Banu Gibson Vocal Appeared on Garrison Keillor’s award winning NPR series, A Prairie Home Companion, Brought in the millennium as the only guest artist of the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall. Performed at the 2001 Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. Headlined worldwide at concerts, jazz festivals and performing arts centers Seen on television’s Entertainment Tonight, PBS’s Jazz From New Orleans; Joan Lunden's Everyday, featured vocalist on American Public Radio's Riverwalk, Live From The Landing, and is highlighted in the first chapter of Charles Kuralt's book Charles Kuralt's America. Toured Europe with the legendary cornetist Wild Bill Davison. Performed abroad with her band in Germany, England, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Japan, and in Australia Lead a 7 piece jazz band in New Orleans working full time for over 12 years Performed with over 70 symphony orchestras New Orleans Magazine’s 2007 Jazz All Star Vocalist From her Boston Pops appearance: “Banu Gibson and the New Orleans Hot Jazz are a class act from beginning to end: great charts, great musicians, and a great show." - Keith Lockhart, conductor for the Boston Pops   "Banu Gibson and her band blend musicianship and showmanship in an irresistible brand of entertainment.  I'm crazy about them." - Leonard Maltin, film correspondent of Entertainment Tonight Leah Chase Vocal Leah is a versatile singer and a second-generation musician, Leah is the daughter of famous NewOrleans restauranteurs Dooky Chase, Jr. and Leah Chase. Her Father, Dooky, once led a big band in New Orleans which also performed abroad. Her maternal namesake, Leah Sr., is an engaging dynamo of activity and chief chef at Dooky Chase’s™s Restaurant. Her father Edgar (Dooky) Chase was the leader of the Reminisces Dooky Chase Orchestra and the sound of his trumpet filled their New Orleans home. Leah Chase graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans with a degree in Vocal Performance. She completed one year of graduate study at The Juilliard School in New York, before leaving to pursue her true love Jazz.   She is currently an Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of New Orleans in the Jazz Studies Division.