Rosie G.
Babatunde Lea
Babatunde Lea, aka Michael Lea from Danville, Virginia grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. He took his name from Nigerian drummer,...
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ARTIST PROFILES
Rosie G.
Ramiro Gonzalez Trio
Jazz is a music genre that is loved all around the world. It comes in many forms with artists mixing other music genres with Jazz to...
Rosie G.
Aki Rissanen
Aki Rissanen is an accomplished pianist from Kuopio, Finland who is classically trained but decided to go in a different direction with...
Rosie G.
Aly Keita
Aly Keita is well known for playing the balafon, a mirimba-like instrument that is native to West Africa. The sound is somewhat to the...
Kristine England
Surprise Chef
Purveyors of what they call “Cinematic Funk,” the four members of Surprise Chef hail from the Melbourne, Australia suburb of Coburg....
Kristine England
Summers Sons
Brothers Turt and Slim Summers are the core of South London’s jazz/hip-hop group Summers Sons. Slim handles the production of sonic...
Kristine England
Bryony Jarman-Pinto
Singer/songwriter Bryony Jarman-Pinto spent her formative years in Cumbria, UK. Both of her parents were musicians, and they encouraged...
Kristine England
Ibrahim Maalouf
Ibrahim Maalouf was born in Lebanon to a musical family who fled the country during the Lebanese Civil War. Settling in Paris, the family...
Kristine England
Kneebody
Three of the members of Kneebody met at the Eastman College of Music. Adam Benjamin (keyboards), Shane Endsley (trumpet), and Ben Wendel...
Kristine England
Jordan Rakei
Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, singer Jordan Rakei is a soulful singer who incorporates jazz and hip hop into his...
Kristine England
Massimiliano Milesi
Massimiliano Milesi is a composer and tenor saxophonist who hails from Bergamo, Italy. He keeps himself very busy as a member of the...
Kristine England
Mabuta
London is not the only place where jazz is having a renaissance. Cape Town, South Africa is home to a thriving community of musicians...
Kristine England
Josef Koumbas
Josef Koumbas was born in London to a Greek Cypriot father and Irish mother. He caught the music bug early, forming his first group at...
Kristine England
Ego Ella May
British singer and songwriter Ego Ella May creates music infused with contemporary jazz and classic soul. She cites Stevie Wonder and...
Kristine England
Camille Thurman
Native New Yorker Camille Thurman is a multi-instrumentalist and singer who is Down Beat’s 2019 Rising Star. Just 15 when she received a...
Kristine England
Hackney Colliery Band
Hackney Colliery Band is a brass ensemble based in East London. Historically, a colliery band, most coal mines (also known as collieries)...
Kristine England
Walter Gorra
Originally from Colorado, pianist Walter Gorra is now based in New Jersey, giving him access to a wide range of opportunities to...
Kristine England
No Resolve
No Resolve burst onto the Detroit rock scene in 2009. Formed by guitarist Russ Mitchel and singer Oscar Pegorraro in Lake Orion, MI, the...
Kristine England
Omar Sosa & NDR Band
Omar Sosa is a Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader. During his formative years in Cuba, he started out on the marimba (a percussion...
Kristine England
Charlotte Dos Santos
Charlotte Dos Santos is a Brazilian-Norwegian singer who is getting attention. Raise in Norway, and now based in Brooklyn, she listened...
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