Toshiko Akiyoshi is a Japanese American jazz pianist, composer/arranger and bandleader. Among a very few successful female instrumentalists of her generation in jazz, she is also recognized as a major figure in jazz composition. She has received 14 Grammy nominations, and she was the first...
Otis Taylor is an American Blues musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist whose talents include the guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica and vocals. His music tends to focus on the hard realities of life, especially relating to the black community. Some common themes in his music are...
Anders left Sweden at age sixteen, and hitchhiked and played music throughout the world. He settled in New Orleans in 1985 and still calls Louisiana his home. During his first decade in New Orleans, Anders lived in the French Quarter and played regularly in local...
Scott is a licensed practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), an Ayurvedic consultant, and a Shadow Yoga teacher. [powerpress url="https://www.tellurideinside.com///wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Dr.-Scott-Blossom.mp3"]...
Dianne Reeves is one of America's top jazz singers. She has won 4 Grammy Awards for "Best Jazz Vocal Performance. [powerpress url="https://www.tellurideinside.com///wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Diane-Reeves.mp3"]...
Dan Hicks is an American singer-songwriter working at the intersection of cowboy folk, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, pop and gypsy music. He is perhaps best known for the songs "I Scare Myself" and "Canned Music." His songs are frequently infused with humor, as evidenced by...
Wade Davis is a noted anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author and photographer whose work has focused on worldwide indigenous cultures, especially in North and South America and particularly involving the traditional uses and beliefs associated with psychoactive plants. Davis came to prominence with his 1985 best-selling book...
