Hot off her 2022 GRAMMY® win for Best Latin Jazz Album for Mirror Mirror, (also recently nominated for a Latin GRAMMY®) internationally acclaimed recording artist, pianist, singer, composer and arranger Eliane Elias’ distinctive musical style and artistry is one of the most celebrated and recognizable sounds in jazz and Brazilian music. She blends her Brazilian roots and […]
PHIL’S HOUSE OF BLUES | SILVANA (AUTHENTIC BLUES), 300 W 116th Street | 6:00pm ~ 10:00pm MANNY’S BOOGALOO CREW | NEW AMSTERDAM MUSICAL ASSN, 107 W 130th Street | 7:00pm ~ 11:00pm OMAR EDWARDS MUSIC | THE SHRINE (TAP MUSICIAN), 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard | 8:00pm ~ 9:30pm THE CHILD SUPPORT BAND | […]
Jeremey Poparad brings his jazz orchestra back to The Bop Stop for a special birthday concert! Tickets to attend this show are $15 each for the general public. CSU students can attend for free with student ID. This event will not be livestreamed. To celebrate his 40th, Jeremey has called upon his friends in the […]
JAZZ HISTORY TREE™ (PRESENTATION & PANEL) | NEW AMSTERDAM MUSICAL ASSN, 107 W 130th Street | 7:30pm ~ 9:00pm REGGIE WORKMAN PRESENTS | New Amsterdam Musical Association, 107 W 130th Street | 9:00pm ~ 10:30pm OPEN MIC @ THE SHRINE | Shrine Bar Restaurant / World Music , 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, Unit […]
Dave Bennett doesn't fit the mold. For starters, you don't find many jazz clarinet players who name Alice Cooper, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Chris Isaak among their influences. You won't find many musicians who are equally conversant with the music of Benny Goodman (the "King of Swing") and Roy Orbison ("The Soul of Rock and […]
Jaleel Shaw – alto & soprano saxophone Myron Walden – tenor sax & bass clarinet Victor Gould – piano Eric Wheeler – bass E.J. Strickland – drums Drummer E.J. Strickland leads an impressive quintet featuring saxophonists Jaleel Shaw and Myron Walden, pianist Victor Gould, and bassist Eric Wheeler. Strickland is a world-class, world-traveled drummer who […]
THE HARLEM JAZZ SESSION W/ PETER BRAININ & FRIENDS | Room 623, 271 W 119th Street | 8:00pm ~ 11:00pm THE GREATEST MASTER’S JAM OF THE CENTURY!! | NEW AMSTERDAM MUSICAL ASSN, 107 W 130th Street | 8:00pm ~ 2:00am
JFA PRESENTS: GERRY EASTMAN | 58 West 129th Street, G | 2:00pm ~ 3:00pm ANNETTE ST. JOHN QUARTET | THE UNDERGROUND (JAZZ), 246 Malcolm X Boulevard | 5:00pm ~ 11:00pm THE PHIL YOUNG EXPERIENCE! PATRICK'S PLACE (BLUES) | 2835 Frederick Douglass Boulevard | 7:00pm ~ 11:00pm KINDA BLUE TRUMPET SUMMIT | CLUB HARLEM (JAZZ), 104 […]
"Like Minds" Record Release Wayne Escoffery – tenor saxophone Nicholas Payton – trumpet David Kikoski – piano Ugonna Okegwo – bass Mark Whitfield Jr. – drums Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery celebrates the release of his anticipated new album Like Minds (Smoke Sessions) by performing the music from with a superb quintet—special guest trumpeter Nicholas Payton, pianist David Kikoski, bassist […]
Julie Dexter is a world-renowned, award-winning British singer-songwriter and producer. She has shared the spotlight with a host of cutting-edge artists, including Mint Condition, Caron Wheeler, Jill Scott, Lalah Hathaway, Omar, Ledisi, Doug Carn, Third World, and Maxi Priest, to name a few. Influenced by such legends as Nancy Wilson, Abbey Lincoln, and Bob Marley, […]
BILL SAXTON & THE HARLEM ALL-STARSBILL'S PLACE (JAZZ) | 148 W 133rd Street | 7:00pm & 9:00pm BERTA INDEED W/PUCCI JHONES & FRIENDS | HAMILTON BAR (JAZZ), 3570 Broadway | 7:00pm ~ 11:00pm HARLEM LATE NIGHT JAM LATE NIGHT EDITION | PATRICK'S PLACE (JAM), 2835 Frederick Douglass Boulevard | 8:00pm ~ 12:00am
HARLEM DERBY PRESENTS: HATS, JULEPS & JAZZ | The National Jazz Museum In Harlem, 58 W 129th Street | 1:00pm ~ 6:00pm BILL SAXTON & THE HARLEM ALL-STARS | BILL'S PLACE (JAZZ), 148 W 133rd Street | 7:00pm & 9:00pm PAT TANDY | PATRICK'S PLACE (BLUES) 2835 Frederick Douglass Boulevard | 7:00pm ~ 11:00pm LEE […]
Described as “passionate, electrifying, and innovative,” international, Billboard-charting recording artists, Chelsey Green and The Green Project, break down stereotypes of traditional string playing. By fusing traditional classical technique with popular songs and original pieces in various genres – including R&B, Pop, Soul, Funk, Jazz and more – The Green Project brings vibrant violin, viola and rich vocals to […]
New York-based vocalist Lizzie Thomas presents her career-defining fifth album, DUO Encounters. The inventive jazz singer – gifted with an inviting voice and a swinging style – teams up with a dozen of her favorite artists to perform a set of intimate and adventurous duets. Over the course of twelve tracks, Thomas digs deep into […]
Described as “somewhere between a comforting whisper and a cogent declaration” by The New York Times, Lauren Henderson’s music resonates with listeners around the world. Recently featured in the Financial Times, breaking the Jazz Charts Top 5, and the Year End Jazz Week Top 50 (2020), Henderson’s eclectic vocal influences spread across genres producing a […]
SING HARLEM CHOIR | RED ROOSTER (GOSPEL), 310 Lenox Avenue | 12:15pm ~ 1:45pm SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH WITH THE LV PROJECT! | PATRICK'S PLACE (JAZZ/SOUL), 2835 Frederick Douglass Boulevard | 1:00pm ~ 4:00pm SOUL POWER BAND, NYC W/C. KELLY WRIGHT | HARLEM SHAKE (SOUL), 100 W 124th Street | 3:00pm ~ 6:00pm THE NATE LUCAS ALL-STARS | […]
2021 MPower Grant Recipient and 2021TedX speaker Leslie DeShazor was named one of thirty Professional Movers and Shakers in the Performing Arts by Musical America in 2019. Violist, violinist, composer and arranger Leslie DeShazor is in demand as a soloist, teacher and recording artist. Though classically trained, Mrs. DeShazor is a talented and diverse musician. […]
Freddie Hendrix – trumpet Stacy Dillard – tenor saxophone Cyrus Chestnut – piano Gerald Cannon – bass Willie Jones III – drums Cyrus Chestnut, one of the great jazz pianists, leads an exciting quintet with trumpeter Freddie Hendrix, tenor saxophonist Stacy Dillard, bassist Gerald Cannon, and drummer Willie Jones III. “His brand of crisp articulation […]
Nilson Matta & Jovino Santos Neto with Ami Molinelli Two Brazilian musicians with successful international careers join forces to present a new project with original music and new interpretations of pieces by renowned Brazilian composers. Multi-GRAMMY® nominee Nilson Matta, known for his work with Trio da Paz, Don Pullen African Brazilian Connection, Joe Henderson, Yo Yo Ma, and […]
After a 13-year hiatus, one of the greatest icons of Brazilian music announces his return to the US for a major tour. Four-time Latin GRAMMY winner Djavan will present a brand-new show with his full band, featuring songs from his twenty-fifth studio album “D”, as well as major hits from his 45-year career. Aside from new hit […]
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 […]
Jazz Day Celebration at The Palm, Los Cabos, Mexico Jazz musicians of Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico will celebrate International Jazz Day at the area's most beautiful new venue, The Palm. \ The event will showcase: The Daline & Diego Group with composer/pianist/musical director, Diego Ramirez, on grand piano and keyboard and vocalist, Daline […]
He is a founding member of the jazz collective West Coast Get Down. Washington joined the Gerald Wilson Orchestra for its 2005 album In My Time. He played saxophone on Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly. His debut solo recording, The Epic, was released in May 2015. The mini-album/EP Harmony of Difference followed in September 2017. His second full-length studio album, Heaven and Earth, was […]
I KNOW THINGS NOW: MY LIFE IN SONDHEIM’S WORDS Jeff Harnar is an award-winning cabaret, concert and recording artist. His Carnegie Hall appearances include both the Cole Porter and Noel Coward Centennial Galas. Jeff’s televised PBS concerts include “The 1959 Broadway Songbook” with Music Director Alex Rybeck and “American Songbook: Stephen Sondheim” co-starring KT Sullivan. […]
