Jazz legend Herb Alpert combines pop instrumentals and timeless jazz along with Latin-influenced rhythms reminiscent of the Tijuana Brass. Joined by his wife, vocalist Lani Hall, he explores American standards as well as his own catalog.

Groundbreaking banjoist, composer, and bandleader Bela Fleck has reconvened the original Flecktones for their first new album together in almost two decades. While all manner of genres come into play, the result is an impossible-to-pigeonhole sound that is utterly indescribable.

Henry Threadgill is widely considered among the most important artists in jazz. The New York Times called him "one of the most thrillingly elusive composers in and around the jazz idiom.".