Roster

We are proud to represent Grammy Award-winning and nominated songwriters, producers, recording artists, production music libraries, writers, producers and composers.

Anna Wilson

Anna Wilson is a critically acclaimed recording artist with a voice that Jazz Times likens to “crème de cocoa.” Her seven studio albums spanning a thirty-year career have garnered rave review…. READ MORE

Benny Carter

Born in New York in 1907, Carter received his first music lessons on piano from his mother. He was attracted to the trumpet through his cousin, the legendary Cuban Bennett… READ MORE

Caiphus Semenya

Thabo Caiphus Katse Semenya (born 19 August 1939) is a South African composer, arranger and musician… READ MORE

Cannonball Adderley

Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and producer of the hard bop era… READ MORE

Carolyn Bradford

In addition to recording and touring the world with John Mayall since 2018, Carolyn has recently signed to Alligator Records and has been on the top of the Blues, Americana, and Alt Country charts… READ MORE

Carlos Varela

Carlos Varela Cerezo is a Cuban singer-songwriter of Nueva Trova, a musical genre characterized by poetic and political themes… READ MORE

Chet Lyster

Chet has played with the likes of THE EELS, Lucinda Williams, Fernando Viciconte and many others over the years… READ MORE

Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry’s music has transcended generations. He earns respect to this day because he was truly an entertainer. Berry, also known as “The Father of Rock & Roll,” gained success… READ MORE

David Frishberg

Dave Frishberg has enjoyed a career remarkable for both its quality and its diversity. Long known as one of the outstanding pianists… READ MORE

Dean Micetich

Born and raised in South London, Dean’s roots have always been a significant part of his identity… READ MORE

Freddie Foxxx

Freddie Foxxx started rapping in the early 1980s. In 1986, he recorded “You Gotta Come Out Fresh / Handling Things” under the alias Freddie C. as a member of the Supreme Force (other members were Cool Cee and Easy E) on NIA Records… READ MORE

Freddie Hubbard

Was an American jazz trumpeter. He played Bebop, hard bop and post-bop from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives for modern jazz and bebop.

Geordie Kieffer

Herby Azor

Herby Azor also known as Fingerprints, born in Port-de-Paix, Haiti is a musician and hip-hop music producer. He is best known for discovering and producing the hip-hop trio Salt-N-Pepa… READ MORE

Jackson Browne

Over the course of more than five decades, Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music… READ MORE

James Andrew Michael

James Andrew Michael is an American record producer, sound engineer, mixer, songwriter, musician and singer. He was the lead singer of the rock band Sixx:A.M. He took piano lessons while growing up… READ MORE

Jesse Michaels

Jesse Michaels is an American songwriter, painter, illustrator, musician, singer, and author from Berkeley, California. He is most well known as the vocalist for the ska punk band Operation Ivy… READ MORE

Joel Rafael

Rafael began performing in showcases and small clubs around Southern California in the early 70s… READ MORE

Lance Canales

Lance Canales & The Flood are a roots-blues influenced Americana trio from California’s breadbasket, where Canales lived the life that so many songs have been written about since the birth of roots music… READ MORE

Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price was an American R&B and rock ‘n’ roll singer, known as “Mr. Personality”, after his 1959 million-selling hit, “Personality”…. READ MORE

Marsha Ambrosius

There’s an emotional nature that only Marsha Ambrosius can conjure. Her work over the years could be described as both vulnerable and compelling… READ MORE

Monty Powell

John Denver showed me what was possible with just a guitar and a voice and Alice Cooper taught me that rock and roll could still be about catchy, singable tunes. Springsteen broke my heart by being too beautiful and Elvis Costello put it back together by being so literate… READ MORE

Nat Adderley

Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, with whom he played for many years… READ MORE

Nat Adderley Jr.

Nathaniel Adderley Jr. is an arranger and pianist with a rich career in American pop and R&B music… READ MORE

Richard "Kinky" Friedman

Arriving on the wave of country rock following on from Gram Parsons, The Band, and Eagles, Friedman originally found cult fame as a country and western singer. … READ MORE

Roger Reale

Rhode Island native. Songwriter. “Poet Laureate of the Nutmeg State.” Roger has been playing music in Connecticut for 30 years… READ MORE

The Sophs

The Sophs are a Los Angeles based indie rock band — including frontman Ethan Ramon, Sam Yuh (keyboards), Austin Parker Jones (electric guitar), Seth Smades (acoustic guitar), Devin Russ (drums), and Cole Bobbitt (bass)… READ MORE

The Tokens

The Tokens were an American doo-wop band and record production company group from Brooklyn, New York City. The group had four top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, all in the 1960s, their biggest being the chart-topping 1961 hit single “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”… READ MORE

Val McCallum

McCallum has toured with, and served as a studio musician for many well-known musicians. He toured with Jackson Browne, and McCallum’s musical resume includes stints with Sheryl Crow, Lucinda Williams, The Wallflowers, Bonnie Raitt, and Loretta Lynn… READ MORE

Vonda Shepard

A soulful, passionate musician who deftly blends soaring vocals with formidable piano skills, Vonda Shepard once again, is in the midst of writing another album, (her 14th studio album) to be released in the Fall of 2026… READ MORE

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