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)
Alto Reed Legendary Saxman and one of the founding members of Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Alto has created some of the most recognized Sax Hooks and Live Performance Styles in Rock & Roll….including – Turn The Page/Mainstreet/Old Time… (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)
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 which have made him one of the world’s top-selling instrumental artists. Drawing… (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)
Cyril is a percussionist and vocalist who first came to prominence as a member of his brother Art Neville’s funky New Orleans-based band, The Meters. He joined Art in the prestigious Neville Brothers band upon the dissolution of the Meters. He… (Read More)
Tangled Tales, Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks latest CD, is a more-than-worthy addition to Hicks’ already massive body of work. It is an irresistible nod to Dan Hicks’ undeniable musical legacy, and a potent reminder of all of the musical… (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)
Rocked to sleep as a child to the music of Stevie Wonder, Dechen Hawk is a balladeer at heart. His music ranges from ambient rock to serious get up get down funk. A 2009 graduate of Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado… (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)
When hip-hop trio Digable Planets emerged in the early ‘90s, their memorable moniker raised eyebrows. What, exactly, did it mean? The name sprang, they explained, from the notion that “every individual is a planet.” But the unique worlds that their tracks… (Read More)
In a world of war, poverty, ecological disasters, dissent and conflict in the social fabric of society, Marvin Gaye found himself looking to the heavens in 1971 and asking the heartfelt question What’s Going On? And with that Gaye created the… (Read More)
His iconic albino looks are unforgettable. His songs are used relentlessly in films and TV commercials, video games and played in music stores everywhere. Just one bar of “Frankenstein” will get fists pumping and heads bobbing. Likewise, “Free Ride” is a… (Read More)
Every few years, a new artist comes along with talent and potential so great that it challenges and redefines the common perceptions of what jazz is and where its heading. Bassist/vocalist/composer Esperanza Spalding is all of these things and more. And… (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)
Few bass players in the history of modern New Orleans music are as storied as George Porter Jr. During the course of a career spanning four decades, Porter has not only made a deep impression with his work in the Meters… (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)
Hot Buttered Rum, one of the hardest-working and fastest-rising stars in the musical firmament, has become, over the last five years, a group that is infinitely greater than the sum of its parts. It began with a core of five uniquely… (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)
Humble and self-effacing, without a trace of attitude or ego, Jimmy Herring’s demeanor nearly belies his status as one of the most acclaimed guitarists of his generation. Plying his skills in contexts ranging from classically song-driven rock to technically demanding jazz… (Read More)
Johnny is a contemporary jazz drummer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Playing since the early 1970’s with the quartet Astral Project (which includes James Singleton, Tony Dagradi and Steve Masakowski), he has become widely renowned as a prominent and sought after New… (Read More)
Johnny takes his songwriting cues from the things he sees in his New Orleans home. Many of the songs on Crescent City Moon, his debut for Rounder’s Bullseye Blues label, are inspired by the sights, sounds, and smells of the Crescent… (Read More)
Junior Jazz was born Wendel Ferraro in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He was nicknamed Junior and later added Jazz in appreciation of the genre which to him symbolizes freedom. This juxtaposition of a name is also analogous to the artist. Like Jazz… (Read More)
KJ Denhert is heard at her best on her most recent recording, Lucky 7 and is known to be especially good live. She performs the unusual feat of being both highly individual and quite accessible. KJ remembers, "I picked up a… (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)
Leo Nocentelli was one of the original members of the Meters, a groundbreaking funk group based in New Orleans from the mid-‘60s to the mid-’70s. The band, playing mostly instrumentals, stayed at the forefront of the music scene in the Big… (Read More)
