MIA Magazine March 2015 Jazz in the Gardens | Page 8

FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015

JAZZ IN THE GARDENS MUSIC FESTIVAL ARTIST
By Teriya Ogden

∙Erykah Badu

Men of Soul
∙Freddie Jackson

is a soulful mu

The 10th Annual Jazz in the Gardens

1996 demo
caught the

uted 4
decades of his
talent to the
music industry

Kedar

Jackson, and Jazz in the Gardens All Stars

∙Roy Ayers is

his career as a

one hits, 4 Grammy

∙Maxwell is
a Grammy
nominated

American Music

∙Run-D.M.C.
∙Lonnie Liston Smith is an American jazz,
door for
Hang Suite,
included

∙Peabo Bryson is

Pharoah
Sanders and

Enemy and
Boogie

most dynamic

Lonnie Liston
Smith and the
Cosmic Echoes,
recording a

the

music such as “Feel
regarded as

∙Toni Braxton

∙Tom
Browne is an
American jazz

∙Sheila E.
on the
soundtrack
of the Eddie

sold ten

is a legendary
singer and song
George Duke, Prince, Michael Jackson,

through his
Fortune,
His singles

Allstar Band, and musical director for

for Jamaica
the classics
“Another Sad
and “Breathe

∙Brian
Culbertson
is a

talent led him

Jazz in the Gardens All Stars
∙Ronnie
Laws is a

∙R.Kelly
jingles for
United Airlines,
Gatorade,

an his
solo ca
Pressure

Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson, for
of Earth, Wind & Fire, Larry Graham, and