Jeff Coffin is more than a saxophonist — he’s a sonic explorer. Known for his boundary-shattering work with Béla Fleck & the Flecktones and the Dave Matthews Band, Coffin weaves jazz, funk, and world music into a language all his own. A three-time Grammy winner, he’s as passionate about education as he is performance, mentoring young musicians at Vanderbilt and across the globe. On stage, Coffin blazes with improvisational fire and fierce precision; offstage, he champions the power of community through music. Whether conducting clinics or recording with genre-defying artists, Jeff Coffin doesn’t just play notes — he creates new musical ecosystems.

Tenor titan Bill Evans is a force of jazz evolution — a player who emerged from the crucible of Miles Davis and carved his own trail through funk, fusion, and beyond. With multiple Grammy nominations and a tone that can whisper or roar, Evans seamlessly bridges past and present, tradition and innovation. His collaborations stretch from Herbie Hancock to Willie Nelson, but it’s his own genre-bending projects — like Soulgrass and the Vansband All-Stars — that reveal the full range of his imagination. A saxophonist, bandleader, and fearless improviser, Bill Evans doesn’t follow the jazz map — he redraws it.