Steve Slagle: soprano saxophone on tracks 4, 7 & 9; alto saxophone on all other tracks
Bruce Barth: piano on all tracks except 1, 4 & 9
Ugonna Okegwo: bass on all tracks except 9
Jason Tiemann: drums on all tracks except 1, 4 & 9
Richard Sussman: synth orchestration and drum programming on tracks 1, 4 & 9

Randy Brecker: trumpet on tracks 3, 5 & 10

Here's a sample track from Ballads: Into the Heart of It. This is Steve Slagle's composition, “The four Margarets,” featuring Richard Sussman's synth orchestration. (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)


Website: steveslaglemusic.com
Record label: Panorama Records
Distribution: steveslaglemusic.com, CDBaby, Amazon, and iTunes

Matt Gordy: drums
Chris Colangelo: bass and electric bass
Ido Meshulam: trombone and valve trombone
Alan Pasqua: piano
Jeff Ellwood: sax
Ron Stout: trumpet and flugelhorn
Sherry Williams: vocals

Here's a sample track from Be With Me. This is Matt Gordy's arrangement of Eddie Durham's classic tune, “Topsy.” (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)


Websites: www.jazztonite.com and www.facebook.com
Distribution: www.jazztonite.com and Bandcamp

Hope Diamond: vocals; background vocals
Lee Thornburg: trumpet and trombones on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 & 9
Ido Meshulem: trombone solo on track 7
Michael Parlett: saxophones and woodwinds, EWI, additional percussion, guitar, solos on tracks 1, 4, 6 & 9; background vocals
Steve Pemberton: drums on tracks 1, 2 & 5
Tony Moore: drums on tracks 3, 4 & 7
Adam Cohen: bass on tracks 1 & 9
Roberto Vally: bass on tracks 2, 3 & 9
Paul MacDonald: piano and keyboards on all tracks except 6; solo on track 2
Patrick Bolton: keyboard; background vocals and keys on track 6; background vocals
Blake Aaron: guitar solo on track 3
Matt Hornbeck: guitar solo on track 8
Wednesday Rogers: background vocals
Brenda West: background vocals
Louraina Alexander: background vocals

Tom Browne: trumpet solo on track 5

Here's a sample track from Awaken. This is Hope Diamond's live performance of “Rio de Janeiro blue” with music and lyrics by John Haeny and Richard Torrance. (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)


Website: www.hopediamonddeans.com
Distribution: www.hopediamonddeans.com and Amazon