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  • Gina Payne

    Gina Payne

    Gina Payne smiles while brandishing an electric violin.

    Vocalist, Violinist The daughter of late educators Wendell O. and Bessie J. Jordan of Hampton, Va., Gina J. Payne completed her undergraduate studies in Public School Music at Norfolk State University under […]

  • Glenda Davenport

    Glenda Davenport

    Glenda Davenport Smiles at the camera while wearing a turtleneck.

    Vocalist Since moving to Texas in November, 2018, Glenda Davenport is making her home in Round Rock. She has performed at the Elephant Room with the Austin Jazz Band; The […]

  • Glenda Dotson

    Glenda Dotson

    Glenda Dotson sings passionately into a microphone at a venue.

    Vocalist Glenda Dotson was a member of Memphis Train Revue for 20 years in Austin, TX.  Glenda hopes to start her own jazz band, Lady G & The Jazz Players. She loves […]

  • Grace Kelly

    Grace Kelly

    Grace Kelly holds two saxophone in her hands while wearing an artistic top.

    Saxophonist, Vocalist Grace Kelly, an unequivocal musical prodigy, singer-saxophonist-songwriter-composer and band leader.  Grace Kelly has rocked the jazz world with sold-out concerts, 14 acclaimed albums and a resume that includes performing at the […]

  • Heather Bennett

    Heather Bennett

    Heather Bennett smiles and is dressed professionally while sitting at a piano.

    Vocalist, Pianist, Composer Jazz pianist vocalist and composer Heather Bennett has many years of experience as a musician, educator and music director. In 2018 was her latest full CD release and first […]

  • Hope Morgan

    Hope Morgan

    Hope Morgan smiles to the camera wearing long dangly earrings.

    Vocalist A native New Yorker, Hope Morgan arrived in Austin’s jazz scene in the mid 1980s. Full of life and aggressiveness, her renditions of jazz standards are memorable to all […]

  • Jacqui Cross

    Jacqui Cross

    Jacqui Cross smiles at the camera in a garden.

    Vocalist Jacqui Cross is best known for her theater work at the State Theater, Zach Scott Theater and Spectrum Theatre Company. She has starred in Dreamgirls, Rockin’ Christmas Party, Beehive, […]

  • Jacqui Walker

    Jacqui Walker

    Jacqui Walker stares at the camera serenely for a headshot.

    Vocalist Jacqui Walker: Amidst the ballads and impassioned lyrics, the instrumental breakdowns within songs, Jacqui Walker’s ethos shines through like a red hot sun. “I’m a rocker,” she says confidently, knowingly, […]

  • James Polk, Dr.

    James Polk, Dr.

    Dr. James Polk smiles wearing a cap, suit jacket, and turtleneck.

    Pianist Pianist Dr. James Polk’s musical knowledge and worldwide experience spans over more than 50 years. His style, deeply-rooted in the blues, was an example of richness and experience. Polk came up […]

  • James Polk Orchestra

    James Polk Orchestra

    A conductor directs a band of jazz musicians at a live performance.

    Band “Swing with the Divas”: Women in Jazz Concert and Dance featured the James Polk Orchestra on August 16, 2008 at the Monarch Event Center, with outstanding jazz vocalists and […]