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A graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston and winner of the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation Award, this 29-year-old Colombian has so far had a flawless career. On his instrumental album Selah, the singer, pianist and multi-instrumentalist celebrates his spiritual attachment to music and blends jazz, Latin and Middle Eastern music.

Heir to the great voices of jazz, Dianne Reeves is renowned for her vocal virtuosity and improvisational skills. With Beautiful Life, her latest studio album to date, the singer won her fifth Grammy Award. The American also holds two honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music and The Juilliard School.

Founded in 2012 out of the Tomorrow's Warriors programme, London quintet the Ezra Collective are now key players on the British music scene. Blending jazz, hip-hop, dub and reggae, the music of this British band is filled with eclecticism and innovation.