JM Cruiz (aka Wes Ervine) is from the Tacoma, Seattle area and has been in the music scene there for many years. JM has been a musician since his grade school days and is a Jazz, Blues and Rock Artist.

After playing in various different Rock bands, JM turned his attention to his other loves, Jazz and Blues, drenching himself in the music of some very expressive, impressive, soulful and heart wrenching Jazz and Blues Artists like, Wes Montgomery, Steve Laury of FattBurger, Spyro Gyra, Eric Clapton, Roy Buchanan, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Steely Dan, Santana and any Jazz and Blues Artists that brought out deep emotion within him. He then began writing and poring all his emotions and feelings into his own music.

In 1997, he and one of his fellow musicians from one of his early Rock bands, put together and released a Pop Rock CD single, "Reality Strikes Again". This enabled him, not only to reinvent himself on the keyboards, but also to pursue his long time dream of releasing his first Smooth Jazz CD, "Street Dreams" in 2001. 8 more CD’s have followed. JM has been a featured UBL Artist on artist direct and has had 1 of his songs, "Ocean Drive" up for song of the year award on Scotland ’s Radio Six International in 2005. Once a Rock musician reaches his highest potential with Rock music, he may find the need to turn his attention to a music that allows him to really express himself and show his full creativeness and potential, that music could very easily be Jazz and the Blues, for the mature mind.