The world's top-selling instrumental artist Chris Botti has charm and talent in spades; the Italian American contemporary jazz trumpeter breathes new life into a range of different genres from American songbook standards to bebop classics by the likes of Miles Davis. Botti is not only a highly skilled musician but a consummate entertainer, with a gleam in his eye his onstage banter calls to mind the performers of jazz's golden age.

New Zealand-born, UK-based neo-soul artist Jordan Rakei is embarking on a tour across the US and Canada this winter, bringing his excitingly fresh sound that blends soul, jazz, and electronic music to American shores. With silky smooth vocals, Rakei has garnered a fanbase that includes seminal figures such as Robert Glasper and Nile Rodgers, while frequent collaborators like Loyle Carner and Tom Misch, who are also making waves in the scene, further elevate his appeal.

No strangers to bending genres, Railroad Earth have created their own subgenre blend of bluegrass, rock, jazz and celtic folk music. No two shows are ever alike - the sextet also push boundaries on stage with improvisation and jamming, bringing the heat with anthemic songs like Warhead Boogie and Blazin' A Trail.

Madeleine Peyroux burst onto the recording scene in 1996. Madeleine's fourth solo album, a turning point in Peyroux's career, with all original tracks, Bare Bones, was released on March 10, 2009. She collaborated with songwriters Walter Becker, Joe Henry, David Batteau and Julian Corywell.

Grammy-nominated guitarist, podcast host and Youtuber Cory Wong is heading out on tour across North America early 2024 featuring Monica Martin. He'll be bringing his groove-laden funky guitar show to a stage near you for fans to move their feet to. One of the talented musicians at the head of this generation's funk and groove music movement, Wong is known for his collaborations with Vulfpeck, The Fearless Flyers and other purveyors of highly skilled music which makes you want to dance.

A singer-songwriter with many strings to his bow, Jonathan Butler's music is often described as Jazz Fusion. A purveyor of R&B, Jazz and Gospel worship music, Butler has seen his popularity grow from his home country of South Africa to the far corners of the globe! Marking his childhood in South Africa as his inspiration for a lot of his work, Butler hits the road once more this year.

Canadian guitarist, producer and nuevo flamenco star Cook turns his lighting quick fingers to flamenco, rumba, jazz plus various other forms of world music into his work. A Juno Award winner, he has also received accolades from Acoustic Guitar magazine, and is a three-time winner of the Canadian Smooth Jazz award for Guitarist of the Year. To top that off, he has also sold more than 1.5 million worldwide, cementing himself as a global guitar superstar.

Canadian guitarist, producer and nuevo flamenco star Cook turns his lighting quick fingers to flamenco, rumba, jazz plus various other forms of world music into his work. A Juno Award winner, he has also received accolades from Acoustic Guitar magazine, and is a three-time winner of the Canadian Smooth Jazz award for Guitarist of the Year. To top that off, he has also sold more than 1.5 million worldwide, cementing himself as a global guitar superstar.

Canadian guitarist, producer and nuevo flamenco star Cook turns his lighting quick fingers to flamenco, rumba, jazz plus various other forms of world music into his work. A Juno Award winner, he has also received accolades from Acoustic Guitar magazine, and is a three-time winner of the Canadian Smooth Jazz award for Guitarist of the Year. To top that off, he has also sold more than 1.5 million worldwide, cementing himself as a global guitar superstar.

A former opening act for Eric Clapton, Cray has played alongside John Lee Hooker and now has a pair of Fender Stratocaster guitars named after him. He has released a number of albums that have reached the top of the Billboard Blues chart, and in 2011 was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame for his achievements. In 2017 he released a new record with Hi Rhythm.

Held on Thanksgiving Day in November 1976 at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom, The Last Waltz was The Band's farewell show and went down in history as a cult classic concert thanks to its cinematic immortalization by Martin Scorsese and special guest performers including Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Joanie Mitchell, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Van Morrison, and Ringo Starr, amongst others.

In 2009, Billboard Magazine named Boney James the Jazz Musician of the Decade and the tremendously talented saxophonist certainly lives up to that moniker. While seen as a forerunner of the smooth jazz movement, Boney's style of playing combines pop and RnB and his style is often seen as grittier and more textured than the easy-listening genre.