Rick Braun is a dynamic trumpet and flugelhorn musician who has won numerous prestigious awards and has played with a who's who in the music industry. Throughout his career he's landed 30 #1 Billboard hits. Award winning program director Ray White caught up with Rick in November of 2025 to talk about his latest album - Rick Braun Plays Chuck Mangione, his upcoming project with a good friend of his and he shares his insights about his river cruises in Europe with many of his musical friends. Be sure to catch our previous interviews with Rick on episodes 136, 158 and 172! In our showcase segment we'll have the spotlight on guitarist Norman Brown who just dropped his album Authentically Norman along with songstress Jill Scott who just released her To Whom This May Concern project. In addition, we introduce you to an emerging saxman, Cali Jones who has just released his single "Midnight Strut." 30-minutes of high energy smooth jazz and R&B here on the Coool CAT!

Quintin Gerard W is known as the FnkySax Player and is a songwriter and producer who has released five albums since 2004. He is a 3 time back-to-back #1 Billboard Contemporary/Smooth Jazz airplay charting artist. On this episode we'll also be joined by the "Rising Star Guitarist," and son of Quintin... Lemek! A winner of the highly competitive First Annual Guitar Solo contest at NAMM in 2020, Lemek has hit the top of the Billboard Compemporary Jazz charts for a combined 11 weeks! They both share, with show founder and producer Ray White, unique insights into their recording careers right up to Quintin's latest album - Broken Promises and Lemek's latest release, Boundless. Awesome vibes from these amazing musicians, right here on the Coool CAT!!

Kim Waters, and his daughter Kayla, join us on this edition of our show. Kim known as "The King of Smooth Urban Jazz," is an accomplished saxophonist with over two dozen albums to his credit. Kayla is a pianist, singer and composer who has hit the contemporary jazz scene by storm. Multi-award winning program director Ray White caught up with them backstage before their recent performance. Kim shared insights into his latest album Time 2 Groove and the development of Kayla's interest in music. We also feature Kim on Episodes 17 and 59 of our show. Kayla provided us with the latest on her amazing journey on the contemporary jazz scene and her rise on the music charts ultimately being named to the Grammy selection committee. Her latest release is Anew. Lisa Davis takes you through this jammed packed episode! An accomplished musical family, we have them on the Coool CAT!