To celebrate WCLK 91.9’s 50th Anniversary the Atlanta Jazz Festival is presenting WCLK At 50: Featuring Lil John Roberts with an Atlanta All-Star Band. Award-winning drummer Lil John Roberts will […]
There are few artists in the music industry who have had more influence on acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B than Herbie Hancock. As Miles Davis said, “Herbie was the step […]
New England Symphonic Ensemble Guest Conductor: Lenora Helm Hammonds ~ Department Chair & Director of Graduate Programs, Jazz, at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. She will be […]
Tarus Mateen, a child prodigy on bass, went on a tour of the Caribbean when he was twelve years old. The double-bass and electric bassist, who works in jazz, pop, […]
Gregory Porter is a singer, songwriter and musician. He moved to the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York in 2004, along with his brother Lloyd and worked as a chef at Lloyd's restaurant […]
Nicole Henry’s versatile and emotionally driven performances have wowed audiences in 20 countries, earning her numerous accolades including a Soul Train Award for “Best Traditional Jazz Performance” and “Best New […]
Cuban piano maestro Omar Sosa, a longtime Healdsburg favorite, returns to town with his Quarteto Americanos featuring Cuban bassist Ernesto Mazar Kindelán, Berkeley drummer Josh Jones, and Oakland multi-reed player […]
Coming from a family steeped in musical history, with ties to Earth Wind & Fire and renowned session work with artists like Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder, Michael Mayo has […]
A look at two historic organizations in the Bronx (AJASS) and Brooklyn (The East) and their cultural and artistic legacies. Discussion: Ajuba Bartlay~Grinage, George "Maliki" Robinson, Cinque Brath, T.S. Monk, […]
Singer/Songwriter Tony Hightower is taking up the mantle to be a bridge that ushers R&B audiences into Jazz…Real Jazz. With years of experience as a musical performer and actor with familiar roots that […]
Jazz At The J presents The Eric Chacón Quartet. Eric Chacón is a recognized and multifaceted Venezuelan musician. From a musical family, he began his musical studies at a very early […]
Jazz, Cool, Smooth & Soulful special guest singer/actor Tony Hightower celebrates with a special tribute to bassists Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorious & Ron Carter featuring bassist Edwin Williams along with […]
Flugelhornist Mark Morganelli collaborated with several renowned Brazilian musicians to record 28 tunes by 10 different Brazilian composers, resulting in 2018’s double-CD, Brasil! They will evoke the Brazilian spirit along […]
Nothing, it seems, stops Houston Person, reigning King of the Boss Tenor, now in his sixth decade of performing. His tone has gotten bigger even as his delivery has mellowed. […]
Two-time winner of Downbeat's "Best Female Jazz Vocalist" Readers' Poll, Nancy Kelly has recorded seven critically-acclaimed albums that also topped the radio chart. Her trademark swing/bop, take-no-prisoners, soulful, swinging style […]
D'Rivera and Valdés: Together Again! These rare benefit concerts features Cuban jazz legends, clarinetist, saxophonist, author, composer and arranger Paquito D'Rivera and pianist, composer, and arranger Chucho Valdés first met in […]
The Ertegun Jazz Concert honoring Mica Ertegun The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis welcomes audiences back to the House of Swing for the 2024-25 season with electrifying new […]
with special guests James Brandon Lewis & Mary Halvorson & more... Guitarist extraordinaire Marc Ribot follows his muse wherever it leads, resulting in a career path that has ranged across […]
With Makaya McCraven, Joel Ross & others Winner of the 2014 Thelonious Monk International Trumpet Competition, Chicago-born trumpeter Marquis Hill has, in a comparatively short time, established his well-deserved reputation as a […]
With Dee Dee Bridgewater and Nicholas Payton Grammy-winning pianist Bill Charlap has established himself among the most respected keyboardists in jazz and leads one of the longest lived and telepathic […]
Acclaimed vocalist Alicia Olatuja and bassist Michael Olatuja come together for this groove-heavy mix of Afro-Beat, jazz, funk, and soul, as heard on their new self-titled album. "A singer with a strong, lustrous tone […]
Trumpet master Joe Gransden formed and led a big band playing the jazz classics reminiscent of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Duke Ellington, and Ella Fitzgerald. TheJoe Gransden Big Band is quite popular in […]
Wycliffe Gordon and Eric Reed are veteran members of the Wynton Marsalis Septet and original members of Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Wycliffe Gordon has had an impressive career touring the world […]
The quartet led by pianist Gary Motley, whose exceptional skills as a performer, composer, and arranger have made him an indispensable leader in the nation’s jazz community. His compositions have […]