This is the sequel to the memorable live recordings issued a couple of years ago by Grammy winner Eddie Daniels and Roger Kellaway at LA’s Jazz Bakery. This album is recorded live at Library of Congress in Washington DC and it includes some tunes from Roger Kellaway’s score for Bergman’s America project.

Grammy Award winner Nicholas Payton’s groundbreaking and highly anticipated modern jazz, R&B/neo-soul concept album featuring special guest vocalists Cassandra Wilson, Esperanza Spalding, N'dambi, Chinah Blac, and Saunders Sermons. “Ferociously gifted.” — New York Times

Multi-award-winning British-Jamaican jazz and funk star Dennis Rollins is the hugely virtuosic trombonist seen and loved worldwide in the Maceo Parker Band. The electric energy of his Velocity trio is palpable and powerful—Rollins’ harmonized horn spills into cinematic washes of cymbals and growling organ on imaginative compositions raging from straight-ahead jazz through funk and gospel riffs. Major international exposure as a key member of the Maceo Parker band since 2006, and previously with Courtney Pine, The Brand New Heavies, Blur, and other top touring acts. As the winner of the 2006 BBC Jazz Best Band Award, Rollins is hugely popular on the British scene due to his prior band Bad Bone. His talent warrants major attention in the US, as heralded by liner notes from Willard Jenkins of Open Sky Jazz.

The Secret of Happiness features “Momsense,” which went viral on the web, performed here with a full orchestra and Susan’s hilarious take that gets standing ovations in concert. Susan original song, “Nina Doesn’t Care,” has a beautifully produced music video on the internet. This album features a new song by Broadway icon Jason Robert Brown: “All Things In Time” and multiple new songs from popular theatre writers Georgia Stitt and Paul Gordon. In addition, this new release includes original songs by famous stand-up “Guitar Guy” Brian Haner. New takes on classic songs by Paul Simon, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and Stephen Sondheim.