Talking Smooth Jazz

On this show we will be talking to Ms. Yolanda Hunter about her Seasons of Music Jazz Series, featuring exceptionally talented independent artists and national recording artists in the jazz genre.

We will also be talking to Howard Mandell about the JazzLives Twitter Campaign; an experiment to gather new numbers of those attending jazz concerts by tweeting who they have seen and where.

Eddie's new project "Visions of Angels" includes vocals by Howard Hewett on A Child's Love and Joeleen, a London born artist discovered by Eddie, on That's Life.

As a solo artist, Art has performed and/or co-headlined shows with Chuck Loeb, Marion Meadows, Roy Ayres, Everette Harp, Bob Baldwin, Randy Scott, Noel Webb, Najee, Michael Henderson, Jean Carne, Cuba Gooding & The Main Ingredient, and a host of others. Art will talk about his current project Seasons and his work with the Ms. Society and Progressive Horizons organizations.

Keyboard Larry Ellis, Jr. will talk about his current cd, Your Favorites My Way and we will continue our interview with 13-yr. old drummer, Taylor Burrise.

When Cindy Bradley, in a last minute rush to choose an instrument to play in her 4th grade elementary school band program, chose the trumpet, little did she know it would someday put her on a collision course with Trippin ‘n’ Rhythm Records and her opportunity to record the record of a lifetime in “Bloom", her major label debut.

She is a versatile Jazz Singer with a Master's Degree in Interdisciplinary Arts from Nova Southeastern University, and a Bachelor's in English from Florida International University. She is also an accomplished Stage Actress in musical and children's theater, a Commercial and Photography Model, and Voiceover Performer. Paulette Dozier is an all in one professional polished package. She can do it all and she has a track record on three continents to prove it!

Whether he's grooving onstage or laying down his latest batch of sensuous and funky tracks in the studio, there's no better adjective to describe the effect Paul Taylor has on his legions of urban jazz fans worldwide than the title of his latest and fifth Peak Records CD, Burnin. Paul returns to Talking Smooth Jazz to talk about his new cd and his performance for the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Foundation's Charity event that evening.

The Detroit bred, Los Angeles-based saxophonist burst on the jazz scene after an impressive win at the 2007 Capital Jazz New Artist Challenge in Columbia, Maryland. Since then Justin was asked to join Boney James, Brian Culbertson, Kim Waters and other jazz stars during the six-day Capital Jazz SuperCruise. The versatile 28-year old performer debuted onto the national circuit with his solo album On The Way. The album features collaborations with guitarists Paul Brown, Tim Bowman, and keyboardist Tom Schuman of Spyro Gyra.

Michael talks about his current cd, Passions and Dreams.

Aziza is a composer, pianist, vocalist, arranger and music educator. Her style of music combines jazz, soul and poetry and Aziza calls it Jazzsoetry.