About Sam Wilkes

Los Angeles-based composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sam Wilkes makes fluid, meditative jazz filled with ambient and even psychedelic textures. A string of albums on Leaving Records since 2018 including his collaborative 'Music for Saxofone and Bass Guitar' collaborations with Sam Gendel have seen him featured in the New Yorker and praised by the New York Times, Pitchfork and Stereogum amongst others. Notable collaborations and session work include Maggie Rogers, Chaka Khan, KNOWER, Louis Cole, Jacob Collier, Dijon, Rufus Wainwright and Dean Blunt.

About Jacob Mann

Jacob Mann is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, and arranger from Las Vegas, Nevada. Currently based in Los Angeles, he is a founding member of jazz/funk groups Max Ox, Shrek Is Love, and the JacobMann Big Band.

As a sideman, he has performed with Louis Cole, Genevieve Artadi, Sam Wilkes, Lee Ritenour, Moonchild, Jacob Collier, Bob Mintzer Big Band, Michael Mayo, and Grace Kelly. Since 2017 Mann has played with the funk/pop/jazz group KNOWER in over thirty countries.

As an arranger, Mann has worked with Peter Erskine, Julie Kelly, Richard Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. His original big band compositions have been performed around the world by high school, college, and regional professional bands.

Mann may be most well-known for his “One Minute Jazz Lessons” YouTube series, which aims to teach jazz one minute at a time.