Celebrate Christmas in style with smooth jazz aficionado Dave Koz! Although he's Jewish, Koz loves the festive season and all the trimmings that come with it, so much so that he released a Yuletide album entitled "The 25th Of December" in 2014. The classy compilation features contemporary covers of classics and carols like The First Noel and Let It, Snow!

Thomas Wilkins leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic as they see in the season in style, performing Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's swinging, jazz re-imagining Tchaikovsky's timeless Nutcracker Suite composition for ballet! The Russian composer is by no means sidelined though, with his gorgeous, snow blanketed first symphony, Winter Daydreams, headlining a festive program to remember.

End the year in style and see in the new one with soul, as The Roots appear live at Walt Disney Concert Hall for a special New Year's Eve show. The genre-bending pioneers, led by founders drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, are a legendary live outfit and the perfect closing act for 2025.

Madeleine Peyroux burst onto the recording scene in 1996. Madeleine's fourth solo album, a turning point in Peyroux's career, with all original tracks, Bare Bones, was released on March 10, 2009. She collaborated with songwriters Walter Becker, Joe Henry, David Batteau and Julian Corywell.

Where to start with Pat Metheny? Jazz guitar pioneer and tireless musical innovator, the Missouri-born Metheny's career stretches back over forty years, during which time his stunning fusion of jazz, pop and world music has won him twenty Grammy Awards, and recently saw him become the youngest member of Downbeat's Hall of Fame (the jazz equivalent of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame).

Keb' Mo' is a three-time Grammy-winner who is referred to as the "living link" to the Delta Blues of the early 1930s which helped influence much of today's blues music. He keeps his sound contemporary with touches of soul and folksy storytelling. His acoustic-led, basic-to-basics style of blues has gained him many fans. As well as being an accomplished guitarist, Keb' Mo' also plays the banjo, harmonica, steel drums and keyboard.