Joel Frahm
Performer, recording artist, teacher For more than 30 years, Joel Frahm lived in New York City, working in jazz clubs, Read More
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Jovan Quallo
Hailing from Boston, MA, Jovan Quallo moved to the Greater Nashville area in 2003 as a teenager and in 2013 Read More
Derrek Phillips
Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Derrek Phillips was heavily indoctrinated by the sounds of Tower of Power, Read More
Emmanuel Echem
Emmanuel Echem is a trumpeter, composer, and arranger living and working in Nashville, TN. A native to the area, Echem Read More
Lindsey Miller
Lindsey Miller is a Nashville based touring and session guitarist whose skills span an array of musical styles and genres. Read More
Jody Nardone
Born and raised in New Jersey, studying and performing since the age of three, it was in junior high school, Read More
Jonathan Wires
Jonathan A. Wires is jazz performer, composer, and educator. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University Read More
Kevin Madill
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Matt Endahl
Matt Endahl is a pianist, composer and educator working in Nashville. He has performed in groups led by Jeff Coffin, Read More
Ralph Henley
Ralph Henley manages the social media for NJW and several performing artists and authors and has extensive experience in producing Read More
Victor Wooten
“Who am I? Now, that’s a good question.” Victor Lemonte Wooten is a unique human being. Born the youngest of Read More
Liz Johnson
Liz Johnson is a vocologist and voice teacher based in Nashville, TN. She practices voice habilitation with people from all Read More
Sandra Dudley
Jazz Vocalist, Sandra Dudley is a versatile singer that has entertained audiences for more than three decades. An educator as Read More
Jeff Hall
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, vocalist Jeff Hall received his Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz/Commercial Performance from Towson University, and furthered Read More
Annie Sellick
Annie Sellick is a poster child for hard work and determination. She got her start at formal training right here Read More
Joe Freel
From his first role at ten years old as the lead character, Tom, in his elementary school’s production of “Tom Read More
Jim Ferguson
Jim is a bassist and vocalist whose two recent CD’s “Not Just Another Pretty Bass,” and “Deep Summer Music” have Read More
Vali Forrister
Vali is the producing artistic director of the Actors Bridge Ensemble, which she co-founded with Bill Feehely in 1996. She Read More
Connye Florance
Connye Florance is an award-winning vocalist (BET Jazz Vocalist Of The Year, 2000) and dynamic actress who has career credits Read More
Margaret Rose
Margaret Rose received a full scholarship and graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. in Performance-Classical Voice. She studied with Clifford Read More
Chris West
Based out of Nashville TN, Chris West has been performing, composing/arranging, and teaching since 1998. An accomplished saxophonist/woodwindist, West has Read More
Denis Solee
Multi-reed player/saxophonist Denis Solee has lived in Nashville since 1974. Interested and skilled in all types of music, he has Read More
Jeff Coffin
Jeff moved to Nashville in 1991 after graduating from North Texas State and has been recording, playing, touring, writing and Read More
Don Aliquo
Saxophonist Don Aliquo has been described as a musician with a “fluid and articulate flow of always surprising ideas, sophisticated Read More
Kirk Whalum
Originally from Memphis TN, Kirk Whalum grew up in a musical family. He began playing sax in high school and Read More
Evan Cobb
Multi-instrumentalist Evan Cobb is a leading force in Nashville’s vibrant musical scene. Known foremost for his tenor saxophone playing, Cobb Read More
Roy Agee
Nashville, TN based trombone player Roy Agee is a musical phenom – an absolute powerhouse from the word GO! Trombonist Read More
Roland Barber
Trained at Indiana University and the Manhattan School of Music, Roland Barber has performed with an impressively diverse list of Read More
Oscar Utterstrom
Swedish-born Oscar Utterstrom started playing the trombone at the age of ten. He began his musical career at the music Read More
Rod McGaha
Raised in the “Windy City”, Rod’s incredible jazz trumpet playing has taken him through all of the major U.S. cities Read More
Matt White
Trumpeter and Composer Matt White is a recent addition to the Nashville Music Scene, hailing previously from Miami, Fl. He Read More
Jamey Simmons
Arranger, composer, trumpeter, and educator Jamey Simmons grew up in Wisconsin and knew early on that music was his unique Read More
Dara Tucker
Vocalist and songwriter Dara Tucker is making her mark in the world of organic, heartfelt music by blending the melodic Read More
Chris Watson
Originally from southeastern Kentucky, Christina moved to Nashville in 2001 after graduating Magna Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music Read More
Pete Huttlinger
Pete Huttlinger was one of the greatest fingerstyle guitarists in the world. Author of over 10 CD’s and numerous songbooks Read More
James DaSilva
James DaSilva is a session guitarist, composer, and educator living in Nashville, TN. He is a recent graduate of Belmont Read More
Matt MacDougall
Matt MacDougall is a Canadian guitarist, composer, and educator now based in Nashville. A versatile artist, he specializes in jazz Read More
Chip Henderson
Chip Henderson is a jazz guitarist, composer, arranger and educator. Besides teaching at NJW, Chip is on the faculty of Read More
Nashville Jazz Orchestra
This page was created in honor of the Nashville Jazz Orchestra, a fellow nonprofit organization since 1995. The Nashville Jazz Orchestra Read More
Moe Denham
Dann Sherrill
Dann is one of the south’s most sought after percussionists, and is a Latin Jazz and Contemporary Rhythm and Blues Read More
Beegie Adair
Beegie Adair grew up in Cave City, Kentucky, where she began taking piano lessons at age five. She continued to Read More
Lori Mechem
A respected jazz pianist, composer and educator, Lori, along with her husband Roger Spencer, has lived in the Nashville area Read More
Kelli Cox
Kelli Cox has been playing piano professionally since she was fifteen years old. A native of Denver, CO, she graduated Read More
Pat Coil
Pat is an accomplished pianist, composer, producer, arranger, teacher, and highly respected studio musician. His credits span the musical spectrum Read More
Joe Davidian
Joe Davidian was born and raised in Vermont, where he first learned classical piano and then was introduced to jazz Read More
Chris Walters
Born in New Orleans, Chris moved from New York to Nashville in 1989. When not touring with his own band, Read More
Bruce Dudley
A native of Rochester New York, Bruce and his family have found a home in Nashville. Bruce studied jazz and Read More
Andy Reiss
Andy Reiss grew up in San Francisco, Calif., playing in a wide variety of bands all through high school. Finding Read More