What We Play Is Life

New York music director Matt Ray leads a nine-piece jazz band fronted by an array of acclaimed singers. Five unique vocalists take the microphone as the band travels through the varied sounds and moods of jazz from traditional New Orleans music to New York bebop. Matt Ray (Music Director/piano), Kenneth Ard (vocals), Jon Beshay (tenor saxophone), Antoine Drye (trumpet), Kat Edmonson (vocals), Wayne Escoffery (tenor sax), Vanisha Gould (vocals), J. Walter Hawkes (trombone), Joel Mateo (drums), Lisa “Paz“ Parrott (saxophone), Queen Esther (vocals), Sachal Vasandani (vocals), Gary Wang (bass)