“A formidable and consummately lyrical guitarist.”
– Time Out, New York

“A limber and inventive guitarist, Ben-Hur keeps the modernist flame alive and pure, with a low flame burning in every note.”
– Gary Giddins, The Village Voice

Wolfgang Lackerschmid is equally successful as a vibraphonist, bandleader and composer.

David Liebman is considered a renaissance man in contemporary music with a career stretching over fifty years…

Singer-guitarist Charlie Moon; Ireland’s “rising star” of jazz ~ The Irish Times, has been referred to as the Emerald Isle’s answer to ‘The Prince of Cool’ – Chet Baker, working mainly in the cool jazz, blues and soul jazz idioms.

A new-breed vocalist who infuses diversity and modern interpretation into his shows, John Minnock first gained popularity in Boston, and is now a fixture in the jazz and cabaret scene in New York City. He is the recipient of the “Hot House Jazz 2016 Fans Decision Metropolitan Room Award” and the “2019 HotHouse/Jazzmobile Best Male Vocalist Award”.

Chiara Izzi’s musical path began in her adolescence by learning to play the piano and starting to perform very early. By the age of 17 she had already performed in concerts in Italy and abroad with some of the most influential musicians on the Italian scene playing with them in many and different musical environments.

Adrienne West, was born in Brooklyn, NY, and at age 9 began studing classical voice and piano. During her teenage years, she felt the need to combine some of the jazz variations she had loved listening to on records with her classical background.

Evan Arntzen was born and raised in East Vancouver, Canada, about as far away from New Orleans as one can be, and yet it is the music of the Crescent City that sparked Evan’s musical journey.

With more than 40 LPs/CDs to his name, Uli Beckerhoff has earned his place in the long list of German jazz legends.

Claude Diallo is gaining International acclaim and a reputation for not only his keyboard virtuosity but also his unique sense of composition.

He began his musical studies in 1983, at the Santa Cecilia de Sedaví Musical Association. Since then, he has been a student of the excellent trumpeter and pedagogue Manuel López, with whom he has acquired endless technical and practical knowledge in the study of the trumpet; both in its classical and modern training.

Chuck Israels is a composer/arranger/bassist who has worked with Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock, J.J. Johnson, John Coltrane, and many others.