jazz

PROJECT is a dynamic ensemble composed by Greg Pattillo (flute), Eric Stephenson (cello) and Peter Seymour (bass). Their sound fuses jazz, hip-hop, and world music with classical training.
After playing diverse music in concert halls, chamber series, vaudeville clubs, rowdy bars and street performing, PROJECT has released its first album, "Winter in June", in 2007.

Donna Summer (born 31 December 1948, died 17 May 2012) was one of seven children raised by devout Christian parents. She sang in church, and in her teens joined a funk group called The Crow, so named because Donna was the only black member of the group. At eighteen, Gaines left home and school to audition for a role in the cast of the Broadway musical, Hair (1968). Unsuccessful in getting the part in the Broadway show (Melba Moore got the role)...

Read more about Donna Summer on Last.fm.

Aṣa, Bukola Elemide (born September 1982), is a French-Nigerian singer and song-writer. She combines styles of funk, pop, reggae, jazz, folk and soul. Asa (pronounced Aascha) means the "little hawk". She was born in Paris to Nigerian parents, but after two years she moved with her parents to Nigeria and grew up in the capital of Lagos. Her music is thus linked to her time in Western Africa. Asa grew up under the influence of her father's record collection, which included legendary artists such as Marvin Gaye, Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, Aretha Franklin.