A masterful and creatively wide-ranging jazz pianist, Chick Corea was a celebrated performer whose influential albums found him exploring harmonically adventurous post-bop, electric fusion, Latin traditions, and classical.
Chiefs Band — jazz-pop-funk orchestra from Belarus led by Alexander Myshkevich. The band has debuted in 2012 with their Jazz Pirates release.
Towards the end of the 80s, Chris Bangs really hit pay dirt as a musical trend-setter with the invention of Acid Jazz genre and as a producer and artist responsible for many early recordings on Eddie Piller's Acid Jazz label and Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud.
The brilliantly named Cinematic Orchestra is led by composer / programmer / multi-instrumentalist Jason Swinscoe, who formed his first group, Crabladder, in 1990 as an art student at Cardiff College.
Citrus Sun is a smooth jazz group created by Incognito leader/producer Jean Paul 'Bluey' Maunick.
Irma Group member Clan Greco is lead by trumpet player Massimo Greco, who has many aliases and is best known for his masterful arrangements and his incredible horn playing.
Club des Belugas combine contemporary European lounge & nu jazz styles with Brazilian beats and American black soul of the fifties, sixties and seventies, using their unique creativity and intensity.
DJs Jonathan More and Matt Black, aka Coldcut, rose to acclaim in the mid-'80s through production and remix work for a number of modern rock, hip-hop, and dance outfits.