Sergio Assad Sérgio Assad is a Brazilian guitarist, composer, and arranger who often performs with his brother in the guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad, commonly referred to as Assad Brothers or Duo Assad. The Assad Brothers have collaborated in performance and recordings with classical artists Gidon Kremer, Yo-Yo Ma, Dawn Upshaw, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, the Turtle island Quartet and Paquito D’Rivera.	8 blackbird A contemporary music sextet based in Chicago. The group derives its name from the eighth stanza of Wallace Stevens' poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird. The name is deliberately spelled in lower case. The members of eighth blackbird hold degrees in music performance from Oberlin Conservatory, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the Juilliard School, Northwestern University, and the Curtis Institute of Music.	Fareed Haque He is renowned for bringing classical and jazz styles to his jam band collaborations, including, but not limited to, those with Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Holland, Sting, Joe Henderson, Lester Bowie, Arturo Sandoval, Robert Walter, Keller Williams, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Kahil el Zabar, Defunckt, Ramsey Lewis, Gabe Noel, Edo Castro and more recently with George Brooks on "Summit" and Garaj Mahal.
Jody Christian An American jazz pianist, noted for bebop and free jazz. An original co-founder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) along with pianist/composer Muhal Richard Abrams, drummer Steve McCall, and composer Phil Cohran. He and Abrams were also part of the Experimental Band. He worked at Chicago's Jazz Showcase club, and performed with Eddie Harris, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons, Roscoe Mitchell, Buddy Montgomery and John Klemmer.	Howard Levey An American harmonicist, pianist, composer, and producer. He is probably best known as a founding member of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, with whom he won a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for their live recording of their 1991 song "The Sinister Minister". Levy more recently won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition in 2012 for "Life In Eleven", a song which he co-wrote with Bela Fleck, featured on the Flecktones' 2011 release "Rocket Science".	TOXIC Toxic, is a Multi-Platinum, Grammy nominated music producer. Toxic has produced Twista's Kamikaze that went platinum in 4 weeks. Toxic was also nominated for a Grammy in 2007 for producing Charlie Wilson's Supa Sexxy record featuring T-Pain & Jamie Foxx. Toxic went on to produce hits on all 5 records for Keyshia Cole. Toxic also produced the hit single "Hope" featuring Twista and Faith Evans which landed on on the "Coach Carter" film soundtrack starring Samuel L. Jackson.
Cora & Ruby Green All Green's Daughters	John Faddis Born July 24, 1953 is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator, renowned for both his playing and for his expertise in the field of music education. Upon his first appearance on the scene, he became known for his ability to closely mirror the sound of trumpet icon Dizzy Gillespie, who was his mentor along with Stan Kenton trumpeter Bill Catalano.	Gobi M. Rahimi Gobi has produced and directed music videos from a diverse collection of artists ranging from Yoko Ono, 2 Pac ,and Snoop Dogg. He also oversaw the collaboration of a diverse range of musical talents including Mary J. Blige , Marie Ben-Ari, Jadakiss, Jamie Fox, Missy Elliott, Wyclef Jean, and the musical producing genius of Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds.
Chicago Jazz Ensamble The CJE strives to integrate tradition with innovation by presenting and reinterpreting the classics of big-band repertoire as well as championing the new creative voices of the 21st century. The members of the CJE include noted educators, in-demand recording artists, and composers whose work is highly prized among jazz orchestras across the country. Individually, they have performed with artists as diverse as Aretha Franklin, Sun Ra, Branford Marsalis, and John Mellencamp.	Corky Siegel Mark Paul "Corky" Siegel is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and composer. He plays harmonica and piano. He plays and writes blues and blues-rock music, and has also worked extensively on combining blues and classical music. He is best known as the co-leader of the Siegel-Schwall Band, and as the leader of the Chamber Blues group.	Dede Sampaio An expert in all Brazilian music styles, including samba, bossa nova, baião, forró, pagôde, batucada, frêvo, afoché, maracatú, olodum, chôro and partido alto. Dedé studied and mastered various American drumming styles as well. In 1976, he came to United States to broaden his horizons. He has performed with top musicians such as Miles Davis, Jon Faddis, Rendy Breker, Toninho Horta, Gary Peacock, Dave Kikoski, Bob Mentzer, Flora Purin, Airto Moreira, Rita Moreno, Lionel Hampton, and Phil Perry.
Clarice Assad Clarice Assad is a Brazilian-American composer, pianist, arranger, singer, and educator from Rio de Janeiro. She is influenced by popular Brazilian culture, Romanticism, world music, and jazz. She comes from a musical family, which includes her father, guitarist Sergio Assad, her uncle, guitarist Odair Assad, and her aunt, singer-songwriter Badi Assad. She is a 2009 Latin Grammy and 2022 Grammy nominee.	kurt Elling Kurt Elling is an American jazz singer and songwriter. Elling is a baritone with a four-octave range, and a writer and performer of vocalese, writing and performing words over improvised jazz solos. In 2007, 2012 and 2020, Circumstantial Productions published three editions of Lyrics: Kurt Elling, collections of Elling's vocalese lyrics edited by Richard Connolly.	Jonah David Drummer/percussionist who has performed and recorded with a wide variety of musicians including Matisyahu, Costello (band), Roots Tonic, Josh Werner, Bill Laswell, Braindance, Joshua Nelson, King Django and the Brooklyn Funk Essentials. n February 2010 Jonah enlisted in the United States Navy Music Program and is currently a Petty Officer Third Class Musician (MU3). To date, Jonah has been awarded the National Defense medal, Global War on Terrorism medal, and the Navy Pistol Marksmanship ribbon.
Amos Lee an American singer-songwriter whose musical style encompasses folk, rock and soul. He was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in English. After working as a schoolteacher and bartender he began to pursue a career in music. His manager submitted a demo recording to Blue Note Records which resulted in a recording contract and an association with singer Norah Jones.	John Pizzarelli An American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader. He has had a lengthy career as a recording artist, performing for a variety of labels that include Telarc Records, RCA Records and Chesky Records, among others. He has recorded twenty-three albums of his own, as well as other joint recordings with his father, Bucky Pizzarelli. Additionally, he has appeared on more than forty albums of other recording artists, including those of Sir Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Rosemary Clooney and	Dori Ben Zeev Served his enlistment in the IDF theater and Armor Military Group. Then transferred to Army Radio, where he first wrote a humorous weekly program called "Hello From You." Since the 1970's Ben Ze'ev was exceptional and innovative in relation to what was customary Israeli radio. Today Ben Ze'ev continuities to host his own radio show, and is still deeply connected to and involved in making music and quality radio programming.
Second City The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles. The Second City has produced television programs in both the United States and Canada. Since its debut, the Second City has consistently been a starting point for comedians, award winning actors, directors, and others in show business.	IBM Trusteer is a Boston-based computer security division of IBM, responsible for a suite of security software. Trusteer's products aim to block online threats from malware and phishing attacks and to support regulatory compliance requirements.	Dräger The Drägerwerk AG is a German company based in Lübeck which makes breathing and protection equipment, gas detection and analysis systems, and noninvasive patient monitoring technologies. Customers include hospitals, fire departments and diving companies.
Casa do Caminho Communidade Rural Casa Do Caminho is a non-profit organization that aims to educate a generation of children and adolescents, whose futures will not be determined by their pasts but by their potential, and who strongly value nature and ecology. Casa do Caminho distinguishes itself with its wide range of learning opportunities for children and adolescents in vulnerable situations.	Street Level Youth Media Street-Level Youth Media is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Street-Level incorporated in 1995 to become one of the U.S.A.'s first nonprofits to offer technology access and media arts training to urban youth. Three years later Street-Level won the inaugural Coming Up Taller award from President Clinton’s Committee for Arts and the Humanities for their innovative approach to arts education.	Mike Przygoda A classical, jazz, and rock composer, arranger, and songwriter. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, bass, piano, drums, vibraphone, harmonica, banjo, and several other instruments. Mike has served as a musical director for the Second City Touring Co. He also performs weekly with the world-renowned comedy troupe, Baby Wants Candy, is an accompanist at Improv Olympic. and is performing in the pit orchestra for Valentine Victorious.
Tight Mike Hip hop Producer for for multi-platinum artist Twista. Tight Mike AKA "Cuzo," brings his talent and experience to all of his music productions.	Tal Babitzky Tal Babitzky is a composer, orchestrator, arranger and piano player. He is a Jazz Artist born in Vilnius, Lithuania and is now residing in Israel. Babitzky is currently composing, arranging and orchestrating songs to various Israeli artists, spanning across Pop, R&B and Jazz. His music receives noteworthy playtime on National Geographic TV.	Geraldo oliveira Geraldo’s sounds have been heard in the recordings of many Chicago artists such as Ramsey Lewis, Judy Roberts, Jerry Butler, Tyrone Davis, Walter Jackson, Linda Clifford, Rich Fudoli, Bobby Lewis, Guy Fricano, Joannie Pallatto and Sparrow, Gene Chandler, The Chi Lites, Lesley Spencer, Mike Ferro, Andy Tecson, Scott Anderson, Chévere, Don Stiernberg, Robin Lukas, Paulinho Garcia, Grazyna Auguscik, Bobby Schiff, Allison Ruble, Arlene Bardell, The Numa Band, and many others.
Moran Baron Trombone and bass player from Israel. Lived and studied in NY from 1999 to 2005. Played among others with Bobby Sanabria, Salsa Picante, Charlie Percip Big Band, Joe Deninzon and the band Stratusphirious, Alex Sckolnik, Smalls Big Band and Jason Linder, Matt Miller Big Band and many more. Сurrently lives in Israel and playes both bass and trombone with the best of Israeli artists in all music styles.