Mindi Abair's I can't Wait for Christmas

During her remarkable 21-year recording career, saxophonist/vocalist Mindi Abair has recorded with some of the biggest names in music and built a substantial following among jazz and blues audiences with her soaring melodies and powerhouse style. You might know her as the featured saxophonist on American Idol, sitting in with Paul Shaffer on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, or from moonlighting on tour with Duran Duran or Aerosmith. As a solo artist, she has consistently topped the Billboard Contemporary Jazz and Blues charts. In 2018, Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers won 8 Independent Blues Awards including Artist of the Year, and an Independent Music Award for Best Blues Song Fan Award for Pretty Good For A Girl featuring Joe Bonamassa. Rebecca Jade will move you. Named Smooth Jazz Network’s “Breakout Artist of the Year” and JazzTrax “Debut Artist of the Year” in 2022, she brings that rare mix of polish and raw emotion. She has toured extensively with Sheila E, shared the stage with Sir Elton John at the Academy Awards, and has been a regular featured artist on Dave Koz & Friends at Sea. She’s performed at Mindi Abair’s Wine & Jazz New Year’s Eve and Wine & Jazz Adventure in Sonoma, so the musical chemistry is already baked in. Andréa Lisa, the South African-born, New Zealand-raised singer, guitarist, composer, and producer, is a musical powerhouse – think the heart of Alicia Keys with the guitar sensibility of John Mayer. Her collaborations include Jonathan Butler, Kirk Whalum, and Kool & The Gang. She’s the artist who can melt a room with one lyric… then light it up with one solo. Xavier Gordon arrives as an exciting new voice on the jazz scene — pianist, songwriter, producer, and performer with a feel-good sound that hits hard live. He earned a GRAMMY nomination in 2018 for his production work and has toured extensively with Marcus Miller. Arthur Thompson, Mindi’s long-time drummer, is the…