Cincinnati-based jazz pianist Steve Schmidt is well-known regionally and nationally for his work with The Blue Wisp Big Band and for his tenure as house pianist at The Blue Wisp Jazz Club.

Celebrating the classic mambo, Latin jazz and cha-cha of Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Poncho Sanchez and Mark Levine, Mambo Combo has its compass set toward Cuba.

George Simon is a guitarist in the Cincinnati area whose versatility keeps him in demand. He is a former adjunct professor of jazz guitar studies at the University of Dayton, and a finalist for the Jazziz Magazine Guitars on Fire contest.