Stephen Paul Motian was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties.
Jaymz Bee is a Canadian musician, writer, emcee and radio personality based in Toronto, Ontario.
Cindy Blackman Santana, sometimes known as Cindy Blackman, is an American jazz and rock drummer. Blackman has recorded several jazz albums as a bandleader and has performed with Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Simmons, Ron Carter, Sam Rivers, Cassandra Wilson, Angela Bofill, Buckethead, Bill Laswell, Lenny Kravitz, Joe Henderson and Joss Stone.
Edward Isaac Bickert, was a Canadian guitarist who played mainstream jazz and swing music. Bickert worked professionally from the mid-1950s to 2000, mainly in the Toronto area. His international reputation grew steadily from the mid-1970s onward as he recorded albums both as a bandleader and as a backing musician for Paul Desmond, Rosemary Clooney, and other artists, with whom he toured in North America, Europe and Japan.
The Greyboy Allstars are an American soul-jazz band from San Diego, California, United States, whose current members include Karl Denson on Saxophone, Robert Walter on Keys, Mike Andrews on guitar, Chris Stillwell on bass and Aaron Redfield on drums. They have released six albums to date.
Groundation is an American roots reggae band with jazz and dub influences, from Sonoma County in Northern California. It is named for Rastafarian ceremony of Grounation.
Metalwood is a Canadian jazz band from Toronto, Ontario. the band was active in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and reunited in 2016. The members are saxophonist Mike Murley, pianist/trumpeter Brad Turner, bassist Chris Tarry and drummer Ian Froman.
Mike Murley is a Canadian jazz saxophonist and composer from Windsor, Nova Scotia who was a member of the Shuffle Demons from 1984 to 1989 and Time Warp.
The City Streets were a Canadian independent rock and roll band from Edmonton, Alberta.
Ghostkeeper is a Canadian experimental pop/rock band led by Shane Ghostkeeper, who writes most of the songs, and includes members Sarah Houle, drummer Eric Hamelin and bassist Ryan Bourne. Their songs combine elements of '60s girl-group melodies, country music, ‘90s indie rock, African pop, and traditional Aboriginal pow wow music.
Kevin Breit is a Canadian musician from Northern Canada. Breit has collaborated in numerous bands, and recorded solo albums on his own Poverty Playlist label, and Stony Plain Records. He is also well known for session work on Grammy award winning albums by musicians such as Cassandra Wilson and Norah Jones.
Papermaps are a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario, consisting of record producer, guitarist and songwriter Dean Marino, drummer Bobby Lee, bassist Betty Dimo and guitarist/keyboardist Andy Soto. Past members include keyboardist/guitarist Todd Harrison and keyboardist Wendy Leung.
Outlaws of Ravenhurst are a Canadian rock band from Calgary, Alberta. The band is composed of bassist Dan D'Agostino, guitarist and vocalist Ken Murdoch Jr., and drummer Gabe Antal. The band was first conceived by D'Agostino and Murdoch in Cologne, Germany as a concept loosely based on a book of the same title by Sister M. Imelda Wallace.
Battle of Santiago is a Canadian Afro-Cuban post-rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada formed in 2011.
Blanket Barricade is a Canadian indie rock band (music) founded by Wesley Krauss, with Mary-Lee Neron, pianist Samuel Li, Drummer Steve M., bassist Justin S., and Myles Travitz. The name of the band comes from Wesley's childhood habit of making forts out of blankets. The band's music was described as "multi-layered", "intricate", and "theatrical".
Dana Jean Phoenix is a Canadian synthwave singer-songwriter and musical theatre actress. She is also a vocalist in the Juno-nominated Toronto funk outfit God Made Me Funky.
Lina Allemano is a Canadian musician in the genre of jazz and free improvisation.
Primaveras is a band from Los Angeles, California. Originally named Julian Jasper and briefly known as Modern Howls, the band has been featured by Billboard, Magnetic Magazine, Consequence of Sound, PopMatters, and Paste/Daytrotter. Their songs have been licensed by the Freeform show Stitchers, the CBS show Wisdom of the Crowd, and Starbucks.
Pugs and Crows are a Canadian instrumental music group from Vancouver, British Columbia. They are most noted for winning the Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2013, for their album Fantastic Pictures.
Larnell Lewis is a Canadian drummer, composer, producer, and educator. He is most well known for playing drums with the Brooklyn-based jazz fusion band Snarky Puppy.
