Jocelyn Michelle

Oct 2, 2025

Although Jocelyn Michelle also plays piano and guitar, she’s found her true voice on the Hammond B3 organ.  A talented composer and lyricist as well as a musician, she has been performing different musical genres for many years and reimagines well-known songs in her own unique style. She could play by ear from a very early age and started piano lessons at seven years old. Jocelyn went on to attend the University of Miami School of Music and then played organ and keyboards all over south Florida. There, she met her husband, guitarist John Rack, and the two went on the become musical and life partners.

Denin Slage-Koch

Oct 2, 2025

Denin Slage-Koch is an award-winning guitarist, composer and educator. He has played and recorded with artists like Ryan Keberle, Shane Endsley, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Gregory Tardy, Carmen Bradford, the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, and the Colorado Symphony, written music for artists like Melissa Aldana and Carmen Bradford, recorded three albums of original music and served as sideman for many more, published a book, and is a full-time member of the jazz faculty at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.