Don Grusin was the creative sparkplug for the acclaimed fusion ensemble Friendship and has recorded and produced scores of albums, including the Grammy-winning Musican(sic) for Ernie Watts. Grusin received a Grammy nomination for his live contemporary jazz DVD and CD The Hang, and got another Grammy this past year for his contribution to Paul Winter's CD Crestone. Don Grusin is... read full bio
Undoubtedly, CJS is New Orleans' premier classic jazz orchestra. This group has acquired a unique following of music lovers that spans the generations. Young and old, are among the eager when the band takes the stage. CJS's performances have been mesmerizing. After thoroughly enjoying the music one begins to understand why New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz. The CJS... read full bio
Don Was' life has always revolved heavily around music. He was born in Detroit and has had a successful career as a musician, record producer, music director, film composer, radio broadcaster, and documentarian. He was also President of Blue Note Records, the venerable jazz company in America. He holds six Grammy Awards for record producing, including Producer of the Year and Album of... read full bio
The newest album from Oliver Johnson alias Dorian Concept, "What We Do For Others," is available on Brainfeeder Records. The Austrian producer and synthesizer master, known for his distinctive, exquisitely detailed sound tapestries and chaotic, immensely happy live keyboard jam films, has released his third studio album. Founded on deliciously open compositions, feedbacked soundscapes and gifted with snippets of his own... read full bio
DOTSERO is full of life energy and spontaneity that few artists in the genre have been able to match. A no nonsense sax and guitar driven thrill ride of energy and excitement. The band has performed at major jazz festivals; Red Rocks Amphitheatre, JVC Winter Park Jazz Fest, Jazz Trax Catalina Island Jazz Fest and The Cancun Jazz Festival,... read full bio
The four-piece, self-described "Creole Afro-Futurists" Dowdelin, who are based in Lyon and have roots in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Armenia, spread the love with their addicting new foot shuffler Simé Love. Dowdelin make a comeback with their track Simé Love (Creole meaning Spread Love), their first new song since the Poul Wélélé EP. The ensemble, which has recently grown to a four-piece size,... read full bio
Down To The Bone following on from the success of his remix he teamed up with Think Twice keyboard player, Simon Greenaway, to put together a string of songs. This resulted in the first release on a 12” single of “Staten Island Groove”. This resulted in rave reviews for the single and club and radio play in the U.K. Wade... read full bio
Producer Na'el Shehade's sleek Chicago house-infused production style and vocalist Via Rosa's soulful delivery, which is influenced by jazz's improvisational nature and the playful patterns of hip-hop and bossa nova, came together to create the multicultural partnership known as DRAMA. The two blur the distinctions between R&B and dance-pop, heartbreak and ecstasy, in order to capitalize on the complimentary dynamics... read full bio
Davon Bryant-Mason, aka dreamcastmoe, has lived in Washington, D.C. all of his life. He is a singer, songwriter, producer and DJ who has been quietly releasing some of the most buzzed-about and genre-defying underground music. Bryant deftly switches between R&B, funk, soul, jazz and hip-hop, among other genres. His ability to go off in diverse directions while maintaining creative coherence can be attributed to... read full bio
Duke Ellington was eulogized as the supreme jazz talent of the past fifty years" by critic Alistair Cooke in a 1983 issue of Esquire. A prolific composer, Ellington created over two thousand pieces of music, including the standard songs "Take the A-Train" and "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and the longer works Black, Brown,... read full bio
The Dukes of Dixieland blow traditional jazz and Dixieland into the 21st Century, weaving strands of pop, gospel, and country with authentic New Orleans soul. The Dukes have worn their New Orleans jazz heritage proudly as globe-trotting jazz ambassadors from the heart of the Big Easy. They are the oldest continuing Dixieland jazz band and have sold out such venues... read full bio
Earl Klugh is an American smooth jazz guitarist and composer. His sound is a blend of jazz, pop and rhythm and blues influences, forming a potpourri of sweet contemporary music original to only him. His career rapidly progressed to working with the likes of George Benson, George Shearing, Chick Corea, and many others. For their album one on... read full bio
Kyle Eastwood, an American jazz musician and composer, is the leader of the Eastwood Symphonic Project. The project combines his quintet playing movie themes from his father, Clint Eastwood's films, coupled with a 65-piece orchestra. The renowned actor and director Clint Eastwood's son is Kyle Eastwood. Being raised by musicians, he became passionate about music at an early age. He first... read full bio
Eban Brown is a world-class guitarist, singer, and composer from Newark, New Jersey. Brown started performing music at only seven years old and was playing guitar and singing in a gospel group. He later became influenced by artists such as Wes Montgomery, Larry Carlton, David T. Walker, George Duke, and more. He later became the lead vocalist for the group... read full bio
"Eddie Daniels is that rarest of rare musicians who is not only equally at home in both jazz and classical music, but excels at both with breathtaking virtuosity. Expert testimony from the jazz world comes from the eminent jazz critic Leonard Feather, who said of Eddie, ""It is a rare event in jazz where one man can all but reinvent an... read full bio
Eddie Palmieri was the first to merge black and Latin styles resulting in a free-form sound that encompassed elements of salsa, funk, soul, jazz and has a musical career that spans over 50 years, a discography that includes 36 titles and has been awarded ten Grammy Awards. He has received both a Latin Grammy and a traditional Grammy. Mr. Palmieri... read full bio
Award-winning singer-songwriter and musician Ego Ella May is British and Nigerian. The critically regarded musician, who is from South London, has a deep love for music, which she molds into her own genre by fusing R&B, neo-soul and modern jazz compositions. Ego's work is driven by a profound love and appreciation for jazz. Ego Ella May draws inspiration from those who... read full bio
The finest music transports you. It renews and re-connects. It exudes an atmosphere rooted in the ancient tradition of instantaneous creativity, a heightened condition evoked by psychedelic forms and Jamaican dub echos, by electronic music's cyclical trance and jazz's alterations. By the hypnotic beat of North African tradition known as Moroccan Gnawa music, which has roots that go deeper into the... read full bio
Elena Pinderhughes is a highly talented jazz vocalist and flutist who’s been performing since the age of seven. When she was only eight, she joined YMP and within a year, she already recorded an album of her own called “Catch 22”. When she was eleven, she made an appearance on the HBO special called The Music in Me”. Elena went... read full bio
Eli Keszler is a New York-based percussionist, composer, and Grammy nominee. His solo albums, which have been issued by labels like LuckyMe, Shelter Press, Empty Editions, ESP-DISK, PAN, and REL Records, have received positive reviews. Keszler has composed more than 10 original film scores. Emmanuel Seigner and Willem Dafoe in Olmo Schnabel's "Pet Shop Days," which had its premiere at the... read full bio
