The New York Times calls Tierney Sutton "...a serious jazz artist who takes the whole enterprise to another level." In 2009, Tierney received her third Grammy Nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album for Desire. The Tierney Sutton Band has been together for 17 years and is a model of both musical quality as well as business creativity, since the members are incorporated partners. Her band colleagues, Christian Jacob, Trey Henry, Kevin Axt, and Ray Brinker are musical masters and have performed and recorded with artists and projects in all aspects of the music industry. Members of the Tierney Sutton Band can be heard all over the current music scene, from American Idol to Dancing With The Stars, from Natalie Cole to Norah Jones, from Symphonic work to TV soundtracks. The band's CDs consistently top the jazz radio charts, leading to Tierney's selection as Jazzweek's 2005 Vocalist of the Year. Tierney has headlined in recent years at Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, The Kennedy Center and Jazz At Lincoln Center. She tours extensively throughout the world and her voice can be heard on television soundtracks (Samantha Who, Journeyman), TV commercials (Yoplait Yogurt, BMW, JC Penney, Green Giant) as well as several feature film soundtracks including the Academy Award Nominated film The Cooler. Tierney teaches workshops throughout the world and served as an adjunct professor of Jazz Studies at The University of Southern California for 11 years. She served as Head of USC's Jazz Vocal Department for 5 years.

Dorian is the Vocal Coach for American Idol and has been around the world many times as a touring member of the following bands: Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart, James Taylor, Lionel Ritchie, and Don Henley. He has also backed up Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Trisha Yearwood, Seal, Little Richard, Al Jarreau, BB King, Brandy, Montel Jordan among many others. Dorian has recorded with Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Graham Nash, George Duke, Joe Zawinul, Michael Bolton, Everlast, Smokey Robinson, Celine Dion, Roger Waters, Barbara Streisand, The Black Crowes, Jewel, The Backstreet Boys and Neil Diamond. His film experience includes: The Lion King, Mulan, Ants, A Bug's Life, Jungle Fever, Die Hard, Pretty Woman, and Ace Ventura.

Born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, Kathleen received her undergraduate degree from Tufts University where she first explored vocal arts with the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She studied free vocal jazz improvisation under the direction of Molly Holm, an original member of Bobby McFerrin’s ensemble Voicestra. Kathleen received her Master's degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music where she studied under mentors Tierney Sutton and Shelly Berg. She has performed at festivals in Europe, the US and South America. Kathleen was a finalist in the 2004 Montreux International Jazz Vocal Competition and was awarded a spot in the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Residency for composers at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Her first CD Sunrise received critical acclaim as one of the top debuts of the year and earned a Blue Chip Award from jazz critic Herb Wong. Her latest CD Mirror, released on the Monsoon label, is now establishing her reputation as a composer and lyricist. Her musical quintet, The Kathleen Grace Band, blurs the boundaries between musical genres using jazz language to explore the spaces between the worlds of folk, rock and jazz. A lover of American popular song, Ms. Grace is now among the vanguard jazz singers who are, in her words, stepping "outside the box of the American Songbook into the world of original music." Grace is also currently on the faculty of the University of Southern California. She is a passionate jazz educator and has served as a clinician for jazz ensembles, solo jazz programs and creativity workshops around the country.

After studying classical music at the Conservatory of Music (University of the Pacific in Stockton, California), the Northern California native moved to Los Angeles. Kacee recorded her debut CD Seeing Red in 1996 and her sophomore effort Mama Came to Sing in 2008. In the summer of 2001, Kacee was cast in the role of playing the lead in the extreme rock musical Love, Janis, a journey into the mind and music of the legendary Janis Joplin. In early 2002, she was asked to join Big Brother & The Holding Co., Janis Joplin's original San Francisco-based band, as their lead vocalist. In 2005, she joined forces with the legendary Joe Cocker as a background singer on his Heart & Soul world tour and continued in that capacity through the Hymn For My Soul world tour, which ended at the top of 2008. Kacee also began touring with Luis Miguel extensively during his Complices tour in 2008. For more info, please visit Kacee's website at www.kacee.info.

Thena Dare earned her Bachelors in Jazz Vocals from the USC Thornton School of Music, studying under Grammy-nominated Tierney Sutton and former Count Basie singer Carmen Bradford. Since graduating, Thena has focused on writing and performing, releasing her third album Under the Radar in 2006. Thena’s ability to perform with grace under pressure has landed her numerous studio gigs for songwriters in the Los Angeles area. Highlights of Thena’s career include singing backup for Barry Manilow and James Ward, sharing the stage with comedians such as Mike Epps and Michael Richards, and writing and performing music for films. Also notable is Thena's involvement with Heart Education, a non-profit organization facilitated by Leila Steinberg, former manager of Tupac Shakur. Thena has had a number of opportunities to share her music with kids in Los Angeles through Heart Education, at places such as Juvenile Hall and local schools.

Lynn was born in Manhattan, New York, but was primarily raised in Los Angeles. She grew up in a home full of music, her father being a singer, saxophone and keyboard player. She began singing at the age of 5, and her father introduced her to a myriad of musical genres, which led her to shine in many vocal styles, including rock, blues, country, pop and jazz. Her vocal versatility has netted her a career rich in varied musical styles. She is well known for being a ball of energy onstage and particularly shines when she is “rockin’ out.” She has recorded and performed with many artists and producers, among them Oasis, Percy Sledge, The Manhattans, Heatwave, Wild Cherry, Deniece Williams, Delaney Bramlett, and Connie Stevens. Her voice has been heard on radio, film and television soundtracks including Nickelodeon, Melrose Place, and The Anna Nicole Show.

David Joyce is a singer/keyboard player/songwriter who has worked with the likes of Chris Isaak, Burt Bacharach, U2, Neil Young, Oasis, Natalie Cole, Elvis Costello, Dionne Warwick, Sheryl Crow, Ray Charles, Babyface, Michael Jackson, David Byrne, Richard Marx, Tim McGraw, Wynonna Judd, Frank Sinatra, Vince Gill, and Barry Manilow. He has played and sung on many television shows, including American Dreams, Passions, Carmen San Diego, Saved by the Bell, Days of Our Lives, and The Tonight Show. Some of the films he has sung on have included The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Watchmen, Wanted, Horton Hears a Who, I Am Legend, Spiderman 3, The Simpsons Movie, World Trade Center, Superman Returns, King Kong, Matrix 2 & 3, There's Something About Mary, Sixth Sense, Snow Falling on Cedars, Big, Face Off, and Contact. David has written songs for and produced a number of young artists in the Los Angeles area and has scored several PBS documentaries and a number of AFI films. David received his Masters in Jazz (voice) from USC and his B.M. in Composition from CSUN. He has been leading vocal/arranging seminars in Italy every summer since 2005 and has taught at both USC and Pasadena City College. In 1986, David was a Grammy Award winner in the category of Best Jazz Vocal Group with Clare Fischer's 2 + 2 Plus.

An accomplished jazz vocalist, Sara Leib has toured the U.S., Japan, Guatemala, and South Africa, and has shared the stage with the likes of Taylor Eigsti, Art Lande, and Hiromi. She has also sung for the WB, Hum Music, the N Network, the NBA, and on the Academy Awards. Sara also teaches at World Mission University and the University of Southern California. Musically educated at the Berklee College of Music, New England Conservatory, and USC, Sara subscribes to the idea that a musician should strive to be an artist, teacher and a scholar, and she attempts to learn something new every day. She has given master classes in jazz vocal improvisation internationally, twice served as a panelist for the NARAS Foundation's Grammy In The Schools, and can currently be heard as the voice of an airing Coffeemate commercial. In her spare time, Sara enjoys food, wine, travel, and collecting tribal art.

Dani Palomino first caught the music bug at age eight when an uncle introduced her to the rock group KISS. Face painting, guitar lessons and talent shows followed until she discovered her true instrument-voice. Under the direction of Dr. Arthur LaPierre, Dani learned the basics of vocal technique. She continued to study voice and music theory while earning her bachelor's degree in creative writing from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1991, she released a CD with Philadelphia-based blues band, Soul City. In recent years, Dani has studied with Sunny Wilkinson, Kevyn Lettau, Helen McComas and Bill Brendle. She has recorded for Zenasia International (a company that produces karaoke/sing-along tapes) and with Katia Moraes and Sambaguru, a Brazilian band based in Los Angeles. Dani is an ardent student of American roots music (blues, gospel, hillbilly and jazz) and is currently writing/recording material that explores these genres.

Susan Hegarty is one of Hollywood's top dialect coaches, having worked on dozens of films and consulted on many more. Her clients include Kate Winslet, whom she coached on three Oscar-nominated performances (Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Little Children); Rachel Weisz (My Blueberry Nights, The Fountain, The Brothers Bloom, Definitely Maybe and The Lovely Bones); Penelope Cruz, Eric Bana, Claire Danes, Sir Ben Kingsley, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ralph Fiennes, Kate Hudson, Rachel Griffiths, Ioan Gruffudd, Gabriel Byrne, Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Julianne Moore, and many others. Prior to coaching movies, she served for seven years on the Theatre School Faculty at CalArts, teaching speech, phonetics, textual interpretation, and coaching performances in the graduate and undergraduate acting programs. As an actress, she has performed in regional theatre all over the United States, including the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, California Repertory Theatre in Monterey, Ft. Worth Shakespeare-in-the-Park, and PCPA/Theatrefest. She is a graduate of the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (now at the University of Delaware), and of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, received her teaching training with the queen of American theatre speech, Edith Skinner, at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and has appeared in film (including a featured voice role in Disney's animated Lilo and Stitch) and on prime-time television.

John was born into a musical household and raised in San Gabriel, California. He began playing guitar at six and bass at sixteen. John cut short his musical studies at East L.A. College to tour with El Chicano and soon found himself on tour opening for Santana. John later toured with jazz vocalist Randy Crawford, and, in 1981, he co-founded Food For Feet. He then joined New Wave band Oingo Boingo in 1984, who he played with until 1995. During his tenure with Oingo Boingo, John co-produced four full-length releases with Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek. Since 1995, John has run his own recording studio called Brando’s Paradise, producing bands such as Reel Big Fish, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Quetzal, and Robbie Krieger. During this time, he also played bass on recordings by Steve Vai and the Stewart Copeland Orchestra. He also sang lead vocals on Disney’s Another Goofy Movie.

A native of Southern California, Jeff studied privately at the prestigious California Institute of the Arts while still in high school and then went on to the University of Miami School of Music. Jeff’s diverse list of gigs ranges from James Taylor, Robben Ford, Shelby Lynne, Julio Iglesias, and Larry Carlton to shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live (as keyboardist/arranger) and The Drew Carey Show to film scores for movies such as The 40 Year Old Virgin, Garden State, and Super Bad. He also has his own solo project with albums that feature the likes of Vinnie Colaiuta, David Fiuczynski, Toss Panos, Jeff Coffin, and Mike Landau. Visit www.jeffbabko.com for more info.

After studying classical music at the Conservatory of Music (University of the Pacific in Stockton, California), the Northern California native moved to Los Angeles. Kacee recorded her debut CD Seeing Red in 1996 and her sophomore effort Mama Came to Sing in 2008. In the summer of 2001, Kacee was cast in the role of playing the lead in the extreme rock musical Love, Janis, a journey into the mind and music of the legendary Janis Joplin. In early 2002, she was asked to join Big Brother & The Holding Co., Janis Joplin's original San Francisco-based band, as their lead vocalist. In 2005, she joined forces with the legendary Joe Cocker as a background singer on his Heart & Soul world tour and continued in that capacity through the Hymn For My Soul world tour, which ended at the top of 2008. Kacee also began touring with Luis Miguel extensively during his Complices tour in 2008. For more info, please visit Kacee's website at www.kacee.info.

Native New Yorker, long-time studio musician, and session guitarist Chris Juergensen is in constant demand as a sideman, frontman and clinician. He has played sold-out venues as intimate as the worldfamous Blue Note and as large as the Long Beach Auditorium. After teaching guitar for six years at the prestigious Musicians Institute in Los Angeles alongside Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big), Scott Henderson and Joe Diorio, Chris left the states to become the Director of Education at Tokyo School of Music in Japan where he resided for fifteen years. He currently divides his time between Tokyo and Los Angeles where he continues to write, record, play and teach. His first solo CD Prospects was critically acclaimed worldwide and his second release Big Bad Sun painted a completely new portrait of him, showcasing his singing talent as well as his guitar playing. The opening song "Sweet Melissa" was used by Australian filmmaker Sean King in his short film Regrets. His newest CD Strange Phenomena was released in early 2008.

Dave Pozzi has been a Los Angeles based free-lance artist since 1979, recording and playing with artists like: Henry Mancini, Mel Torme, Celine Dion, David Foster, Johnny Mathis, Jeff Hamilton, Rich Little, Charlie Shoemake, Melissa Manchester, Marvin Stamm, Bobby Shew, Pete Christlieb, Don Menza, Roy McCurdy, Bob Cooper, Jeff Berlin, Diana Krall, Billy Childs, and others. Big band credits include Ray Anthony, Bob Crosby, Bill Watrous, Louie Bellson, Bob Florence, and Doc Severinsen. Dave is featured as a soloist on recordings with John Patitucci, Nick Brignola, Dick Berk, Bob Magnusson, Ray Pizzi, and Milcho Leviev. Other recording work includes radio and TV commercials, TV shows like The Osbournes, and numerous demos and record dates.

After receiving a master's degree from the Eastman School of Music, Howie moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a musician/composer/arranger. He soon took a slight detour to go on the road where he played lead trumpet with the Woody Herman Orchestra. After two years, he moved back to LA, and has since performed on countless TV and movie soundtracks, commercials, Broadway shows and recordings. Howie has performed with Tony Bennett, George Benson, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, Natalie Cole, Linda Ronstadt, and Mel Torme, to name a few. In addition to performing, Howie has been an active composer/arranger/orchestrator getting his first big break as the musical arranger for the Joan Rivers late night talk show, where he composed for a 16-piece big band 5 nights a week. Howie has also scored several movies. He received his doctorate in music from the University of Southern California in 2002.