Phil Schaap (born 1951) is an American jazz disc jockey and reissue producer. He hosts a daily morning radio program on WKCR, the radio station of Columbia University, his alma mater, in New York City. The show, called Birdflight, is devoted to the music of Charlie Parker and has been running for over twenty years. He also hosts the weekly Traditions In Swing, which likewise has been on the air for over twenty years. In addition to his radio work, Schaap has been involved with the re-release of several archival recordings on CD, releases of artists including Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Machito and the Afro-Cubans and Duke Ellington. For his efforts in engineering, production, and liner notes, Schaap has won at least six Grammy awards. Schaap also contributed to a book by Wynton Marsalis, "Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits." Schaap is currently the curator of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Wynton Learson Marsalis (b. October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter and composer. He is among the most prominent jazz musicians of the modern era and is also a well-known instrumentalist in classical music. He is also the Musical Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. A compilation of his series of inspirational letters to a young jazz musical student, named Anthony, has been published as To a Young Jazz Musician. Marsalis has made his reputation with a combination of skill in jazz performance and composition; a sophisticated, yet earthy and hip personal style; an impressive knowledge of jazz and jazz history; and virtuoso classical trumpeter. As of 2006, he has made sixteen classical and more than thirty jazz recordings, has been awarded nine Grammys, between the genres and the Pulitzer Prize for Music, the first time it has been awarded for a jazz recording.