One of the foremost American composers of his era, pianist Billy Childs has successfully married the musical products of his heritage with the Western neoclassical traditions of the twentieth century in a powerful symbiosis of style, range, and dynamism.

Aside from being one of the principal innovators of modern jazz guitar, John Scofield is a creative artist of an even rarer sort: a stylistic chameleon who has forged a consistent, rock-solid aesthetic identity.

NEA Jazz Master Dianne Reeves who is the pre-eminent jazz vocalist in the world today, was described by The New York Times as “the most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.”

Imani Winds & Harlem Quartet have built parallel legacies around their virtuoso musicality as well as expanding the canon of great works through their commitments to commissioning, composing, and arranging for their ensembles.