The New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble (NYSJE) is an internationally renowned recording and touring group. Since the bands inception in 1994, they have released five CDs and they have performed regularly throughout Europe, Canada, USA, and South America.

NYSJEs recordings and performances have garnered them critical acclaim for their high energy, creative originals, kinetic ska interpretations of jazz standards, as well as their potent mix of dance hall, reggae, rock steady and jazz.

Performance highlights include: The North Sea Jazz Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, The Quebec Festival de Musique, Musiques en Ete (Geneva), The Bob Marley Reggae Festival with Israel Vibration and Sister Carol, and The Discover and Bell Atlantic Jazz festivals in the U.S. In addition, NYSJE has the singular distinction of being the first American Ska band to play in Poland after the wall came down.

The band had been featured in Downbeat, Reggae Nucleus, The Beat, Ragga and Jazziz magazines. NYSJE s music can be heard regularly on television-- on the Nickelodeon network, MTVs Road Rules, as well as two nationally airing Campbells Soup Commercials. In Italy, their video, Properly, airs on MTV.

NYSJEs albums are distributed by Stomp Records in Canada, Megalith Records in the U.S., and Grover, Alternative+Brixton Records in Europe. This past summer(07) the band stormed through Europe once again playing 36 shows in Hungary,Czech Republic,France,Italy, Slovenia, Serbia, Lithuania, Belgium,Switzerland,Germany, Spain and more! The band returns this December for shows all over Europe. NYSJE is currently working on tracks for their upcoming CD "Stepforward", slated to be released the Spring of 2008. The band puts on an incredible live show so check the tour dates page for upcoming shows in your area.