EPs ‘Play’ and ‘Sway’ before releasing their first studio... read full bio
Marilyn Maye is an American musical theatre actress, cabaret singer, director, arranger, and educator. She has dedicated her whole life to singing and performing. She holds the record for most appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, she went on the show 76 times. She started off in Kansas performing in concerts, and the radio. While growing up as... read full bio
Marion Meadows is an American Saxophonist, composer, and smooth jazz recording artist. Meadows has released a total of 9 albums to date. Meadows first hit the airwaves in 1991 with For Lovers Only, but his career really began one day in the late ‘80s at New York’s Grand Central Station. He had been a sideman with Connors for three years... read full bio
