Jazz vocalist/pianist Loston Harris is as classic as the songs on his new album, Timeless. Set for a summer 2003 debut, Timeless is the artist's newest recording since the critically acclaimed Comes Love.
   The son of a military officer, Loston was born in Bangkok, Thailand and was well travelled at a young age. He attended college first at Virginia Commonwealth University, later matriculating at Howard University.
   Interestingly enough, Loston was a percussionist throughout his early studies, switching to piano on only at the advice of his new professor, Ellis Marsalis, father of the famed Marsalis jazz family and mentor of several other famous jazz artists, including Harry Connick Jr.
   Loston performed as a member of the prestigious Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestre, lead by multiple-Grammy winner Wynton Marsalis. He also appeared worldwide on the PBS special Portraits in Blue with fellow pianist and bandleader Marcus Roberts. The two-piano tour of Gershin won Marcus Roberts a Grammy nomination and won both artists rave reviews before each pianist embarked once again on leading their own respective trios and quartets.
   As Loston's interest in the classic vocalists, such as Nat King Cole and Tony Bennett, grew, he decided to record an album in which he used both his vocal as well as instrumental skills. Comes Love was a critical and commercial success, leading the young artist to perform at several high-profile events such as the Oscar VIP events in Los Angeles and the GQ Man of the Year Awards in New York. In a cover story in the Washington Post Sunday Magazine, Loston was crowned as the "hip of suburban cool" for his blending of traditional jazz riffs, gospel, and blues with his own unique stylings.
   Timeless, which showcases the artist as a composer as well as performer, reveals an intimate view of the artist in such love songs as "How Deep is the Ocean" and "On The Street Where You Live" as well as romantic originals "If I Say I Love You" and "Twilight". Loston makes his musical home at the Carlyle Hotel in New York. He is also scheduled to perform in Europe and in several North American cities later this year.