For eight years, from 1972 - 1980, the pillar of the Raiders' take-no-prisoners defensive line was 6'6, 260 pound Otis Sistrunk. This football gladiator was honored in 1973 as the Raiders' Lineman of the Year and won All-Pro honors in 1976. In the same year Otis lead the Raiders to a Super Bowl XI victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Sistrunk... read full bio
Dara Maclean is a singer, songwriter, and worship leader from the Fort Worth area who has received a Dove nomination. Her passion is using music to guide people back to the Father's heart and to one another. Dara was raised in a family who supported her love of music and ministry from an early age, just outside of Fort Worth, Texas. She... read full bio
Seasoned musician and worship leader Jenny Simmons is a Christian Contemporary solo artist and former lead singer of the band Addison Road. After meeting as students at Baylor University, Addison Road, which contained Jenny's future husband, spent ten years creating touring and creating music that consistently reached the top ten on the Christian Charts. When Addison brought its journey to... read full bio
Maxine Nightingale recorded her first four singles, ""Spinning Heel"", ""Don't Push Me Baby"", and ""Love On Borrowed Time"", on Pye Records. Stepping out of the clubs, she became involved in theater, exploring her vocal development through roles in the era's hottest musical stage shows, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair, Godspell, as well as the well-received London play Savages. Nightingale then... read full bio
Monette Marino began drumming in 1976 at the age of 8 when her father initiated her on his sparkle blue Ludwig drum set. In 1981 her father gave her a lesson on the congas and it was at that moment that she fell in love with the skin on skin contact and began to immerse herself into the world of... read full bio
Simpson is an American broadcast journalist who worked for ABC News from 1982 to 2006. She began her career at several stations in Chicago including NBC News. In joining NBC in 1974, Simpson became the first African-American woman to anchor on a major network newscast. She went on to became the first minority woman to moderate a presidential debate -... read full bio
Nicole Nordeman is a Dove Award-winning Christian Contemporary artist. Her music has been featured in several media formats, including the track ""Real To Me"" in the PlayStation 2 game Thrillville, and the track ""Beautiful for Me"" which she wrote and recorded for the VeggieTales film ""Sweetpea Beauty."" She is known for her artistic spin on her music. The track... read full bio
Mark Schiff is an American stand-up comedian. He decided to pursue comedy when he was only 12 years old, once he saw Rodney Dangerfield performing at a nightclub. Schiff has gone on to perform all over the world and has appeared on television shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman. He has... read full bio
Ash Bowers biography is a story of perseverance and it defines the age old adage that if you believe strongly enough in yourself, your dreams and your talent, and you work hard every single day and don't give up on your goals - then your dreams really can come true. Born and raised in Jackson, Tennessee, Bowers continued to hone... read full bio
Austin Webb is a country singer-songwriter who became known after winning a song writing contest in Nashville. His debut single Its All Good" hit no. 53 in its first week on the charts. Austin describes his music as country soul. Its country and its soul. I think its therapeutic. I try to stay as honest and relevant as possible in... read full bio
DJ Earworm is a mashup artist who has achieved recognition for his technically sophisticated, songwriting oriented music. His annual United State of Pop mashup, features the top 25 songs of the year according to Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 chart in one mix. DJ Earworms unique mashup style gradually layers song samples over each other, which add texture and builds momentum... read full bio
Appeared as Marilyn in Ohio’s annual Dean Martin Festival. Featured as herself singing in the opening and finale of Caesar’s Palace Comedy Festival with Steve Schirripa. Also had a nine-day sold out engagement at the Half Note Jazz Club in Athens Greece. Now performing the role of Marilyn Monroe for convention events and shows in Las Vegas and throughout the... read full bio
Lloyd Diamond was born and raised in New York City. As a child, Lloyd had a gift for doing impressions of Jerry Lewis, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, among others. He loved making his family and friends laugh. Some of his early comedy influences were Richard Pryor, Jerry Lewis, Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, and Eddie Murphy. His friends in high school... read full bio
Andy Narell - world's pre-eminent steel pan player. Along with Paquito d'Rivera and Dave Samuels, founded Caribbean Jazz Project. His upbeat, beautiful compositions explore the connection between jazz and Afro-Caribbean music. Andy has become a fixture on both the American jazz and world music scene as well as in Trinidad, birthplace of the steel band. With his green card band"... read full bio
Born in New York in 1963, Benny Green grew up in Berkeley, California, and began classical piano studies at the age of seven. Influenced by his father, a tenor saxophonist, his attention soon turned into Jazz: I began trying to improvise on the piano, imitating the records I'd been hearing from my father's collection, which included a lot of Monk... read full bio
Denny Zeitlin is an American jazz pianist and composer, and a clinical professor. He has recorded more than 30 albums, including more than 100 original compositions, and a first place winner of the Down Beat International Jazz Critics Poll. Denny Zeitlin has written original music for Sesame Street; and appeared on network TV, including repeats on the Tonight Show, and... read full bio
Throughout his prolific 35-year career, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson has proven to be one of the most innovative and endearing figures in contemporary jazz. His adventurous Blue Note recordings of the 1960s helped to expand the use of the vibes in jazz, by bringing together free-jazz melodic ideas with pure capacity for swinging. Today, Hutcherson's performance schedule keeps him globe-trotting most... read full bio
Charles McPherson was born in Joplin, Missouri where the great swing bands originated... Bird, Buster Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie and others. He studied alto sax with renown pianist Barry Harris. At age 19 he started playing professionally. He went to New York and performed with Charles Mingus for twelve years. While performing for Mingus, McPherson frequently collaborated with Harris,... read full bio
Lisa McClowry is a singer/songwriter based out of Chicago, Illinois. She cites her musical influences to include Ella Fitzgerald, Ann Wilson (Heart), Steve Perry (musician) for Journey (band).[1] Having performed on more than 25 albums, her singing style intertwines soul, jazz, rock and pop.[... read full bio
Holly is one of those rare performers who is equally at ease singing in a church, at a rally, or from the stage of Carnegie Hall. A skilled stylist, her voice comfortably embraces country, folk, jazz, and musical theater. This versatility has perhaps kept Near from an easily definable commercial career. And yet she is one of our nation's finest... read full bio
