Featured Artists
Shervin Lainez
Melody Gardot
Melody Gardot has overcome a terrible accident to carve out an important musical career. Born in New Jersey, she sang and played piano, appearing in Philadelphia-area night clubs as a teenager, inspired by jazz, rock, folk and pop music. But when she was...
Marco Benevento
Marco Benevento is an inventive keyboardist and composer who has gained some attention for his work with the Benevento/Russo Duo, an experimental group mixing together aspects of adventurous jazz, indie-rock and jam-bands Benevento was born in New Jersey...
Kiel Scott
Christian Scott
One of the brightest young trumpeters on the jazz scene today, Christian Scott has made a strong impression with his open-minded style, warm tone and two Concord recordings. Born in New Orleans, he started on the trumpet when he was 12. The nephew of altoist...
John Abbott
Sonny Rollins
One of the greatest tenor-saxophonists of all time, Sonny Rollins ranks at the top along with Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and John Coltrane. Rollins has been a jazz giant for 60 years and is always capable of playing marathon solos full of constant creative...
Christian Lantry
Dianne Reeves
Dianne Reeves has been among the top singers in jazz for the past 20 years. A superior interpreter of lyrics, a skilled scat singer and possessor of a warm voice, Reeves often stretches herself beyond jazz into original folk music and African-oriented pieces...
Earl Klugh
In a recording career of over three decades, master guitarist Earl Klugh has been lauded first as a prodigy and groundbreaker, then a defining figure, and ultimately, as one of the true statesmen of contemporary jazz. With 2008’s The Spice of Life, Klugh...