The world's top-selling instrumental artist Chris Botti has charm and talent in spades; the Italian American contemporary jazz trumpeter breathes new life into a range of different genres from American songbook standards to bebop classics by the likes of Miles Davis. Botti is not only a highly skilled musician but a consummate entertainer, with a gleam in his eye his onstage banter calls to mind the performers of jazz's golden age.

First rising to mainstream attention as the feisty Spanish fencer who uttered the immortal lines "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." in the endlessly quotable 1987 cult film The Princess Bride, Hollywood heavyweight Mandy Patinkin has courted the spotlight on both stage and screen, simultaneously making a name for himself on Broadway with Tony-winning and nominated turns in Evita and Sunday In the Park With George.

Michael Feinstein, the multi-platinum-selling, five-time Grammy-nominated entertainer dubbed "The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook," is considered one of the world's foremost interpreters of American standards, especially for Irving Berlin's work. His 200-plus shows a year have included performances at Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House and the Hollywood Bowl as well as the White House and Buckingham Palace in London.