Rachel Z is a keyboardist with a long history of award-winning performances in the worlds of jazz and rock.

She co-wrote the Grammy-winning song "Tokyo Blue" with saxophonist Najee. In addition to her 13 albums as bandleader and her work in internationally acclaimed bands such as Steps Ahead, Vertú, the Omar Hakim Experience, and OZmosys, she has played and toured with artists like Wayne Shorter (on the Grammy-winning album High Life), Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Terri Lyne Carrington, Al Di Meola, and Regina Carter. Rachel came to worldwide prominence in the rock world in the Peter Gabriel concert films Growing Up Live and Still Growing Up Live.

Since 2000, she has been a Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Music Studies at The New School University in New York and in 2022 became a Professor of Jazz Studies and Electronic Music at Montclair State University and Cali School of the Arts.

Rachel is joined by Jonathan Toscano on bass and Omar Hakim on drums.

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