Award-winning trumpeter, vocalist, songwriter, and producer Keyon Harrold is touring in support of the GRAMMY nominated recording 'Foreverland'  on the Concord label. This is an outstanding crossover album with features a bevy of collaborators. British R&B vocalist Laura Mvula sings on the title track 'Foreverland'. Emerging young singer Malaya is featured on 'Don't Lie'. Common and Robert Glasper contribute to the song 'Find Your Peace', and GRAMMY winning musician, producer, and singer-songwriter PJ Morton lends a wistful vocal to the nostalgic single 'Beautiful Day'.  The single 'Beautiful Day'  has been receiving world wide radio play. Keyon Harrold first came into the International spotlight for his work as the trumpet voice behind the GRAMMY winning Don Cheadle film 'Miles Ahead', and his critically acclaimed album, 'The Mugician', (Sony Legacy / Mass Appeal). As a bandleader, he has created a compelling new statement with a riveting mix of jazz, Afrobeat, soul, spoken word, hip-hop, blues, rock, and even American folk. As a soloist, his distinctly warm trumpet sound simmers in the middle register; creating drama without aggrandizing, and mesmerizing live audiences with an emotionally charged concert presentation. Wynton Marsalis has stated "Keyon Harrold is the future of the trumpet".   In addition to being one of the leading voices in Jazz Music, Keyon Harrold has collaborated with many of the top hip hop and pop artists including: Snoop Dogg, Jay Z, Beyonce, Rihanna, Eminem, Maxwell, and Anthony Hamilton, and rock legends Keith Richards and Jeff Beck. These experiences broadened his musical horizons beyond jazz to include funk, Afrobeat, R&B, rock and roll, and hip hop.   He is currently touring an ensemble that is making one of the strongest artistic statements of any musical group today, rooted in jazz music, the band freestyles and solos with authority and weaves the spectrum of African American music into a sonic expression that can best be described as Bop Pop Hip-Hop Jazz!!!  Audience members often reference his concerts as among the best they have ever attended.

The 6 foot, Texas raised musician didn’t actually begin his career with the bass, he started as a violinist at Elementary Culture School. Only after his teacher picked him to play the large upright bass, because he was the tallest guy in the class, did he finally find his true calling. Travis was simultaneously a self-proclaimed hip-hop head who was a huge fan of acts like A Tribe Called Quest and loved the local Houston Chopped & Screwed scene birthed by DJ Screw, and didn’t feel confident about pursuing a career as a bassist. It would take a couple of encounters with vibraphonist Stefon Harris throughout his journey before he considered playing on a professional level. He developed his skills for a bit playing with a local orchestra before entering into the Houston jazz scene, and his career quickly took off from there. Now based in Brooklyn, New York, the 23-year-old Travis is back on the live music scene after a year-long hiatus, and is ready to explore a new musical territory. Certainly not one of the gabbiest, and unsure at first exactly what he could offer our session together, it turned out that he actually was flooded with ideas once we got started, as is true with most musicians when given a chance to talk about the thing that they love most. 

Gilmore was raised in Hollis, Queens, a New York City neighborhood renowned as a settling place of jazz musicians for decades. His musical pedigree runs deep on both sides of his family. His father, a saxophonist, and his mother, a singer, had a gospel group in the '70s. His uncle Craig Haynes, Roy Haynes' son and also a drummer, lived upstairs. Another uncle Graham Haynes, also son to Roy, is a cornetist, composer and one of the founding members of the M-Base Collective. Music was inescapable, but Gilmore came to the drums on his own terms. In fact, he had to convince his grandfather that percussion was his passion. "I knew I wanted to be a drummer as a profession at 7 years old," he says. "I knew at that point, but I don't know if everybody else knew I was as serious as I was." It would be three more years until Gilmore received his first drum set. On his 10th birthday, his grandfather gave him the one he'd been using. Both Haynes and Gilmore started their professional careers as teenagers. But while Gilmore attended LaGuardia High School (New York City's arts magnet), The Juilliard School's Music Advancement Program and The Manhattan School of Music, Haynes is primarily self-taught. "He would say, 'Back in my day it's what you call [being] a natural,'" Gilmore says. "I remember it was so simple, the way he would explain things. 'Just start here, and then take it wherever you want to take it ... that sounds about right,' and that was that. "It was really good for my development," Gilmore adds. "It wasn't that his views were so definitive. He allowed me to find my voice, the way he gave me the information. He was never dictating how things should turn out. He was giving me so much information without saying much at all. Older, wiser people usually do." While Haynes wasn't giving his grandson formal lessons, he was grooming him for the inevitable. Gilmore was sitting in with his grandfather while still a junior in high school. In 2002, Haynes' Fountain of Youth band was closing out a jam-packed week at the club Birdland, which would become part of a live album. After the set, Haynes introduced the audience to Gilmore, and summoned him on stage to take a solo.

STOUT (Denise Renee), a singer born and raised in New Haven, CT began her musical endeavor at the age of 3 in her great grandmother's basement church. She began playing the drums for church service, then moved to singing in the children's choir. The passion for performing became a constant motivating force.  She went from performing at local church concerts, musicals, and services to landing a job as a backing vocalist for Alicia Keys, from 2003-2006. She toured the world with Alicia, and has shared the stage with Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Carlos Santana, Missy Elliot, Gwen Stefani, Usher, Lenny Krantz, John Mayer, Childish Gambino, Two Chains and more. She has recorded with many artists including John Legend, Harry Connick Jr, Alicia Keys, Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles, J.J. Hairston and Youthful Praise, and more. STOUT has performed on legendary shows like OPRAH, MTV awards, Billboard Music Awards, Grammy's (2005, 2017), The Dave Letterman Show, Jay Leno, Ellen, Jimmy Fallon, American Music Awards, and others. In 2015 she released her debut album "Awakened" under her former artist name “Denise Renee”. The album charted #11 on the Billboard Gospel Charts. In 2016 she began performing, vocal directing and contracting for the multi-talented Childish Gambino. She performed on Jimmy Fallon, The 60th Grammy Awards, Radio City Music Hall, and more, with this incredible artist! In 2017 she joined Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles and the STOUT revolution began! She’s been touring the world with this band, spreading love, freedom, and electrifying music.  After supporting artists, while juggling parenthood and her artistic pursuits, she stepped out on her own and launched her solo career. In 2018 she released her debut single “Queen”  (written, arranged, produced by STOUT, with co-production by producer / artist, Dane). With the release of her singles, and EP she began to generate a buzz in the music industry as a powerhouse vocalist and performer. She incorporated all she has learned and poured it into her debut album, "Anomaly", released in June 2021.  Her live performances have been imprinting the heart and soul of audiences across the U.S. and beyond. She leaves her heart on the stage. In Summer 2022 STOUT brought the heat with her brand new dance singles,"Party" and, "Energy Remix", while also blazing stages across the country with legends like Chris Dave, Robert Glasper, and more. 2023 is sure to be a major year for this electrifying artist!