Music & Medicine

Mindi Abair is an American saxophonist, vocalist, author, and National Trustee for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the organization that puts on the Grammy Awards show. Her solo career has produced ten No. 1 radio singles, two No. 1 Billboard Jazz CDs, and four more solo CDs that have landed No. 5 and above on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts. She was the featured saxophonist for the 2011 and 2012 seasons of American Idol and performed with the rock band Aerosmith. Abair's recordings have twice been nominated for Grammy Awards. Petri Hawkins-Byrd, born Petri Adonis Byrd; is from Brooklyn, New York), ] better known as Byrd, is an American television personality, actor, voice actor, writer, and former New York State Court Officer. He is best known for his sidekick role as Bailiff Byrd for the entire series run–25 seasons–of Nielsen's top-rated courtroom television program, Judge Judy. From his stint on Judge Judy, Byrd is television's longest court show bailiff in history.

Herman Jackson, Musician, Keyboardist is known for: 

 2007-2011 American Idol (TV Series)  

 2009 Stevie Wonder: In Performance at the White House - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize 

The Music and Medicine show hosts legendary musicians, composers, and producers as well as up-and-coming artists who deconstruct their musical backgrounds and sound while also tackling health issues that matter to them.

Guests have included Dionne Warwick, Phil Demmel, Gerald Albright, Robert Palmer Watkins, After 7, Mindi Abair, Michael Colyar, Tweet From NEXT, Jennifer Thomas, Louis Gossett Jr, and Andrew Young.