ANDERSON BROTHERS

Saxophonistists & Clarinetists

"... virtuosos on both clarinet and saxophone"

                                                        — New York Times 

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"Toe-tapping, heart-lifting jazz"                       — New York Post

BENNY BENACK

Trumpeter/Vocalist

"Male Jazz Vocalist of the Year" Finalist

— 2020 Downbeat Readers Poll

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"He may be young... but he seriously has his act together in every way, shape and form..."

— All About Jazz

FRANK DILELLA

NY1 On Stage television host

Emmy-Award winning host of On Stage on Spectrum News NY1

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Contributing correspondent for the Tony Awards, Playbill, and the Olivier Awards at London's Royal Albert Hall

Recipient of three New York Press Club Awards

PASQUALE GRASSO

Guitarist

"The best guitar player I've heard in maybe my entire life..."

— Pat Metheny

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"Grasso’s playing is practically faultless, his hands darting over the instrument like hummingbirds."     — Downbeat

SAMARA JOY

Vocalist

Winner of the 2019 Sarah Vaughn International Jazz Vocal Competition

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"... a gifted newcomer to the New York jazz scene"

— Downbeat

KYLE TAYLOR PARKER

Stage actor/singer

From Broadway's Kinky Boots and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert

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Kyle "... breathes life into the production every time he opens his mouth"

— New York Times

KONRAD PASZKUDZKI

Pianist

"... a pearly touch, a sense of history, a sense of drama, a love of the blues, and an elegance which is borne of high-minded dedication"                                                      

— Wynton Marsalis

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"... an ace pianist"                                  

  — Rex Reed, Observer

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"To put it simply, he is jazz!"

— James Morrison

MOLLY RYAN

Vocalist

"She sounds worldly wise beyond her years, wonderfully gentle and lyrical" — Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal

EHUD ASHERIE

Pianist

"A master of swing and stride"

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Ehud "... creates the feeling that jazz history is being made"

 — The New Yorker

PETER CINCOTTI

Pianist/Vocalist

The youngest artist ever to reach #1 on the Billboard jazz

charts 

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"Rebirth of cool"

— Elle

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"One of the most promising singer-pianists of the next generation"

—New York Times

CHAMPIAN FULTON

Pianist/Vocalist

"A charming young steward of the mainstream jazz tradition"

— New York Times

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"... the most gifted pure jazz singer of her generation"

— Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press

ALPHONSO HORNE

Trumpeter/Vocalist

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Two-time Grammy-nominated trumpeter named by Wynton Marsalis as one of the rising stars of the next generation

"... one of the most sought-after musicians today"

— TimesSquareNYC

ISAAC MIZRAHI

Actor, Host, Writer, Designer, and Producer

"... a true Renaissance man"

— Theater Pizzazz

"...a natural cabaret-meister. He practically dares you to have any less grand a time than he’s having"

— New Yorker

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NICKI PARROTT

Bassist/Vocalist

"Nicki Parrott could make anyone love jazz"

— Cabaret Scene

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"... her singing and bass playing simultaneously swing

    hand-in-hand"                                                        

— WNPR

CATHERINE RUSSELL

Vocalist

"... jazz royalty"                                        

— The Syncopated Times​

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"... one of the outstanding singers of our time"

— Wall Street Journal

Four-time Grammy Award nominee and two-time winner

ALYSHA UMPHRESS

Stage Actress/Singer

Stage credits include On The Town, On A Clear Day You Can

See Forever, Smokey Joe's Cafe, American Idiot, and Bring It

On : The Musical