Formed by Winter in 1967, the Paul Winter Consort became one of the earliest exponents of world music, combining elements from various African, Asian, and South American cultures with jazz. The Consort has evolved with time, changing its voice but not its aims. Early members such as David Darling, Paul McCandless, Ralph Towner, Glen Moore, Collin Wolcott, Nancy Rumbel and... read full bio
In the 20-year span of his recording career, Andreas Vollenweider has sold over eight million albums worldwide with his trademark sound. He invented the electro-acoustic harp in 1975 and helped launch an entire musical genre. Since the first album from Andreas Vollenweider & Friends Behind the Gardens, Behind the Wall, Under the Tree caused an international sensation in 1981, Vollenweider's... read full bio
Lindsay Mendez is a Broadway actress and singer known for her role of Elphaba in the Broadway show Wicked. She has also appeared in Godspell, Everyday Rapture, and Grease. She played the role of Rose Fenny in the off-Broadway performance Dogfight, for which she was nominated for the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, the Outer Critics Circle Award for... read full bio
Total Exposure is a thirteen-piece dance band, who performs three hours nonstop high energy, everything from MoTown, Rock to Beyonce and anything in between. Band leader Lauren Barnett states that the group has been “performing, writing and producing music for as long as [they] can remember… because music, performing and making an audience smile, stirs [their] souls.” Other band members... 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
Pianist/Composer/Arranger Emily Bear is one of the most remarkable and prolific musical talents of our time. She is capable of writing, arranging, and playing in an incredible variety of musical styles. She has performed in several of the world's most renowned locations, including Carnegie Hall, the White House, Lincoln Center, the Montreux Jazz Festival, Blue Note, Ravinia, and the Hollywood... read full bio
Dave Samuels is an American vibraphone player, who has worked with various jazz and fusion artists, such as Spyro Gyra. He played with Oscar Peterson on An Oscar Peterson Christmas in 1995. Currently, he plays in an ensemble called The Caribbean Jazz Project, a Grammy-winning jazz-Latin music group. He played with Eddie Palmieri in a tribute to Cal Tjader with... read full bio
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, or simply The Big Phat Band, is an 18-piece jazz ensemble based in California and led by Gordon Goodwin. Goodwin composes most, and arranges all, of the group's performance pieces, as well as playing piano and occasionally tenor saxophone. While using a similar instrumentation to the traditional big bands of the 1930s and '40s, the... read full bio
What can you say about Everette Harp, smooth, real smooth sax playing!!! Everette Harp started playing piano at two and began practicing saxophone at the age of four. The youngest of the eight children of a minister, gospel music was one of Harps earliest influences. Harp started playing jazz in high school, and graduated from North Texas State University... read full bio
From putting down his own words and sounds to developing other artists, Dar'rell Green represents the best of what is music and the music business. The smooth, strong sounds of his art embody not only his presence in this business but also in life. Growing up in Indianapolis in a family with deep roots in the south - his father from... read full bio
The Cactus Blossoms started out as a duo comprised of two brothers named Jack Torrey and Page Burkum. They hadn’t planned to start a band when they began making music together, but they ended up playing music with friends on a weekly basis at a local venue called the Turf Club in St. Paul, Minnesota. They were inspired by the... read full bio
Kenny Cetera, brother of Peter Cetera, an original member of the band Chicago, has made a name for himself with new concert series ‘Kenny Cetera’s Chicago Experience’. Drawing on his involvement as a contributor to the album ‘Chicago 17’, Cetera is ready to revive Chicago’s most relevant work. Cetera and his 7-piece horn band present Chicago’s music in this show.... read full bio
Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire, and Jeff Parker make up the band Tortoise. Their sound is hard to pin down; it displays itself as a mixture of jazz, dance, techno, rock, and classical, with not one genre overtaking the other. Their musical identity is fully formed, remaining distinct among other performers. Tortoise creates music to appeal to... read full bio
Sons of Kemet are a jazz group from London. They use a variety of instruments to create their sound, including saxophone, clarinet, tuba, and drums. Each of the members comes from a different background. Shabaka Hutchings, Oren Marshall, Tom Skinner, Seb Rochford, and Theon Cross combine the genres of jazz, rock, Caribbean, and African music. The group has been featured... read full bio
Cyrille Aimee is a French jazz singer who has won the Montreux Jazz Festival Competition, the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Competition, and was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Aimee has made her way from singing on street corners in Europe to traveling around the world performing at jazz festivals and acting on Broadway. She has been... read full bio
Cosmo Pyke is an up-and-coming singer-songwriter and model from Peckham London. He is best known for his appearance on Frank Ocean’s “Nike” music video. His music is a mixture of R&B, jazz, rock, pop, and indie. Growing up artists such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Jimi Hendrix, and The Beatles influence Pyke. Pyke has released one EP entitled,... read full bio
Joao Bosco is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist who is known for performing Brazilian pop music alongside Aldir Blanc. Bosco was born in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais and was originally an engineer before moving to Rio de Janeiro where his music was gaining popularity. Bosco’s music is a mixture of Bossa nova, MPB and samba. He’s also been known for... read full bio
Joel Ross is a vibraphonist, composer, and educator from Chicago, Illinois. Ross was only 3 years old when he was given his first drum set. This gained a love of music in Ross and shortly after he was sitting in at church where his father was a choir director at one point. At 10 years old, Ross joined his school... read full bio
Kamaal Williams is a British musician and producer from Peckham, London. Williams rose to fame as one-half of the jazz group Yussef Kamaal, alongside Yussef Dayes. The duo released a debut album, “Black Focus”, which earned them the Breakthrough Act award at the Jazz FM Awards. From a young age, Williams had a passion for music and in school he... read full bio
Antonio Sanchez is a Mexican-American jazz musician and composer who plays both the drums and piano. Sanchez rose to fame after composing the original film score for “Birdman”. This earned him a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and he also won a Critics Choice Movie Award for Best Score and a Satellite Award for Best... read full bio
