More than 30 artists appear every year at the Bash. Some are announced in late April, some we cannot announce until they actually walk onto the stage!

We are very proud that Brenda Russell and Keiko Matsui both made their KSBR Birthday Bash Jazz Festival debuts during the 2011 event. Every year more than 30 distinguished musicians join forces to support south Orange County's community radio station. While most are solo artists in their own right, during the Bash they leave their bands behind to form a constantly changing all-star group. Here are some of the artists who appeared at the 2011 Bash:

Brenda Russell	Tony Guerrero	Secret Star	Secret Star	Keiko Matsui	Paul Taylor
Jackiem Joyner	Freddie Ravel	Secret Star	Secret Star	Paul Brown	Bill Cantos
Dan Siegel	Brian Simpson	Secret Star	Secret Star	Blake Aaron	Chris Standring
Max Bennett	Evan Stone	Brian Bromberg	Nat Scott	Jane Fuller	Richard Smith
Tim Landers	Johnny Blas	Rafael Feliciano	Amber Whitlock	Rob Whitlock	Joey Sellers
Lisa McClowry	Ricky Lawson	Robert Kyle	Dave Siebels	Gerard Hagen	Mike Miller
Darryl Williams	Matt Johnson	Steve Reid	Tony Moore	Mambo Hernandez	Ramon Yslas

And remember, there are always a lot of surprise guests that we cannot announce until they walk on stage and this year there are more surprises than ever before. Some of our past surprise artists have included: Greg Adams, Gerald Albright, Patti Austin, Chris Botti, Paul Brown, Larry Carlton, Craig Chaquico, Nick Colionne, Brian Culbertson, Richard Elliot, Warren Hill, Hiroshima, Bob James, Boney James, Ronnie Laws, Michael Lington, Chuck Loeb, Jeff Lorber, Marion Meadows, David Pack, Joe Sample, Tom Scott, Paul Taylor, and Peter White.

Past Bash Artists
(Apologies to anyone we missed)

Blake Aaron, Greg Adams, Gerald Albright, Brian Allen, Justo Almario, Gabriela Anders, Gannin Arnold, Patti Austin, Johnnie Bamont, Max Bennett, Johnny Blas, Derek Bordeaux, David Boswell, Chris Botti, Brian Bromberg, Paul Brown, Doug Cameron, Chris Camozzi, Bill Cantos, Larry Carlton, Lenny Castro, Craig Chaquico, Chris Clark, Khani Cole, Lionel Cole, Nick Colionne, Dr. Como, Brian Culbertson, Tom Dante, Clyde Davis, Melvin Davis, Eddie Drayton, Peggy Duquesnel, Derrick Edmondson, Richard Elliot, Mari Falcone, Rafael Feliciano, Steve Ferrone, Brandon Fields, Mitch Forman, Freddie Fox, Sara Gazarek, Mike Gealer, Grant Geissman, Tom Grant, Tony Guerrero, Gerard Hagen, Susie Hansen, Mombo Hernandez, Warren Hill, Hiroshima, Dave Hooper, Brian Hughes, Luther Hughes, Clydene Jackson, Jessy J, Bob James, Boney James, Dean James, Sonya Jason, George Jinda, Vail Johnson, ML Jordan, Jackiem Joyner, Dirk K, Gregg Karukas, Jeff Kashiwa, Pat Kelley, Shannon Kennedy, Evelyn Champagne King, Ron Kobayashi, Dan Kuramoto, June Kuramoto, Robert Kyle, Tim Landers, Trevor Lawrence, Ronnie Laws, Ricky Lawson, Kevyn Lettau, Alex Ligertwood, Michael Lington, Chuck Loeb, Jeff Lorber, Bill MacPherson, Slim Man, Michael Manson, Eric Marienthal, Evan Marks, Mark Massey, Joe McBride, Lisa McClowry, Marion Meadows, Byron Miller, Chieli Minucci, Elizabeth Mis, Billy Mitchell, Alphonse Mouzon, Rob Mullins, Luis Munoz, Dave Murdy, Willie Murillo, Joey Navarro, Stu Nevitt, Grady Nichols, Nils, Steve Oliver, Tollak Ollestad, Michael O’Neill, Sandy Owen, David Pack, Donald Patterson, Michael Paulo, Ron Pedly, Lamont Peoples, Jim Peterick, John Pondell, Ron Powell, Brian Price, Juan Carlos Quintero, Freddie Ravel, Jim Reid, Steve Reid, Dirk Richter, Rachel Rogers, Thom Rotella, Nee Sackey, Joe Sample, Johnny Sandoval, Bryan Savage, Diane Schuur, Marilyn Scott, Nate Scott, Nathaniel Scott, Tom Scott, Joey Sellers, Michael Shapiro, Shilts, Ron Shumake, Dan Siegel, Dwight Sills, Ricardo Silveira, Brian Simpson, Dwayne "Smitty" Smith, Keith Smith, Richard Smith, Jimmy Sommers, Donnell Spencer Jr., Chris Standring, Evan Stone, Paul Taylor, Lee Thornburg, Dave Thrush, Randy Tico, Kevin Toney, Greg Vail, Adam Watts, Jerry Watts, Tim Weisberg, James Werrick, Peter White, Rob Whitlock, Scott Wilkie, Pamela Williams, Nate Wood, Jennifer York, Randell Young, Ramon Yslas, and Tom Zink.