Artists
Grammy Award winning chamelonic virtuoso of the acoustic and electric bass, Christian McBride often works with bands that he assembles that are not his regular working bands, calling these “A Christian McBride Situation”. The performance at the JAS June Festival will… (Read More)
Anita Baker gave birth to “fireside love songs” and such classic gems as, “Giving You The Best That I Got,” “Just Because,” and “Fairy Tales.” Her mantel is filled with Grammy, Soul Train, NAACP Image, Billboard and Rolling Stone Awards and… (Read More)
Bebel Gilberto walks – quite comfortably and confidently – in very large shoes; she is the daughter of the man who created bossa nova, Joao Gilberto. At the age of nine she sang at Carnegie Hall with her mother, Gilberto’s second… (Read More)
You’ve heard some of these songs before, but you haven’t heard them like this. Intimate, understated, distinguished by the interplay of a handful of virtuoso musicians and the silken voice of one of the classic singers of our time, Fade Into… (Read More)
Trumpeter Chris Botti is a gifted instrumentalist, a talented composer, and a charismatic performer who—since the release of his first solo album in 1995—has created a series of recordings that have made him a virtual genre-of-one in the realm of contemporary… (Read More)
The Cocktail Revolution has been performing in Denver for four years. In that time, its unique blend of jazz and live trance rhythms has made the city sit up and take notice. CR has been recognized by Westword Magazine as Denver’s… (Read More)
Veteran alto sax master David Sanborn has played a crucial role in establishing the sound of contemporary jazz and instrumental pop. In his remarkable three-and-a-half-decade recording and performing career, he’s consistently embodied the dual ideals of virtuosity and versatility, revealing a… (Read More)
Dianne Reeves is the preeminent jazz vocalist of her generation. Music permeated her childhood, from her trumpet-playing mother to her cousin, the well-known pianist George Duke, to her uncle, Charles Burell, the bassist for the Denver Symphony Orchestra. Thanks to Uncle… (Read More)
Stanton Moore – Drums Robert Mercurio – Bass Ben Ellman – saxophone, harmonica Richard Vogel – Keyboard Jeff Raines – Guitar With the release of their sixth album, From the Corner to the Block, the five-man group GALACTIC - drummer Stanton… (Read More)
For all of their critical acclaim since their 1999 debut, Garage a Trois actually came together as an afterthought. The unholy jazz/funk/R&B trinity of Stanton Moore, Charlie Hunter and Skerik first convened in New Orleans in the spring of 1998 –… (Read More)
Global Noize is an organic, free-spirited sonic brew of some of the best elements of jazz, funk, electronica and world fusion – it is music without borders. A collaboration between Jason Miles and DJ Logic, Global Noize creates a thrilling mix… (Read More)
There is an intelligence and sophistication to Holly Cole’s singing that sets her apart. Nowhere are these strengths more apparent than on her new Metro Blue/Capitol release Dark, Dear Heart. Dark, Dear Heart shows Cole in her most innovative and evocative… (Read More)
Hugh Masekela, born near Johannesburg in 1939, has covered the globe and played with just about every top star you can think of. Masekela was originally introduced to the trumpet by anti-apartheid activist Father Trevor Huddleston. The anti-apartheid movement became an… (Read More)
Formed in 2003, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk was initially put together by keyboardist Ivan Neville on a whim in order to perform a solo gig at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Ivan called in cousin Ian Neville (guitar), the double-bass… (Read More)
The Coen Brothers’ O Brother, Where Are Thou, and the subsequent “Down from the Mountain” music tours it spawned, performed a number of great services to fans of American music. One of the best of those services was in bringing forward… (Read More)
Kool & the Gang is a highly successful American jazz/R&B/soul/funk/disco group. They originally formed in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964. They went through several musical phases in their career. They started out with a purist jazz sound, then became practitioners… (Read More)
A multi-talented “youngster”, Nellie McKay is already a seasoned performer/singer/songwriter/raconteur who peppers her live shows with acerbic and witty banter in between self-penned songs—and a well-placed standard or two—from her ever-growing repertoire. She never performs a song the same way twice… (Read More)
Founding member Alan Evans first gained fame in the jazz world with the acclaimed Greyboy Allstars. His brother Neal Evans plays the Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer and piano, and guitarist Eric Krasno rounds out the group. NPR’s Allison Keyes recently spoke… (Read More)
The Manhattan Transfer were not an overnight success, but a result of many years of dues-paying and persistence, particularly by bass singer and founder Tim Hauser. Tim is joined by Janis Siegel (alto), Cheryl Bentyne (soprano), and Alan Paul (tenor). Hard… (Read More)
The New Mastersounds are a world-class, world renowned, instrumental funk band with 7 years of live performing, 5 full-length album releases and 21 seven-inch single releases under their belt. The NMS are Eddie Roberts (guitar & tambourine), Pete Shand (bass), Simon… (Read More)
Victor Wooten redefines the word “musician.” Regarded as one of the most influential bassists since Jaco Pastorius, Wooten is known for his solo recordings and tours, and as a member of the GRAMMY-winning supergroup, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones. He is… (Read More)
Waste Deep is a six-piece funk/jazz band based in Aspen, Colorado. Waste Deep, with its three-piece horn section, seeks to energize crowds with high-power improvisational solos and funky beats. (Read More)
In 1985, two University of Georgia students, Michael “Panic” Houser and John Bell, began playing as Widespread Panic in Athens, Georgia. Constantly touring for the past two decades, Widespread Panic’s music so closely mimics life on the open road: rolling musical… (Read More)
