The Atlanta Jazz Festival takes place over the Memorial Day Weekend at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, GA. It is regarded as one of the largest free jazz festivals in the country. Their mission is to expose and entertain a diverse audience of jazz aficionados, young jazz enthusiasts and aspiring musicians to the rich heritage and variety […]
Lineup: Each set is 1:15 12:00 pm ~ Brick Bar All-Stars Josh Silver on piano, Ray Parker on bass, Scott Kretzer on drums, with vocalists Kim Buehler, Deborah Gardner, Theresa Harris, and Lori Lefevre 1:35 pm ~ Latin Jazz Players of Lima, Ohio 3:10 pm ~ Larry Fuller Trio 4:45 pm ~ Joey Sommerville, Trumpet 6:20 […]
In a career that took flight in 1985 with commercial and critical acclaim, guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has consistently displayed a chameleonic musical persona of openness, imagination, versatility and maverick daring. Be it bold reinventions of classical masterpieces or soulful explorations through pop-rock hits, to blazing straight ahead jazz forays and ultramodern improvisational works—solo or […]
Fran Vielma Jazz Orchestra features an outstanding cast of musicians from the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast regions performing his own writing, as well as works by contemporary Pan-American jazz arrangers and composers. About the leader: “a percussion colourist of great distinction... leans heavily on his aptitude for, and particular genius for counterpoint and most of […]
Since her debut, Nicole Henry has established herself among the jazz world's most acclaimed performers, possessing a potent combination of dynamic vocal abilities, impeccable phrasing, and powerful emotional resonance.
The opening of our free concert series, SummerStage and long standing programming partner, Blue Note Jazz Festival, has assembled a group of performers that stretch the boundaries of jazz and funk to incorporate the wide variety of African Diaspora sounds. “Laid Black” multi-instrumentalist Marcus Miller has collaborated closely with artists who can be called legends […]