Jessica Molaskey has performed with the " First Family of Cool" - John, Bucky and Martin Pizzarelli, at venues around the world from Feinstein’s at the Regency in New York City to the Montreal Jazz Festival. Jessica has also been featured at Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Series, Carnegie Hall, Joe’s Pub, Rainbow & Stars and with orchestras, and in concert venues across the country. As Pentimento put a jazzy new twist on popular songs of the 1920s and 1930s, now Jessica sashays into the …

With a lung capacity as mighty as the woolly-mammoth, saxophonist Virginia Mayhew shows that life is unpredictable, but always worth the challenges. Her battle with breast cancer put a halt to her recordings in 2005, although she released Sandan Shuffle in 2006 with her quartet. She tells, "I actually recorded Sandan Shuffle right before I discovered I had breast cancer. I did a short tour, then started the chemo." She is back in 2008 not only with a new solo …

"Music is comprised of traditions, even when mixed with innovations," Gregory says, "so of course, every musician is building upon sounds that came before. I admire and respect those jazz guitarists and I learned a lot from them. But my influences also include early soul innovators like Curtis Mayfield, many of the guitarists in the various Motown artists’ bands and like Ike Turner. Going further, I have been inspired by rock and rollers from Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley through Hendrix, to Eddie …

Doc Powell is a guitarist who started as a session musician and worked on projects ranging from radio and TV commercials, to movie soundtracks and live studio recording. During that time, he performed with such other session musicians like bassist/producer Marcus Miller, drummer Yogi Horton and pianist Kenny Kirkland. Powell was in demand at the time and says his upbringing has been the reason why he was very versatile. "Being a studio musician, there is no way you could make it without being ab …

Freddy Cole has been called the Prince of Song. He has an exhilarating voice with a richness that truly opens the mystery of love. In The Name of Love, Cole’s exciting new album of contemporary music on the Telarc label, is filled with just such mystery. Cole gets romantic with the unique interpretations of eleven celebrated love songs, including Boz Scaggs' Harbor Lights, Smokey Robinson's "Just to See Her and Van Morrison's Have I Told You Lately. Supported by …