Why is putting on a good show important? Your artistic skills and musical technique are vital to making it onto the stage and building your audiences, however, a successful artist also cultivates the emotional intelligence inherent in the skill of stagecraft. Bandleaders, vocalists, and their sidemen will offer advice, best practices, and guidance on building a setlist, developing banter, and considering the ever-shortening attention span of the modern audience.

Moderator: Jason Olaine (Jazz at Lincoln Center). Panelists: Darlene Chan, Tedd Firth, Paquito D'Rivera, Marilyn Maye, Riley Mulherkar.