MISSION: The Palm Springs Women's Jazz Festival is destined to become the favorite weekend getaway tradition. The Festival has residents throughout the desert and visitors from all over the world gather to celebrate the musical history and the contribution that women have played in jazz. The festival's mission is to showcase Southern California's vast female jazz talent alongside national and international artists to encourage and educate a jazz audience of all ages. It emphasizes the great stylistic and thematic diversity of women in jazz by featuring straight-ahead jazz, contemporary jazz, Latin jazz and blues!

ABOUT US: L&G Events has produced music events for the past 10 years. They were the producers of the Palm Springs Women's Jazz Festival in 2013 and will be back in 2014 with another extraordinary festival that once again emphasizes the stylistic and thematic accomplishments of women in jazz. Sweet Baby J'ai brings a variety of talents to the role of Artistic Director for the Palm Springs Women's Jazz Festival. A creative force on the music scene for over two decades, Sweet Baby J'ai tours the world with her genre-defying work, which both embraces and expands jazz tradition. J'ai is a critically acclaimed vocalist, composer, arranger and producer. She brings a wealth of experience and focus to the festival. Sweet Baby J'ai offers a new perspective to programming choices by featuring some of the jazz world's most visible, high level jazz artists. She promises to deliver one of the best world – class lineups in women's jazz today.