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.

Saul Schneider is a pianist that has been performing throughout the Cincinnati Area for two decades. Kelly Virgin-Ginn, from Wilmington, Ohio, is a jazz singer in the Cincinnati-Dayton area.

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.