Grammy-nominated composer Richard DeRosa is currently the Director of Jazz Composition and Arranging at the University of North Texas and the Artistic Director for American Jazz Venues (AJV). Since 2012 he has conducted and arranged for the prestigious WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, and served as...

El Paso native Rodney Booth has been an active professional musician since he was 16 years old and playing trumpet in his father’s bands. A graduate of the University of North Texas (UNT), he was a member of the school’s renowned One O’Clock Lab Band. Rodney has performed with many major artists suc...

With an international presence as a masterful vocalist, deep improviser, versatile songwriter, and a tasteful arranger, Rosana Eckert has often been called a musical force.  Her shows are an effortless blend of tradition and originality, sincerity and virtuosity, humor and heart. Her jazz roots are...

Shaun Martin has performed, created, and collaborated for most of his life, but his own description of his latest release, Seven Summers, is perhaps the best description of his fresh and innovative style: “As I grew over the last seven years, I experienced so much and I wanted to translate that thro...

A local jazz singer who has performed locally for the past 25 years, Simone is a native Dallasite, and 1991 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In addition, she received both her bachelors and masters degree from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX. Si...