Watkiss was then entered for the Wire/Guardian Jazz Awards and was voted best vocalist for three consecutive years, and was the opening act of choice for two of the world's greatest female jazz vocalists, Cassandra Wilson and Abbey Lincoln.
He has performed or recorded, most often on accordion, with various well-known artists, including Paul Simon, Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Cassandra Wilson, Hugh Masekela, Tony Bird and Gigi.
Woodrow Wilson | Harold Wilson | Pete Wilson | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Brian Wilson | Wilson | Edmund Wilson | Owen Wilson | James Wilson | Wilson Pickett | Teddy Wilson | Richard Wilson | William Julius Wilson | Paul Wilson | John Marius Wilson | Jackie Wilson | Cassandra Wilson | Steven Wilson | Gahan Wilson | Wilson Phillips | Carl Wilson | Richard Wilson (Scottish actor) | Mount Wilson Observatory | Mari Wilson | Julie Wilson | John Wilson | Jacqueline Wilson | Cassandra | Mouth of Wilson, Virginia | Gretchen Wilson |
In this 10 years JMT released the debuts of Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, Cassandra Wilson, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Robin Eubanks and Gary Thomas defining M-Base as their common ground, alongside recordings of musicians associated with the New York downtown scene as Mark Feldman, Mark Dresser and Hank Roberts (as Arcado String Trio) or the latter with Tim Berne and Joey Baron together as Miniature and with other bands.
Karpman’s score for "Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz" premiered at Carnegie Hall on March 16, 2009 with performances by Jessye Norman, Cassandra Wilson, The Roots, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's conducted by George Manahan.
Among the luminaries who appeared on Mountain Stage before they were famous or whose first national-exposure in the US on Mountain Stage are Sarah McLachlan, Norah Jones, Crash Test Dummies, Barenaked Ladies, Ben Harper, Paula Cole, Nickel Creek, Cassandra Wilson, Counting Crows, Phish and R.E.M., which is the band that gave Mountain Stage its first national exposure.
Since moving to New York City in 2001, Barsh has worked with a diverse group of musical artists, including Cassandra Wilson, The Brand New Heavies, Bobby McFerrin, Jeremy Sisto, Roy Hargrove, Jeff Parker (guitarist) (of Tortoise (band)), Robin Eubanks, and Debbie Friedman.
Other popular contemporary jazz vocalist would include Diana Krall, Cassandra Wilson, Kurt Elling, Harry Connick, Jr., Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones, Madeleine Peyroux, Jamie Cullum and Sylvia Brooks.