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Arturo Sandoval is one of the most acclaimed musicians in contemporary jazz. Born just outside Havana, Sandoval has been and continues to be one of the most ardent champions of not only Latin jazz but the broader influence of Latin music on jazz. Maybe that’s what happens when your mentor is Dizzy Gillespie, a longtime explorer of Latin music. He’s a favorite of filmmakers looking to add a Latin tinge to a score or soundtrack. In fact, he’s the subject of a film, For Love or Country, which recounts his and his family’s defection from Cuba to the U.S.

Reggae, Food, Drinks, Peace, Love and Shuffleboard

Sunny Jain is a one-man fusion factory. The Indian-American composer-musician is rooted in the sounds of Southern Asia, which he mixes and merges with jazz, hip-hop and other sounds from Jain’s ever-expanding musical universe. His band Red Baraat was a frenetic explosion of bhangra, rock and hip-hop. Jain’s latest release, Wild Wild East, is a globe-trotting journey through a world of cultures and musical styles.

Tom Rush emerged during the early 1960s folk revival and made a successful – artistically, at least - transition to 1970s singer-songwriter. He’s known more for introducing his listeners to new songwriters – Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell and James Taylor among them – than for writing them himself (although his tune “No Regrets” has been covered numerous times by artists such as The Walker Brothers, Emmylou Harris and Midge Ure). At 83, he’s still performing with a set full of beautiful songs leavened by Rush’s wry humor.