Langston Hughes II (saxophonist, flutist, bandleader, and composer)

David Benoit (pianist, composer, producer, jazz radio host)

Nancy Newman (vocalist, composer)

Markus Rutz (trumpeter, composer, bandleader)

John Proulx (pianist, singer, composer) and Maya Proulx (guitarist, singer, composer)

Anaïs Reno (singer and composer)

Joe Farnsworth (drummer, educator, band leader)

Igmar Thomas (Part 2 of 2) (Trumpeter, Founder, President, Artistic Director, Musical Director, Maestro, Conductor, Educator, Composer, Arranger, Artist, Consultant)

Michael Dease (trombonist, bandleader, educator, composer, producer)

Todd Barkan (owner of Keystone Korner Baltimore, producer, NEA Jazz Master)

Steve Smith (drummer, leader of Vital Information, composer, educator, former drummer with Journey and Jean-Luc Ponty)

Jodi Proznick (three-time Juno-nominated bassist, composer, producer and educator)

Igmar Thomas (Trumpeter, Founder, President, Artistic Director, Musical Director, Maestro, Conductor, Educator, Composer, Arranger, Artist, Consultant) (Part 1)

Zhengtao Pan (composer, arranger, conductor, bandleader, pianist)

Nanami Haruta (trombonist, bandleader, composer)

Arturo O'Farrill (Grammy-winning pianist, composer, conductor, educator, bandleader)

Ingrid Jensen (trumpeter, band leader, member of "Artemis", composer, educator)

Jeremy Pelt (trumpeter, producer, educator, bandleader)

Matthew Whitaker (pianist, organist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, nominee for NAACP Image Award)

Avery Sharpe (bassist; composer; bandleader; educator; collaborator with McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey, Archie Shepp, and many others)