Now in the sixth decade of his professional life, Herbie Hancock remains where he has always been: at the forefront of world culture, technology, business and music.

Ashanti was one of Billboard’s “Top Females of the Decade from 2000-2010”, and continues to break Billboard records having a Hot 100 entry every decade in the 2000’s, 2010’s and 2020’s.

BadBadNotGood make expansive music that straddles the line between '70s soul-jazz, alternative hip-hop, and experimental electronica

Melody Gardot possesses a blue, jazz-oriented style and dusky persona that reflect not only her afflictions, but conversely the hope and joy of making personalized music that marks her as an original.

Not exactly a jazz band, a fusion band or a jam band, Snarky Puppy represents the convergence of both black and white American music culture with various accents from around the world.

The TD Toronto Jazz Festival is excited to present a double-bill featuring two of the most exciting and important trios in contemporary jazz: the Brad Mehldau Trio and the Avishai Cohen Trio.

Cimafunk is an Afro-Cuban Rockstar - He is redefining contemporary Cuban music as well as Afro-Latin identity and the fusion of black cultures.

Colin Stetson has developed an utterly unique voice as a soloist - his intense technical prowess matched by his exhilarating and emotionally gripping skills as a songwriter.

Mighty pushes forward continuing to carve out spaces that boldly defy gendered expectations for women in hiphop. Unyielding and irresistible – Haviah Mighty will be heard.

Jully Black is 'Canada's Queen of R&B/Soul' and a true Canadian icon.

For the past two decades The Bad Plus have played with spirit and adventure, made their own rules and done so with a bold sense of creativity and intent.

Braxton Cook is an Emmy Award winning artist and one of this generation’s most exciting emerging voices in the jazz world.

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio specializes in the lost art of “feel-good music" - 1960s organ jazz, a tweak of the snappy soul strut of Booker T. & The M.G.’s, with Motown, Stax Records, blues, and more.

LOONY melds neo-soul, jazz, gospel, hip hop and R&B to create a melodious alchemy that feels as organic as it is luscious.

Mark Guiliana has become recognized as one of the world’s leading drummers, admired for his rhythmic sophistication, creative impulse and individual sound.

Pedrito Martinez is a source of rhythmic delight and inspiration, an incomparable performer, he is as close as traditional Afro-Cuban music has to a superstar. - The New York Times