OMAR SOSA & QUARTETO AMERICANOS
2024-06-17 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Raven Performing Arts Theater, 115 North Street, Healdsburg, CA, 95448, United States
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 Sheldon Brown, who’s spent much of the past two years touring with the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir. Though long based in Barcelona, Sosa gained fame while living in Oakland, and his musical journey from Camagüey and Havana to Ecuador and eventually the East Bay is detailed in the new documentary Omar Sosa’s 88 Well-Tuned Drums, which screens as part of this program. An omnivorously creative figure whose music encompasses Afro-Cuban folkloric chants and European Romanticism, post-bop and hip hop, West African grooves and ambient moods, he’s released more than three dozen albums documenting collaborations with an international cast of fellow sound explorers.
5:00 PM | Documentary Screening
7:30 PM | Concert

MICHAEL MAYO
2024-06-19 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Faena Hotel Theater, 3201 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, 33140, United States
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 music in his veins. Signed to Mack Avenue Records, he’s already shared the stage with the likes of Herbie Hancock and Jon Batiste.
His career highlights include mesmerizing performances at the White House, the Kennedy Center, and major jazz festivals around the world. Mayo’s innovative approach to jazz vocals, combined with his dynamic stage presence, sets him apart as a true modern-day jazz icon!

BRONX RISING! AJASS AND THE EAST
2024-06-30 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Bronx Music Hall, 438 East 163rd Street, Bronx, NY, 10451, United States
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, David Antoine, and Basir MChawi.
Concert: Reggie Workman, Danny Mixon, George Braith, Antoinette Montague, T.K. Blue and Ronnie Burrage.

TONY HIGHTOWER
2024-07-14 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Balzer Theater at Herren’s, 84 Luckie Street NW, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
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 place him firmly within the music’s firmament, the Atlanta native is still just getting started on this benevolent turn in his journey. And he is bringing a lot of young people with him.

ERIC CHACÓN QUARTET
2024-07-18 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Alan & Diane Lieberman Theater, 18900 NE 25th Avenue, North Miami Beach, FL, 33180, United States
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 age within the renowned project “El Sistema.” Since childhood, he has had an extensive career within this institution until becoming part of the flute section of the prestigious Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of the famous director Gustavo Dudamel. For 15 years he held his position as flutist with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra.
Within modern music, Eric is also highly respected, having as his main quality his great interpretive sensitivity, worthy of a bilingual musician. In this musical line he has eight record plates as a soloist, playing the flute and the saxophone as well as composing and arranging his own music.
The Band: Tal Cohen ~ piano | Samuel Burgos ~ Bass | Juan Pablo Romero ~ Drums & Percussion
Musical Director: Alan Lieberman
For more information call 305-932-4200 ext 127

TONY HIGHTOWER & EDWIN WILLIAMS
2024-07-26 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Wren’s Nest, 1050 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard SW, Atlanta, GA, 30310, United States
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 a special appearance from vocalists Terry Dukes, Akua Taylor and Kaitlyn Washington.
Lawn Seating $30 / At Gate $35
Table Seating (Seats 10) $400 (Table seating not sold at the gate on event day)
Rain or Shine Event. No Refunds
Bring your chairs or blankets
Food, beverages and small tables are allowed
No grills or large tables
Online Ticket Sales End Day Before Show.
Only credit/debit cards accepted at the Gate. NO CASH
Gates open at 6:30p

MARK MORGANELLI & THE JAZZ FORUM ALL~STARS
2024-08-18 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Jazz Forum Arts, 1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United States
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 the Hudson Riverfront.
The Band: Midi-Accordion, Vocalist ~ Eddie Monteiro | Drums,Vocal ~ Nanny Assis | Guitar ~ Roni Ben-Hur | Plus Special Guests.
Concert at Sleepy Hollow

HOUSTON PERSON QUARTET
2024-08-21 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Jazz Forum Arts, 1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United States
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. He’s recorded over 75 albums as a leader. With his robust sound and swinging style, Houston is a master’s master.
Concert Location: Dobbs Ferry

NANCY KELLY QUARTET
2024-08-22 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Jazz Forum Arts, 1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United States
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 takes us back to when jazz – including vocal jazz – was an authentic expression of genuine emotion.
Please note, a Lyndhurst Jazz Access Pass is required which will be available for purchase online on Lyndhurst’s website or you can pay as you enter ($10 per person).
Concert Location: Lyndhurst

PAQUITO D'RIVERA & CHUCHO VALDÉS
2024-09-18 18:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | Jazz St. Louis, 3536 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63103, United States
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 1962. Both child prodigies and sons of musical families, the two worked together in Havana’s Musical Theatre Orchestra and in the Cuban Orchestra of Modern Music.

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER | WYNTON MARSALIS
2024-09-19 19:30 - 2024-09-21 21:00 (America/New_York) | Rose Theater | Jazz At Lincoln Center, 10 Columbus Circle, New York City, NY, 10019, United States
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 arrangements of classic 1920s and 30s tunes. Music directed by Wynton Marsalis and saxophonist, composer, and Grammy Award-winning scholar Loren Schoenberg and featuring special guests Kurt Elling and Shenel Johns, Hot Jazz & Swing encourages Rose Theater audiences to get up on their feet.
Experience dance hall favorites from composers like Fletcher Henderson, and Duke Ellington, whose works exploded in fame and infamy during the early days of jazz.

MARC RIBOT 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
2024-09-22 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | SFJazz Center | Miner Auditorium, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
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 free jazz and no wave, rock and Cuban rumba. In some circles he’s best known as a key collaborator with singular artists such as Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, John Zorn, Diana Krall, and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, contributing to their 2007 hit album Raising Sand.
The last time the mind-bogglingly eclectic checked into the SFJAZZ Center he played eight solo shows in the JHL, alternating between freely improvised sets, extended medleys of Haitian-American composer Frantz Casseus, Cuban maestro Arsenio Rodríguez and John Coltrane, and his gorgeous score for the 1924 Soviet silent film Aelita: Queen of Mars.
Celebrating his 70th birthday, Ribot joins forces with two of the most celebrated and searching jazz artists on the contemporary scene, guitarist Mary Halvorson and saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, along with bassist Hilliard Greene and longtime collaborator Chad Tayloron drums.

MARQUIS HILL
2024-09-26 19:00 - 2024-09-27 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | SFJazz Center | Joe Henderson Lab, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
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 leading figure among today’s crop of most adventurous jazz musicians. He returns with compositions from his new album and band project, Composers Collective, featuring an all-star ensemble that includes keyboardist Mike King, bassist Junius Paul, vibraphonist Joel Ross, and drummer Makaya McCraven.

A singular artist with a warm, soul-drenched sound and an advanced command of composition, Hill accepted the prestigious Monk honor as an acknowledgment of a major career already in progress rather than the first spark from a neophyte, with four albums as a leader already under his belt, and a distinctive ensemble approach firmly established.

BILL CHARLAP TRIO
2024-09-28 15:00 - 2024-09-29 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | SFJazz Center | Miner Auditorium, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
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 piano trios working today, featuring bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington. They will be joined by a pair of special guests: vocalist and 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater, and trumpet icon Nicholas Payton.

Charlap is known for his work Tony Bennett, Phil Woods, Barbra Streisand, and Gerry Mulligan, and is a consummate soloist and bandleader who has recorded over 30 albums. His 2017 Impulse trio recording Uptown, Downtown won the Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, and his newest Blue Note release, Street of Dreams, was released in 2021.
A restless explorer who has collaborated with master musicians of Mali, interpreted the cabaret of Kurt Weill, and embraced the hard bop of Horace Silver, 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater is a Grammy and Tony-winning music legend who has had a sublime partnership with Charlap, performing in duo during the 2022-23 Season and in concerts around the world.
A founding member of the SFJAZZ Collective, trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist and two-time Grammy winner Nicholas Payton has led a remarkable career as a bandleader, composer, collaborator, and writer. He’s recorded and toured with the likes of Elvin Jones, Jimmy Smith, Allen Toussaint, and Joshua Redman, and led 26 albums.

OLATUJA
2024-09-28 18:00 - 2024-09-29 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | SFJazz Center | Miner Auditorium, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
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 and an amiably regal presence onstage” (The New York Times), Alicia Olatuja has been held up by no less than Dianne Reeves as one of the finest singers on the scene today.

The St. Louis native first gained national attention as a featured soloist with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir at Barack Obama’s 2013 presidential inauguration ceremony.
But in the past few years she’s created a powerful buzz in jazz circles through her work with GRAMMY Award-winning pianist/arranger Billy Childs and the late legendary Hammond B-3 organist Dr. Lonnie Smith. Increasingly visible as a bandleader, Olatuja led three increasingly accomplished sessions including her most recent project celebrating women composers, Intuition: Songs From the Minds of Women.
Born in London and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, Michael Olatuja is a first-call bassist on the New York scene who has lent his inventive musicianship to Stevie Wonder, Terence Blanchard, José James, Kurt Elling, and Shakira. His newest solo release, Lagos Pepper Soup, features guests Angelique Kidjo, Brandee Younger, Joe Lovano, and Dianne Reeves, among others.

JOE GRANSDEN QUARTET
2024-10-04 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Commons, 125 Ellis Street NE, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
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 Atlanta. It has growing popularity everywhere, even performing for sold-out shows at the legendary Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City.
Admission: ADULT ~ $25.00 | Student ~ $10.00 with student identification (show ID at the door). Reserved tables of 8 are $200.
Dinner ranges from $4.00 to $10.00.

WYCLIFFE GORDON & ERIC REED
2024-10-05 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | The Commons, 125 Ellis Street NE, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
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 performing hard-swinging straight-ahead jazz, receiving great acclaim from audiences and critics alike. His unmatched modern mastery of the plunger mute and his exceptional technique and signature sound, has solidified Gordon a place in musical history known as one of the top trombonists of his generation.
When you think of hard-driving swing, daring expression, sophistication and elegance in artistry, formidable technique and a thunderous sound, there are only a very small handful of contemporary pianists you think of and one of them is most assuredly Eric Reed. But don’t think of him as just a pianist; Eric is one of his generation’s most advanced thinkers in music.

GARY MOTLEY QUARTET
2024-10-11 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | All Saints Church, 634 W Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA, 30308, United States
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 premiered at national and international festivals, and his achievements have been lauded by multiple organizations, including the National Endowment for the Arts. Well known to music audiences locally as both a headliner and an accompanist, Gary is also beloved on the Emory campus as a professor and the founding director of the University’s Jazz Studies program.
This is the first concert of the 2024~2025 series presented by Jazz at All Saints Episcopal Atlanta
Cover: $25 Adult | $15.00 Student

SINNE EEG & TIVOLI BIG BAND
2024-10-30 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Copenhagen) | The Glass Hall, Vesterbrogade 3, 1620 Copenhagen V, Denmark
A Tribute to Tivoli’s Jazz History with Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan
Tivoli’s Big Band and Sinne Eeg celebrate Tivoli’s rich jazz history and pay tribute to three of jazz’s greatest artists who performed regularly on Tivoli’s stages in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald visited the Tivoli numerous times over those three decades, and another of jazz’s greatest voices, Sarah Vaughan, recorded her personal masterpiece, “Sassy Swings The Tivoli,” in 1963, with none other than Quincy Jones as producer.
Tivoli’s Big Band and Sinne Eeg delve into the rich repertoire from Ella Fitzgerald’s “Duke Ellington Songbook” album and recreate for the first time a handful of the titles from “Sassy Swings The Tivoli” in newly written big band arrangements. Inspired by how Quincy Jones might have written them, these arrangements are created by Tivoli’s Grammy-nominated bandmaster and house arranger Peter Jensen.
DKK 195.00 ($28.21) ~ DKK 325.00 ($47.02) Includes ticket fee and entrance to Tivoli Gardens.

SARAH VAUGHAN: A SASSY CENTENNIAL
2024-11-01 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Adrienne Arsht Center | Knight Concert Hall, 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Featuring Patti Austin, Randy Brecker, Lisa Fischer and 2023 Sarah Vaughan Vocal Competition Winner Tyreek McDole with Shelly Berg and the Frost School of Music’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra and its resident conductor, Scott Flavin
This celebration of the versatile and widely influential jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, whose nicknames included Sassy and the Divine Sarah, will find talented admirers performing her music in front of a full orchestra. “Among the singers of her generation, only Ella Fitzgerald enjoyed comparable stature,” The New York Times wrote of Vaughan, whose hits included “It’s Magic,” “What Lola Wants” and “Make Yourself Comfortable.”
Tickets: $40.00 ~ $130.00

LONGINEU PARSONS ENSEMBLE
2024-11-17 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Emory University: Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States
Unity Jazz presents trumpeter Longineu Parsons and his Ensemble featuring pianist Nat Adderley Jr. with special guest vocalist Myrna Clayton.
The career of Longineu Parsons, with its many musical pieces and parts, serves as a metaphor for what he calls “the disorder of the human tribe.” The whole of Longineu Parsons is greater than the sum of his parts, and he has made it his mission – and the mission of his own Tribal Disorder Records – to use music as “a force against disorder in the human tribe.”
In his own life and career, this “disorder” has come in the form of widely diverse musical passions and pursuits. Growing up in Jacksonville, Florida, Parsons instinctively plays the blues as a native language. After cutting his teeth playing hometown gigs starting in junior high, he toured on the Chitlin Circuit for a few years before attending Florida A&M University for his undergraduate degree.
There, two pivotal experiences would help set his course. The first was that he heard the John Coltrane album “Expression” – it opened his ears and changed his life. Though he was already into Miles Davis and “Bitches Brew,” something was different about this. Secondly, he met the famous trumpeter (and FAMU alum) Nat Adderley. Nat took Longineu under his wing and over time, mentor and protégé became lifelong friends. Longineu is honored to play Nat’s cornet as his main horn.
Tickets: $50.00 | CashApp: $UnityJazz / Zelle: 7708991991
Free Parking

WYCLIFFE GORDON & FROST STUDIO JAZZ BAND
2024-11-21 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Gusman Concert Hall, 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Highly acclaimed musician Wycliffe Gordon enjoys an extraordinary career as a soloist, as well as performing and touring with some of the world’s most sought-after jazz musicians. His high-energy, traditional hard-swinging style captivates audiences across time–performing for dignitaries and heads- of-state to elementary school children. He is equally at home as a composer, arranger and recording artist with over 50 recordings to his credit, 24 of which he is leader or co-leader. He is one of America’s foremost music educators and currently serves as full time director of jazz studies at Augusta University and travels all over the world giving masterclasses and performances with college and university ensembles.
Presenting Oscar Micheaux’s silent race film Within Our Gates, synchronized with Wycliffe Gordon’s original score, “Within These Gates of Mine.” This event powerfully fuses history and music, highlighting the earliest surviving film by an African-American filmmaker. Within Our Gates is a dark and emotional indictment of American racial injustices. The concert features Gordon, Etienne Charles, a 20-piece jazz orchestra, and vocalists.
Tickets: $15.00~$40.00

JOE ALTERMAN TRIO
2024-11-22 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | All Saints Church, 634 W Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA, 30308, United States
Atlanta native Joe Alterman has performed at venues from the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center to famed jazz clubs Birdland and Blue Note in New York as well as Eddie’s Attic in Atlanta. His skills and his joyful approach to music have been praised by such jazz greats as Les McCann, Ramsey Lewis, and Ahmad Jamal.
In addition to his mastery of jazz piano, Joe’s creativity can be seen in his leadership of the revamped Atlanta Jewish Music Festival, now known as the Neranenah Festival.
Tickets: $25.00 + $3.52 fee ~ Adult | $15.00 (+$2.85 fee) ~ Student

SUPERBLUE | NEW YEAR'S EVE
2024-12-31 19:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Kennedy Center | Terrace Theater, 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20566, United States
Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling and visionary hybrid guitarist Charlie Hunter reignite their funk, soul, and fusion–inspired partnership in SuperBlue—a fierce collection of new songs and surprising covers. They’re joined by dynamic jazz/R&B/funk drummer Nate Smith and the high-energy Huntertones Horns.

Tickets: $79.00 ~ $103.00

SUBA TRIO
2025-01-16 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Great Town Hall, 1119 8th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Global Rhythms: Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita SUBA Trio
The Atlantic Ocean separates Cuba and Senegal, the respective birthplaces of piano virtuoso Omar Sosa and kora master Seckou Keita, a distance diminished by their shared ancestral connection to Africa.
Recorded during lockdown and released in October 2021, Sosa and Keita’s second album SUBA is a hymn to hope, to a new dawn of compassion and real change in a post-pandemic world, a visceral reiteration of humanity’s perennial prayer for peace and unity. Joining Omar and Seckou in the studio and for live performances is the inimitable Venezuelan artist Gustavo Ovalles.
Tickets: $25.00~$50.00

JOHN GILBREATH
2025-01-28 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Great Town Hall, 1119 8th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
After a celebrated career that spans more than three decades at Earshot Jazz, John Gilbreath is retiring from his role as executive director. Let’s come together and celebrate with him. The evening includes mingling, music, and munchies.
Music by the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra (SRJO) Septet. Lite bites provided. Cash bar.
Registration required. Admission is Free. Donations Appreciated In-person*

ERNEST "EC3" COLEMAN III
2025-02-07 18:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | The Commons, 125 Ellis Street NE, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
Ernest “EC3 Coleman III BIO Ernest, a second generation musician, was born in Naples, Italy to Ernest and Rebecca Coleman. His father, Ernest Jr., was a jazz musician who played tenor sax and was also a great arranger and composer.
Ernest studied at the Naval Conservatory of Music in Norfolk, Virginia and was awarded a special honor for being the youngest student to graduate from this conservatory. After his tour with the Navy Band, Ernest moved to Los Angeles, California and began his true musical quest. He performed for Guys & Dolls, Ain’t Misbehavin, Bourbon Street Review, and A Chorus Line.
Ernest got the call to work with Loretta Holloway in Las Vegas opening for Jay Leno, Bill Cosby, David Brenner, Yakov Smirnoff, Whoopi Goldberg, Don Rickles and many many more. Ernest soon took over as Loretta’s musical director and continued on to travel to places like Russia, Bermuda, Japan, Canada, Virgin Islands, and Brazil, among many places around the world. Ernest worked with Loretta for over twelve years, playing with major symphonies and was responsible for conducting from behind the drums.
Tickets: Student ~ $10.00 | General Admission: $25.00

KAMASI WASHINGTON
2025-02-13 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Adrienne Arsht Center | Knight Concert Hall, 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Kamasi Washington is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader born and raised in Los Angeles. His acclaimed recordings include The Epic; Harmony of Difference, an EP originally commissioned for the 2017 Whitney Biennial; Heaven and Earth; and Fearless Movement. As Told To G/D Thyself, his short film companion to Heaven and Earth, debuted at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival to widespread acclaim.
In 2020, Washington scored Becoming, Netflix’s documentary on first lady Michelle Obama, and was nominated for Grammy and Emmy awards for his contributions. Also in 2020, Washington co-founded the supergroup Dinner Party with longtime friends and collaborators Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper and 9th Wonder. Their EP Dinner Party (Dessert) was nominated for a Grammy for Best Progressive R&B Album. In 2021, Washington contributed a cover of Metallica’s “My Friend of Misery” to the band’s Metallica Blacklist covers project.
Washington has toured the world and collaborated with artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Florence + the Machine and Herbie Hancock, with whom he has curated the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Fest for the second year in a row.

Tickets: $45.00 ~ $120.00

CARMEN BRADFORD
2025-02-22 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | All Saints Church, 634 W Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA, 30308, United States
Jazz royalty Carmen Bradford takes the stage in the All Saints’ series on Saturday, February 22, accompanied by Reginald Thomas on piano. A 2024 Grammy Award winner for her vocals on Basie Swings the Blues—the Count Basie Orchestra.
Carmen was born with music in her soul as the daughter of legendary cornetist Bobby Bradford and renowned vocalist and composer Melba Joyce. At age twenty-two, she was discovered by Count Basie, beginning a connection with the Basie orchestra that has lasted for decades. Her distinctive voice graces film, stage, television, and radio productions as well as performances with other orchestras across the country.
Though she calls Atlanta home, Carmen also teaches at Michigan State University. Her pianist, Reginald Thomas, is the coordinator of the internationally recognized Northern Illinois School of Music jazz studies program, the director of the NIU Jazz Orchestra, and a featured artist in his own right.
Tickets ~ Student: $15.00 | General Admission: $25.00
A Q&A will follow the performance with a reception in Ellis Hall
For more information contact: jazz@allsaintsatlanta.org

LIFE, LOVE & LENNY
2025-03-06 20:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Rose Theater | Jazz At Lincoln Center, 10 Columbus Circle, New York City, NY, 10019, United States
A Celebration of the life and music of Lenny White
The iconic Grammy-winning drummer, who is among jazz music’s most prolific and celebrated artists, producers, composers and sidemen — will be fêted at a one-night-only celebration filled with music and memories at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall.
Presented by Tzedakah 4 All, the event will feature performances in multiple combinations – Return to Forever w/ Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola and orchestra conducted by Maestro Steve Mecurio, Miles Davis Bitches Brew, Red Clay, Echoes of an Era, as well as exploring material from his illustrious five + decade career. Laurence Fishburne will serve as emcee with appearances from fellow artists Buster Williams, Omar Hakim, Patrice Rushen, Al Foster, Mike Clark, Billy Hart, and Billy Drummond.
Tickets: $175.00~$250.00
