Larry Rosen is a musician, producer, executive producer, and music industry entrepreneur. He is the creator and producer of the JAZZ ROOTS series at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.

Mr. Rosen is the producer/executive producer of over 350 albums, of which 80 have been nominated for GRAMMY Awards, as well as numerous film/video productions and television specials. Mr. Rosen and multi-GRAMMY and Academy Award winning pianist/composer Dave Grusin co-founded GRP Records, the award winning contemporary jazz label featuring major artists, Chick Corea, Diana Krall, Patti Austin, BB King, Dave Grusin, Ramsey Lewis, Arturo Sandoval, Diane Schuur, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Kevin Eubanks, Spyro Gyra, Lee Ritenour, Gary Burton, Dave Valentin, Larry Carlton, David Benoit, Gerry Mulligan, Yellow Jackets, Rippingtons, among others.

Mr. Rosen currently is the chairman of Larry Rosen Productions, and co-chairman of LRSmedia. He is the creator and producer of the PBS television HD series LEGENDS OF JAZZ, and is currently producing an 8 part television series titled RECORDING: The History of Recorded Music, scheduled to air in the fall of 2009.

Mr. Rosen co-founded N2K Inc. (NASDAQ) one of the internet's premier e-commerce and content companies launching the web sites for The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Miles Davis, Leonard Bernstein, and the music superstore Music Boulevard. N2K was the first company to offer music downloads to consumers. For his efforts Mr. Rosen was featured in the Forbes magazine cover story "Masters of the Universe" as an Internet Icon in 1998.

Mr. Rosen began his musical career as a drummer with the Newport Youth Band and met future partner Dave Grusin while working with singer Andy Williams and attending the Manhattan School of Music. In 1972, the duo produced vocalist Jon Lucien for RCA Records and went on to form Grusin/Rosen Productions, which discovered and produced new recording artists including Earl Klugh, Noel Pointer, Patti Austin, Lee Ritenour, and others. In 1978, Grusin/Rosen Productions signed a long-term contract with Arista Records president Clive Davis to develop new talent for the Arista/GRP label, including Dave Valentin, Angela Bofill, Bernard Wright, and Tom Browne. In 1979, Rosen engineered and co-produced the Dave Grusin album "Mountain Dance," the first digitally recorded non-classical album.

Mr. Rosen is the executive producer of "The Ballard of Canonero II", the CBS network award winning documentary special following the Cinderella story of the great Kentucky Derby winner; the CBS documentary special "The Horse Trading Game"; and the performance documentary, "The GRP All-Star Big Band", featuring the gathering and performances by many of the greatest modern jazz musicians.

Mr. Rosen received the Ernst & Young prestigious "Entrepreneur of the Year" award in New Media & Entertainments, additionally Mr. Rosen serves on boards of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA), Music For Youth Foundation (MFY), Music Education National Council (MENC), and the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific, and is also a member of the Manhattan School of Music President's Board.

Prior to retirement, Carl Randolph was a Partner and the General Counsel of Neuberger Berman, a registered Investment Advisor. Prior to that, he was an attorney with the American Stock Exchange. He is a graduate of New York University School of Business and New York University School of Law.

Since moving to Miami in 2000, either Carl or his wife, Toni, have served on the following boards: Dade Community Foundation; New World School of the Arts; National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts; Mount Sinai Medical Center; WPBT Channel 2 Public TV; the Fisher Island Philanthropic Fund; Miami Art Museum ; Art Center of South Florida; Girl Scouts of South Florida, United Way of Miami Dade; Funding Arts Network; The Commonwealth Institute of South Florida ; and The International Women's Forum

Carl Griffin is a senior entertainment and music executive with over 35 years of experience as an album producer, label head, and A&R director. Carl is a three-time Grammy Award-winning producer for Arturo Sandoval's "Rumba Palace," B.B. King's "Live at the Apollo," and Arturo Sandoval's "Hot House." He has a proven track record in sales, marketing, and profitability, and has been responsible for six #1 singles on smooth jazz radio.

He signed or produced numerous outstanding new jazz artists, including Diane Krall, Jane Monheit, Arturo Sandoval, Ramsey Lewis, Jonathan Butler, Ronnie Dunn, and Evelyn Champagne King. As director for East Coast Music Operations, Jobette Music/Motown Records, he was actively involved in the artistic activities of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and David Ruffin.

Alberto Slezynger is the founder and lead composer of Personal Music. His multi-platinum group Daiquiri launched him in the music business where he became one of the most significant composers and music producers in Latin America, selling over one million records. Besides his passion for live music, he continued his career writing for film, television and the advertising industry. For the last 10 years, he has worked hundreds of campaigns, winning numerous awards nationally and internationally for Budweiser, McDonald's, General Motors, Ford, Pepsi, Hyundai, AT&T and Volkswagen. In 2007, Alberto Slezynger and Personal Music won the prestigious London International Advertising Awards in the Best Music category with more than 700 entries of the best music production houses from all over the world.

He also wrote the theme song and incidental music for six soap operas (telenovelas) for NBC/Telemundo Networks, which airs with high success in the U.S. and in TV Stations all over the world. With his company Personal Music, he just finished creating for Disney the music theme and all the music for the Latin American version of Desperate Housewives (Argentina, Brazil and Colombia) and for the U.S. Hispanic market that is being broadcast by Univision Networks.

Alberto Slezynger has a master's degree in political economy from The New School, NYC.

Leslie José Zigel is the principal and founder of ZIGLAW (www.ziglaw.com), Miami's premier multimedia entertainment law firm. ZIGLAW focuses on both the creative and business sides of the entertainment industries in the music, television, film and new technology sectors. The practice includes counseling clients in entertainment talent negotiations, record contracts, music and book publishing, assisting companies with corporate structuring, financing, operations, sales and acquisitions, outside general counsel services, trademarks, copyrights and employment advice. Leslie Zigel's past legal experience includes: VP, Business and Legal Affairs for BMG Latin America and shareholder and head of Greenberg Traurig's Miami Entertainment Law Department. Prior to practicing law, he was a concert promoter and producer, working for Festival Productions (Newport Jazz Festival, New Orleans Jazz Festival).

Zigel is an accomplished electric and acoustic bass player; he is fluent in Spanish. He owns a digital distribution label and a music publishing administration company and is a principal and CEO of White Buffalo Entertainment, an independent film and TV production company (www.whitebuffaloent.com). He is a cum laude graduate of the University of Miami School of Law where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Inter-American Law Review.

Shelly Berg is the Dean of the University of Miami Frost School of Music and an accomplished pianist, composer, author, and educator. The All Music Guide says "Shelly Berg is one of the finest pianists around in the early 21st century playing modern mainstream jazz." A Concord recording artist, his 2006 CD, Blackbird, reached #1 in US Jazz radio, and garnered Record of the Year and Artist of the Year nominations. Shelly has composed and orchestrated for major motion pictures and television, including Warner Bros.' For Your Consideration, Fox 2000's Men of Honor, HBO's Dennis Miler Live, and CBS' A League of Their Own.

Other recording and orchestrating collaborations include Chicago, Kiss, Joe Cocker, Steve Miller, Bobby McFerrin, Lou Rawls, and Ray Sings: Basie Swings, (Concord Records' Ray Charles/Count Basie recording). Shelly is a past president of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) and, in 2000, the Los Angeles Times named him one of three "Educators for the Millennium". Shelly Berg's textbooks are staples in jazz education, and include The Chop Monster, Jazz Improvisation: The Goal-Note Method, and Essentials of Jazz Theory.

Lilia Garcia's life is dedicated to children's development in the arts. She is passionate in her belief that arts education can make a difference in children's lives and that "the arts are a powerful tool, and can be used as a way to help kids from different cultures understand each other and become successful, productive and creative citizens". Her leadership, influence, and guidance have impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands of children.

Through her role, for over thirty years, as the Administrative Director for the Division of Life Skills and Special Projects in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Lila was responsible for many distinct and varied programs: oversight of the arts programs (visual art, music, theatre dance, film and design), plus the talent-magnet programs; Physical Education, Health and HIV/Aids programs; speech and debate; driver education; JROTC; and even the Chess in the Schools program. Her responsibilities also included the development and implementation of a myriad of special projects, events and programs typical to the promotion and advancement of the fourth largest school system in the nation. Today, after retiring from the Miami Dade County Public Schools, Lilia has started a consulting firm, Lilia Garcia and Associates where she assists organizations develop, enrich and strategize their growth and impact in the community. She is working with Adopt-A-Classroom, a national non-profit which harnesses resources for classroom teachers in order for them to purchase supplies for their classrooms, the Bass Museum, expanding their arts programs, the National Endowment for the Arts and other organizations.

Lilia sits on numerous national, state, and local boards and is the past president of the prestigious Coconut Grove Arts Festival. Through her leadership and commitment in the organization, she has been instrumental in the raising of thousands of dollars for scholarships dedicated to students in the arts. She is a past President of the Dade Cultural Alliance (DCA) an arts advocacy organization.

Lilia's incredible "yes" "can do" attitude and her successes for children triggered many awards; including the MAXIE Award for cultural contributions to Miami; the YOUNG WOMEN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, for "Making a Difference in Miami"; the National Parents Magazine, "As They Grow Award" (outstanding contributions to art education); the Pioneer Award, "In The Company of Women" (community leadership); the "Outstanding Achievements in the Arts" AMBY Award; and the Theodore R. Gibson Memorial Fund Award (fostering oneness among Miami's multi-ethnic communities); Red Cross Spectrum Award ; J. M. McArthur Education Award; Women of Impact Award; American Diabetes Association Valor Award. This year, Channel 2 featured Lilia as a person who made a difference in Miami-Dade community.