Christian McBride Big Band, Boney James, Ozomatli, Sheila E, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, The Soul Rebals (Leo Nocntelli, Zigaboo Modeliste, Ivan Neville), Global Gumbo All Stars (Richard Bona, Lionel Loueke, Francisco Mela, Alfredo Rodriquez), Cos of Good Music (Farid Barron, BDwayne Burno, Ndugu Chanvler, Tia Fuller, Matthew Garrison, Ingrid Jensen, Babatunde Lea, Erena Terakubo), The LAUSD/ Beyond the Bell All City Jazz Band under direction of Tony White and J.B. Dyas.

Ramsey Lewis Electric Band, Robin Thicke, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Keb' Mo' , Terri Lyne Carrington's Mosaic Project (Gretchen Parlato, Carmen Lundy, Tia Fuller, Ingrid Jensen, Helen Sung, Linda Taylor, Mimi Jones), The Cookers (Eddie Henderson, Billy Harper, Craig Handy, David Weiss, George Cables, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart), Spectrum Road (Jack Bruce, Vernon Reid, John Medeski, Cindy Blackman), Chico Trujillo, KG Omulo, Calabasas High School Jazz Band.