Artist: All Jazz Artists

The Jezebel Sextet is a London funk band that plays heavy Hammond Funk with powerful horns and a great vintage sound. They have performed all over Europe and been broadcast on BBC 6Music. from http://www.jezebelsextet.com

Jhelisa Anderson, an internationally acclaimed artist, was born in Jackson Mississippi. Her father was a gospel radio announcer. Jhelisa was the only member of the Anderson family to sing, her father playing piano and organ. She is the cousin to the equally well-known singer Carleen Anderson. In 1990, she began her career with Soul Family … Read more

Akira Jimbo is a player of extraordinary technical skill and energy. He has been the first Japanese drummer to receive worldwide acclaim through the clinic circuit. His incredible ambidexterity, musical command of both electronic and acoustic sounds never fails to impress. Akira rose to fame as a member of the Japanese jazz-fusion quartet Casiopea. Casiopea … Read more

This is the oddest release on the 70s Japanese audiophile Japanese jazz label Three Bind Mice. According to experts, this is the first progressive rock album that was released on the label in its entire history. Although the cover art is straight from a 1969 psychedelic rock album, this is not pop music. This album … Read more

Jerseyband is a group of two tenor and baritone saxes, trumpet, baritone, bass, guitar and drums. They play “lungcore”, a new genre that fuses a horn-driven band’s heavy metal sensibilities with a horn-driven one. Jerseyband was founded in 1999 and explores jazz styles and textures that are not typical. They avoid the “head solo head” … Read more

Kjetil Jerve is my name. I was born in Alesund, Norway. My life was shaped by classical music and Elton John. I discovered improvised music later in my life. Now, I perform with my peers in jazz, techno and avantgarde music. This practice has a special quality that I treasure: people around the world seem … Read more

For many years, the College of Southern Idaho’s Director of Jazz Studies was Brent Jensen. He now lives in Seattle. Jensen, who was the artistic director of the CSI Jazz Summit, and the Jazz Saturdays workshop series in Idaho, was a key force in cultivating new musicians and bringing top-notch jazz events to the state. … Read more

Papa Bue Jensen, who was the leader of the Viking Jazz Band that began in 1956, is a great Dixieland trombonist and has been active in Denmark for many decades. Before forming his band, he had previously recorded with Chris Barber (which was, between 1956-1958, simply known as the New Orleans Jazz Band). The band … Read more

Ingrid Jensen, one of the most gifted hard bop trumpeters her generation, was born in Vancouver (British Columbia) in 1967. After graduating from the Berklee College of Music, Boston, Ingrid Jensen toured Europe with Vienna Art Orchestra’s production Fe and Males. She returned to the USA in order to teach jazz trumpet and become the … Read more