Artists
One of Italy's foremost DJs and label entrepreneurs, Leo Young began DJing at the age of 13, and was given his own local radio show not long after.
Her superb vocals, sense of funk and swing, colossal temperament, and natural artistry have made Lera Gehner a sought-after performer on the St. Petersburg jazz scene.
Utilizing hip-hop, jazz, New Orleans R&B, blues, and rock in their gumbo, Lettuce is a New York-based collective who update the sound of classic '70s funk.
At the beginning of their career, Level 42 was squarely a jazz-funk fusion band, contemporaries of fellow Brit funk groups like Atmosfear, Light of the World, Incognito, and Beggar & Co. By the end of the '80s, however, the band had crossed over to the point where they were often classified as sophisti-pop and dance-rock.
U.K. funk band Light of the World has the distinctions of having a tight head shot of a pre-stardom Sade on their self-titled debut LP cover and having guitarist Jean Paul "Bluey" Maunick as a band member.
Chicago acid jazz outfit Liquid Soul was formed in 1993 and quickly emerged as a Windy City club favorite.
Live People Ensemble is the conceptual jazz ensemble from Moscow, Russia, that delights jazz lovers with original compositions, as well as original jazz standard arrangements.
Ludovic Llorca is the composer who spent his youth in the north of France, learning music-making with computers. While he chose his family name as an artist alias, he also uses different monikers for several various projects.