Big Sam's Funky Nation is rooted in New Orleans and puts the FUN in funk and the PARTY in any event. They’re not afraid to turn it loose and let the good tunes flow. While primarily a touring band playing major music festivals and venues across the country, BSFN is available for weddings, campus events, corporate functions, and virtually any... read full bio
Singer/songwriter and producer Bilal is known for his vast vocal range, genre crossovers, and live shows. He was discovered by Aaron Comess, from the Spin Doctors, who helped him record a demo that got him a record deal with Interscope. He released his debut album, 1st Born Second, which featured contributions from high-profile producers such as Dr. Dre and J... read full bio
Bill Evans is a legendary sax player from Illinois. At an early age, he was exposed to music, given that his dad was a musical prodigy who could play the classical piano. Bill took to wind instruments quite quickly. Starting out playing the classical clarinet, he went on to study the saxophone with Vince Micko. Bill went on to study... read full bio
Bill Frisell is one of the leading jazz guitarists. He is also a composer and arranger. Frisells big music break came when he was recommended to play for Paul Motians recording of Psalm for ECM records. He soon became ECMs in-house guitar player and began working on many albums. Once his solo career kicked off, he released his first solo... read full bio
Bill Cobham is a jazz drummer, composer, and bandleader. He was born in Panama and immigrated to New York as a child. After attending New Yorks High School of Music and Art and playing in an Army band during the mid-late sixties, Cobham stumbled on the jazz-fusion world and worked with the Brecker Brothers, guitarist John Abercrombie, and the legendary... read full bio
Billy Davis Jr. is perhaps best known for being a member of the Grammy award winning pop group The 5th Dimension. The group’s first hit, “Up, Up and Away”, won them four Grammy’s and was only a prelude to their success. In 1975, Billy left 5th Dimension with his wife and fellow group member Marilyn McCoo. They formed a duo... read full bio
Billy Mitchell is a prolific jazz musician and producer who endured the decades with his skill and experimentation as an artist. He is a self taught pianist who rejected formal training, instead favoring contemporary recordings as his teachers. On top of his success in the jazz world, Mitchell is a philanthropist who supports the participation of inner-city kids in music... read full bio
South London-born alternative musician BINA combines love sentiments in her songs with neo-soul, R&B jazz and captivating melodies. She is prepared to express her love for the transformative power of music now that her new debut EP This Is Not A Film is available. With the help of several tastemakers in the music and fashion scenes, including Boiler Room, Dr. Martens and London... read full bio
Binker Golding and Moses Boyd are the two partners in the London, United Kingdom-based company Binker and Moses. Saxophone and drums are playing in a free jazz duo. They are among the leaders of a loose but connected group of jazz musicians based in London who draw inspiration from other genres of music, including grime, hip-hop, and electronic music in... read full bio
Five years after their start, the Brazilian ensemble Bixiga 70 from Sao Paulo continues to journey musically forward, only to discover themselves more and more at home. III, the band's third album, is a luminous and vibrant mash-up of Atlantic cultures. The album's hyper-contemporary discussion travels between Brazilian and African sounds and rhythms, as well as between the band's ten musicians... read full bio
You’ve never heard anything like Black Violin. This hip hop duo – consisting of Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste (AKA Kev Marcus and Will B) – plays the violin and viola, combining traditional hip hop with jazz and classical. Usually accompanied by DJ SPS and Nat Stokes, Black Violin has played alongside the National Symphony Orchestra during two sold-out shows... read full bio
The jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat, & Tears (BS&T) is now touring the country alongside former American idol star, Bo Bice. Mostly known for their fame through the late '60s and 70s, they have been able to reinvent themselves and have been successful in the new millennium. BS&T, which formed in the beautiful city of New York, is a fusion of... read full bio
There are two saxophones and a drumkit. BLOW trio's masked musicians don't need anything else to get listeners to their knees. The lineup is as straightforward as it is effective. BLOW 3.0 stands out in the ongoing digitization of live performance. BLOW 3.0 is all about music. Everything feels real, live, in the moment, and from the heart. This masked trio... read full bio
With Motherland Journey, the London duo Blue Lab Beats—producer NK-OK and multi-instrumentalist Mr DM—makes their full-length Blue Note Records debut after their appearance on the celebrated project Blue Note Re:imagined and the publication of their EP We Shall Rise. The vibrations are powerful on everything this duo creates in Blue Lab HQ, including their exquisite rendition of the funk classic "Montara" by... read full bio
Life was difficult for me as a young Ghanaian growing up in Amsterdam's South East. He found solace in his mutuals and power in everything that moved him. In a community where authenticity is valued, Benjamin 'Bnnyhunna' Ankomah discovered the ultimate form of self-expression: music. In church, he learns to play various instruments such as the piano, guitar, and drums. His... read full bio
Bob and Joe are a jazz duo that are based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bob is a musician, educator, clinician, composer and arranger who has been based out of Las Vegas since the late 70’s. Over the course of his career, Bob has performed with artists such as Buddy Greco, The Wayne Newton Orchestra, Keely Smith, Sam Butera, and many... read full bio
It is one thing to be called The Best" by all the entertainment critics, but it is the ultimate to be called "The Best" by your peers. Such is the case for Bob Anderson, the personable entertainer that People Magazine named, "The Best Singing Impressionist in America." Bob is not just an impressionist, he is a singer, a comic, a... read full bio
Bob Hardwick grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. At the age of four, he began playing the piano and composing his own music, gifted with perfect pitch. At the age of twelve, Hardwick was accepted into the University of Louisville School of Music. Amongst his other accomplishments, Hardwick won national talent competition, the Coca-Cola Talent Contest. Later in his life, Hardwick... read full bio
Bob James is a two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz keyboardist. Fresh out of the University of Michigan with an MA in composition, he recorded an inventive bop trio album, Bold Connections," for Mercury; and his next project was a free-jazz LP ("Explosions") for ESP-Disk. After four years as Sarah Vaughan's music director and a like period on the New York session... read full bio
Bobby Goldsboro is a multi-talented performer. His career began in the 1960s, performing with guitar legend Roy Orbison. When touring with Orbison, Goldsboro played at concerts around the world and even with The Beatles. Goldsboros solo career began with sixteen top-forty sits, including See the Funny Little Clown. As a solo act, one of Goldsboros first bookings was as an... read full bio
