Contemporary saxophonist, author, and music producer Jackiem Joyner has set the bar high in his close 20 years as a performer. With a number one jazz album, several Billboard chart-topping […]
Audrey Shakir was born into a musical family in Cleveland, Ohio – her mother was a great pianist, organist and vocal coach, and her father, whose idol was Billy Eckstine, […]
The Heavy Hitters is a sextet co-led by pianist Mike LeDonne and tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander. The band is rounded out by some of the premiere purveyors of straight-ahead swinging […]
“Obviously, we are in the capable hands of a master. Absolutely fluid touch and beautiful integration between moving lines and harmonic cadences. The sound of the instrument is well-balanced throughout […]
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 […]
Over the years, Peter White has maintained a reputation as one of the most versatile and prolific acoustic guitarists on the contemporary jazz landscape. Armed with an unparalleled combination of […]
Christian McBride is an eight-time GRAMMY Award winning bassist, composer, and bandleader. McBride is the Artistic Director of the historic Newport Jazz Festival, New Jersey Performing Arts center (NJPAC) and […]
Grammy winner Kurt Elling is without question today’s preeminent male jazz vocalist, renowned worldwide for his unparalleled virtuosity and flair for trailblazing artistic exploration. From his stunning reinvention of timeless […]
At 43, Tyshawn Sorey is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and professor of contemporary music. Sorey has received accolades for performances, recordings, and compositions ranging from improvised solo percussion to opera, […]
In a span of two decades, 11 recordings, and countless stage performances, vocalist René Marie has cemented her reputation as not only a singer but also a composer, arranger, theatrical […]
A jazz Celebration of Stevie Wonder featuring special guest Adam McKnight. For over 35 years, Maria Howell, this petite North Carolina native, who splits her time between both the east […]
French jazz guitarist and composer who started playing guitar at fourteen years old, after eight years of piano training. Two years later, he began formally studying jazz music. He received a degree […]
Join us for The Gathering 2023 kick off with a concert to benefit Hammonds House Museum featuring 6X Grammy Award nominated husband and wife duo, The Baylor Project, at the […]
The multi-talented siblings have been playing together since they were 10 and 11. They continue to strive with their gifts as they travel, playing with some of the best local, national […]
Russell Malone is one of the signature guitar players of his generation. The several recordings since 1992, Malone is as well-known on the international circuit for helming a world-class quartet […]
Starring Monica Mancini with special guests John Pizzarelli, Shelly Berg, Gregg Field and Frost School of Music's Henry Mancini Institute From “Moon River” to “The Pink Panther Theme,” “Baby Elephant […]
George Colligan - piano | Nicole Glover - saxophone | Alex Claffy - bass | Kush Abadey - drums George Colligan is not only one of the great jazz pianists […]
With Frost Jazz Orchestra, the Frost Sextet, The Dafnis Prieto Artist Ensemble | John Daversa and Chuck Bergeron, directors Billboard says she is “the jazz world’s most exciting young vocalist” […]
Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) is a 24-year-old, Los Angeles-based singer, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist whose jazz songs are about young love and self-discovery. Raised between Reykjavík and Washington, D.C. with annual […]
Ensemble: Janelle Gil, Romeir Mendez, Justin Faulkner, Paige Brown, Tim Warfield & Clarence Ward, III A treat in store for jazz-vocals fans released at the end of this month this from […]
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 […]
Joey Alexander, is an Indonesian jazz pianist. He became the first Indonesian musician to chart on Billboard 200 when his album My Favorite Things debuted at number 174 and then peaked at 59. His first album, My […]
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 […]
Gary Bartz Jean Carn Norman Connors Eddie Baccus Jr. The Starship Orchestra Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multi-phonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", American […]
