Jazz

Gavin Christopher is an R&B singer and musician born in Chicago, Illinois where he started out playing music at a very early age. Having been schooled by the likes of Oscar Brown Jr., Donny Hathaway and later on Curtis Mayfield, he honed his writing and singing skills and began his career, first in a band called Lyfe (which also included Chaka Khan).

Multi-Dimensional Expressionist, MAIA, is a producer, songwriter, composer, instrumentalist, (vibraphone/harp/flute) vocalist, bandleader and a SAG/AFTRA actor who has appeared on prominent main stages, film, television and radio across the USA, Brazil, Mozambique, Poland and Sardinia, Italy.

If you think you've made up your mind about jazz, hold your verdict because the jury's still out. Dayna Lynn is redefining this art form for the 21st century by bridging the gap between generations: she is introducing some and reacquainting others to scat singing. Forget the hackneyed and melodramatic shoo bee doos and dwee bops that you may be accustomed to.

CHICAGO BEAU
Bandleader, Vocal, Harmonica, Percussion, Author

Biography
Chicago Beau (L Beauchamp), was born on the south-side of Chicago on 13 February 1949, into a house of music. The recordings of Dinah Washington, Coleman Hawkins, Miles Davis, Billy Holiday, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and others inundated his senses from the beginning.

“Eliel” Sherman Storey a musician dedicated to the concept of those that create African-American art must take the responsibility to produce, define and preserve it. His passionate belief has inspired him to become a recording engineer under the jurisdiction of his company Transition East LLC., a recording studio and performance space located in Chicago Il.

As a multifaceted and versatile musician, saxist and woodwind player, The James ‘the Perkolator’ Perkins performance repertoire reads like a virtual “who’s who” of the music business.

8 BOLD SOULS was formed by Edward Wilkerson, Jr. in 1985 for a series of four concerts to perform his new works for octet. The concert series was an overwhelming success, and the musicians were invited to perform together again and again. And so 8 BOLD SOULS was born.

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Chicago guitarist backed famous blues and jazz musicians (in an era when the two groups notoriously failed to get along) including a long membership during the avant-garde days of the Miles Davis group, Chuck Berry, Billy Stewart, Fontella Bass, Etta James, the Soul Stirrers, Jerry Butler, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Herbie Hancock.