A popular Bay Area guitarist, Joyce Cooling is known for her eclectic approach to contemporary jazz, blues, and Brazilian traditions. Marked by a crisp, funky style reminiscent of her idols Wes Montgomery and George Benson, Cooling emerged to festival and chart success in the 1990s. Collaborating regularly with her longtime keyboardist and creative partner Jay Wagner, she has issued a number of Billboard-charting albums, including 1999's Keeping Cool, 2004's This Girl's Got to Play, and 2019's Living Out Loud.
Born in 1969, Cooling grew up in New Jersey and New York in a fam...