Steve Davis is widely regarded as one of today's leading voices on the trombone. Davis has worked with jazz luminaries such as Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers (he penned the title track of Blakey’s final album, One For All), Jackie McLean, Chick Corea, Benny Golson, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Hank Jones, Harold Mabern, Larry Willis, and Roy Hargrove. Raised in Binghamton, NY, Davis’s many notable performances include The Jimmy Fallon Show with Stevie Wonder and The White House Tribute to Ray Charles (PBS). Davis appears on nearly 200 recordings (20 as a leader), including his latest acclaimed release, Bluesthetic (Smoke Sessions). Davis appears on multiple Grammy-winning recordings including Chick Corea and Spanish Heart Band's Antidote and Christian McBride Big Band's Bringin’ It. In addition to leading his own bands, Davis continues to work regularly with Nat Reeves, One For All, and Dizzy Gillespie & His All Stars. He also collaborates regularly both with his son, guitarist Tony Davis, and his wife, vocalist Abena Koomson-Davis. Abena and Davis each appear on Natalie Merchant’s latest release, Keep Your Courage. As a faculty member at the Hartt School’s Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the University of Hartford, Davis was recently honored for over 30 years of service. Davis’s other notable academic affiliations include San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Roots Jazz & American Music Program, New England Conservatory, University of Massachusetts's Jazz in July, Skidmore Summer Jazz Institute, Jamey Aebersold's Summer Jazz Workshop, and Stanford Summer Jazz Workshop. In Fall 2022, Davis joined Berklee College of Music's Brass Department as professor of trombone.

Steve Davis is widely regarded as one of today's leading voices on the trombone. Davis has worked with jazz luminaries such as Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers (he penned the title track of Blakey’s final album, One For All), Jackie McLean, Chick Corea, Benny Golson, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Hank Jones, Harold Mabern, Larry Willis, and Roy Hargrove. Raised in Binghamton, NY, Davis’s many notable performances include The Jimmy Fallon Show with Stevie Wonder and The White House Tribute to Ray Charles (PBS). Davis appears on nearly 200 recordings (20 as a leader), including his latest acclaimed release, Bluesthetic (Smoke Sessions). Davis appears on multiple Grammy-winning recordings including Chick Corea and Spanish Heart Band's Antidote and Christian McBride Big Band's Bringin’ It. In addition to leading his own bands, Davis continues to work regularly with Nat Reeves, One For All, and Dizzy Gillespie & His All Stars. He also collaborates regularly both with his son, guitarist Tony Davis, and his wife, vocalist Abena Koomson-Davis. Abena and Davis each appear on Natalie Merchant’s latest release, Keep Your Courage. As a faculty member at the Hartt School’s Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the University of Hartford, Davis was recently honored for over 30 years of service. Davis’s other notable academic affiliations include San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Roots Jazz & American Music Program, New England Conservatory, University of Massachusetts's Jazz in July, Skidmore Summer Jazz Institute, Jamey Aebersold's Summer Jazz Workshop, and Stanford Summer Jazz Workshop. In Fall 2022, Davis joined Berklee College of Music's Brass Department as professor of trombone.

Steve Davis is widely regarded as one of today's leading voices on the trombone. Davis has worked with jazz luminaries such as Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers (he penned the title track of Blakey’s final album, One For All), Jackie McLean, Chick Corea, Benny Golson, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Hank Jones, Harold Mabern, Larry Willis, and Roy Hargrove. Raised in Binghamton, NY, Davis’s many notable performances include The Jimmy Fallon Show with Stevie Wonder and The White House Tribute to Ray Charles (PBS). Davis appears on nearly 200 recordings (20 as a leader), including his latest acclaimed release, Bluesthetic (Smoke Sessions). Davis appears on multiple Grammy-winning recordings including Chick Corea and Spanish Heart Band's Antidote and Christian McBride Big Band's Bringin’ It. In addition to leading his own bands, Davis continues to work regularly with Nat Reeves, One For All, and Dizzy Gillespie & His All Stars. He also collaborates regularly both with his son, guitarist Tony Davis, and his wife, vocalist Abena Koomson-Davis. Abena and Davis each appear on Natalie Merchant’s latest release, Keep Your Courage. As a faculty member at the Hartt School’s Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the University of Hartford, Davis was recently honored for over 30 years of service. Davis’s other notable academic affiliations include San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Roots Jazz & American Music Program, New England Conservatory, University of Massachusetts's Jazz in July, Skidmore Summer Jazz Institute, Jamey Aebersold's Summer Jazz Workshop, and Stanford Summer Jazz Workshop. In Fall 2022, Davis joined Berklee College of Music's Brass Department as professor of trombone.

About Tim Lin is a saxophonist originally from the Bay Area, California currently residing in New York City. He stays busy recording albums, practicing, and performing live. His interests lie in being a student of the music and immersing himself in the language of bebop and modern jazz. "Tim Lin is a wonderful, creative saxophonist with a vibrant, fluid sound and a strong technique throughout all registers. His unique blend of tone, melody and complex, bop-ish lines make him a distinctive voice in the modern world of the tenor saxophone." Larry Schneider

Brooklyn-based saxophonist and composer Tobias Meinhart presents music from his upcoming album Light & Shadow. A Rising Star in the DownBeat Critics Poll, Meinhart leads a quartet featuring Eden Ladin, Matt Penman, and Kush Abadey — musicians deeply connected to the New York jazz scene. The music combines clear melodic writing, rhythmic intensity, and expansive improvisation, moving between cinematic atmosphere and high-energy interplay. Recent performances include sold out shows at Smalls, Winter Jazzfest, Dizzy’s Club, Ronnie Scott’s, and Duc des Lombards. Press: “Germany’s biggest talent on the saxophone.” – JazzThing “Commanding!” ★★★★ – DownBeat “Tobias Meinhart picks up the gauntlet thrown down by Sonny Rollins.” – NYC Jazz Record Artist Bio Tobias Meinhart is a Brooklyn-based saxophonist and composer originally from Germany. A three-time Rising Star in the DownBeat Critics Poll, he has become a distinctive voice on the New York jazz scene, performing regularly at venues such as Smalls, Birdland, and the Blue Note, and appearing at festivals including Winter Jazzfest NYC and Jarasum Jazz Festival in South Korea. Known for blending the rhythmic intensity of New York jazz with cinematic storytelling and strong melodic writing, Meinhart leads projects that move fluidly between lyrical intimacy and high-energy improvisation. His albums Sonic River and The Painter received international critical acclaim, with The Painter named one of DownBeat Magazine’s Best Albums of 2022. His latest project, Light & Shadow, brings together a quartet of musicians deeply connected to the contemporary NYC jazz scene. JazzThing magazine called him “Germany’s biggest talent on the saxophone.”

Award-winning Steinway Artist (NYC-based pianist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader) Kelly Green, leads her ensembles through high-energy swing, intricate, lyric-driven ballads, and heroic instrumental compositions. Her sets weave original works with reimagined pieces by Mulgrew Miller, Duke Ellington, Blossom Dearie, and more — bridging eras with a distinctive touch. Green has performed and recorded with Christian McBride, Rich Perry, Steve Wilson, Scott Robinson, George Coleman, and Billy Hart, and has toured internationally selling out venues including Birdland, Dizzy’s, and the Century Room. Her fifth album, Corner of My Dreams, was released in August 2025 and won her two Global Music Awards. Her new album Eat Your Greens is set to release in full on August 28 this year. Even in the largest halls, Kelly Green plays as if you’re the only one in the room.

About Joey Curreri is a highly acclaimed trumpeter and composer from Los Angeles, based in New York City. As a sought-after performer and recording artist, he performs in NYC, tours internationally and nationally, and records with various artists including Joris Dudli, Vincent Herring, Makoto Ozone, Deron Johnson, Miguel Zenon and Christine Jensen’s Big Bands, Marcos Varela, and Mike Clark. As a bandleader, Curreri performs around New York City with variations of his quartet, quintet, or sextet, and has four releases with his bands available on Bandcamp.

The Sivan Arbel Experience is a soul-stirring journey — music that moves the body, touches the soul, and calls us home to ourselves and to each other. Rooted in jazz, it weaves Middle Eastern roots, West African grooves, and Indian melodies into a vibrant tapestry of vocals, sound and dance. This unifying experience invites you to dive inward, awaken your body, and remember our shared humanity "Sivan Arbel is a young singer with an angelic, elastic tone" - All About Jazz "Standing firmly at the crossroads of Moroccan, Brazilian, Indian and Israeli influences, Arbel refines a genre-bending array of emotional ore in her image..." - Downbeat Magazine "Sivan crafts a universe all her own, bordering on literature and poetry…as approachable as it is enchanting, it is a symphony uniting Eastern and Western influences in harmony. This album (Oneness) will likely leave few unmoved.” - Paris-Move