Some of the artists appearing above:

Ravi Shankar

Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar was the first Indian musician to have a profound impact on the West, inspiring artists including The Beatles and John Coltrane. Shankar was a defining presence at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, Woodstock and the famed Concert For Bangladesh, and has received three Grammy Awards and an Academy Award nomination for his score to Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi. > Read More

Wynton Marsalis

A 2011 NEA Jazz Master, trumpeter Marsalis is an iconic figure in the evolution of the art form. From his debut with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers to his string of acclaimed albums and role as Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Marsalis has amassed numerous awards and accolades, including nine Grammys and the Pulitzer Prize for Music, the first ever awarded to a jazz artist. Since 1988, Wynton Marsalis has led the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. > Read More

Ahmad Jamal

“He knocked me out with his concept of space, his lightness of touch, his understatement,” wrote Miles Davis of Jamal. The rest of the world found out about Jamal in 1958, when the pianist’s album Live at the Pershing became a runaway hit. Named as an NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Living Jazz Legend, Jamal has long been recognized as a bona fide jazz star and younger pianists including Benny Green, Eric Reed and Jacky Terrasson cite him as a primary source of inspiration. > Read More