Esperanza Spalding is in the midst of a huge career evolution. Having emerged in the early 2000s as the anointed savior of modern jazz (who beat out Justin Bieber to a Best New Artists Grammy), she's dispatched with her traditional arrangements as she creates her work. Fans can expect an eclectic mix of music, narrative and performance art, which really delves into healing and giving the audience member or listener and truly tingling sensation.

The world's top-selling instrumental artist Chris Botti has charm and talent in spades; the Italian American contemporary jazz trumpeter breathes new life into a range of different genres from American songbook standards to bebop classics by the likes of Miles Davis. Botti is not only a highly skilled musician but a consummate entertainer, with a gleam in his eye his onstage banter calls to mind the performers of jazz's golden age.