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Veering from in-your-face, jaw-dropping  chops and passion, to those quiet moments when the background noise disappears and you hold your breath to take in a soundscape of solitude, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra combines elements of jazz, classical, and progressive rock, peppered with Latin rhythms and soulful outbursts of funk. 

You’ve heard this before, but the whimsically named Jonathan Scales Fourchestra is really tough to describe. Veering from in-your-face, jaw dropping chops and passion, to those quiet moments when the background noise disappears and you hold your breath to take in a soundscape of solitude, the power trio of electric bass (E'Lon JD), drums (Maison Guidry), and steel pans (Jonathan Scales) combines elements of jazz, classical, and progressive rock, peppered with Latin rhythms and soulful outbursts of funk. From club and festival stages across North America and Europe, and tours of Africa, Southeast and Central Asia as a Cultural Ambassador for the US Department of State, to their NPR Tiny Desk Concert featuring Béla Fleck, the Fourchestra’s live shows make even the most jaded listeners forget where they are… even if just for a precious moment.

This may seem an odd thing to say, but on the verge of releasing their eighth studio recording, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra is only now truly embracing their identity as a group. For many years, Jonathan’s live band was a fluid lineup of top-notch musicians, and even included an “all-star” version with bassist MonoNeon (Prince, Nas), drummer Sput Searight (Snarky Puppy, Snoop Dogg) and percussionist Weedie Braimah (Trombone Shorty, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah), as well as a number of other marquee players. Now, however, the Fourchestra is a decidedly indivisible band, and Jonathan is writing for the trio, not just the pans.

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Jazz singer and pianist Kate Reid appears as a duo and with her trio and quartet at jazz venues in the Los Angeles and Miami areas. Kate can be heard performing with Miami pianists Martin Bejerano and Tal Cohen, guitarist John Hart and trumpet player John Daversa and his Progressive Big Band. She is a featured performer presented by the Miami Jazz Co-op. Kate has worked with many of the great jazz musicians in southern California including guitarists Ron Eschete and Larry Koonse, trumpeter and composer John Daversa, drummers Roy McCurdy and Jamey Tate. Kate’s latest CD, The Love I’m In, features tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts and pianist Otmaro Ruiz. Like her release, Sentimental Mood, The Love I’m In features tunes from the American songbook and has received extensive airplay on jazz radio stations throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and South Africa. Kate has worked with many noted artists including John Clayton, Robin Eubanks, Jon Hendricks, Grady Tate, Mercer Ellington, Don Shelton, Mark Murphy and the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

Reid is a working studio/session singer in Los Angeles. Her film credits include Tinkerbell: Legend of the Neverbeast, Planes, Star Trek Into Darkness, Oz-The Great and Powerful, Epic and Men In Black III featuring the music of composers Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, John Powell and Joel McNeely. She has lent her voice to network television series, commercial spots for Ace Hardware, T-Mobile, Suntory Whiskey and backing vocals for artists MUSE, X Japan and Josh Groban. Kate co-authored the GLEE Vocal Method book for Hal Leonard publishing with producer/author Andy Waterman of Umbrella Media.

Dr. Kate Reid is associate professor of jazz voice in the Studio Music and Jazz department and Director of Jazz Vocal Performance at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Reid earned a B.M. in Jazz Studies from Western Michigan University, a M.M. and D.M.A. in Jazz Vocal Performance from the University of Miami.

Kate is in demand as a guest artist, conductor and a returning clinician and adjudicator at jazz and choral festivals through the United States and Canada including the Banff Vocal Festival, Alberta Choral Festival, Ontario Vocal Festival, Reno Jazz Festival, Eastern Washington University Jazz Festival and the vocal jazz festivals in southern California at Cuesta College, MiraCosta College and Fullerton College.

Her deeply sensual, dusky voice gently opens the door to intimate, slyly seductive jazz conversations… The repartee begins with one note or vocal intonation and everything follows naturally from there because, somehow, somewhere deep down, the heart already knows where the music and the magic is headed. – Jonathan Widran, JW Vibe

Our Directors host a jazz night once a month at the 

Bad Seed in Hillyard!

 2nd Mondays of the Month 

Jazz occurs weekly on Thursdays at Emma Rues

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Allison Wheeler is an award-winning vocalist and songwriter from California based in the Czech Republic. Known for her flexible voice and creative approach to genre, she’s been called “a composer of great sonic imagination” (Peter Quinn, Jazzwise, UK) and has been compared with artists such as Becca Stevens (JazzTimes) and Gretchen Parlato (Jazzwise). Her debut album winterspring (Ubuntu Music, 2022) features leading Czech musicians and received top praise from international critics, including a 4-star review in Jazzwise magazine. Wheeler also performs with bands such as Tour Guide Blonde and Petr Nohavica – Glance, and currently serves as assistant professor of jazz voice at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno.

Alex Sjobeck is a nationally recognized jazz pianist and composer whose music has been featured on PBS stations across the U.S. and in short films with millions of views. Her distinctive sound, described as “the combination of Post-Impressionistic painting, a jigsaw puzzle, childhood, and groove”, blends modern jazz with pop, world music, and cinematic storytelling.

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Her latest album, Pictures in Time, was included on the Nominating Ballot for the 2023 GRAMMY Awards and praised by All About Jazz and Contemporary Fusion Reviews, among others. The short dance film Silhouette, set entirely to her original music, aired nationally on PBS, won “Best Performance” at the Experimental, Dance, & Music Film Festival, and was a finalist at the California Music Video Awards. The composition was also named a semi-finalist in both the “Jazz” and “Music Video” categories of the International Songwriting Competition 2024. Another short film she scored, Butter Lover, has received over 13 million views on YouTube.  In September of 2025, she became a recipient of the Pathways to Jazz grant for an upcoming release.

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Sjobeck has performed at premier venues and festivals across the country, including Smalls Jazz Club (NYC), Dazzle (Denver), The Velvet Note (Atlanta), The 1905 (Portland), The Royal Room (Seattle), the Gene Harris Jazz Festival, the UNC•Greeley Jazz Festival, and the Commencement Bay Jazz Festival.  She was also selected for the Jazz Education Network’s Young Composers Showcase, where she performed her original duo piece Blue Light at the 2023 JEN Conference in Orlando.