SUN RA ARKESTRA

Keystone Korner Baltimore 1350 Lancaster Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Directed by Marshall Allen and celebrating Marshall's 100th birthday! The Sun Ra Arkestra are known for their live shows that combine big band swing, outer-space jazz, dancing, singing, chanting and Afro-pagentry. "Besides," Sun Ra once said, "that’s the way black people say ‘orchestra.'" The Arkestra continue to tour the world and have performed in more than 25 countries including shows at […]

$15 – $55

ARTURO O’FARRILL QUINTET

Faena Hotel Theater 3201 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Arturo O'Farrill, son of the legendary Cuban composer Chico O'Farrill, continues his family's musical legacy with his sensational quintet, which includes the talents of Zack O'Farrill on drums and Adam O'Farrill on trumpet. This is your chance to experience a night of exceptional music, where the past and present of Latin jazz converge at the […]

$65 – $200

JAZZMEIA HORN

Bimhuis Piet Heinkade 3 1019 BR, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jazzmeia Horn is one of the promising young musicians of the new jazz generation according to Downbeat: the leading jazz magazine  listed her as one of the ’25 for the Future’. The singer from New York is not only influenced by the virtuosic vocal lines and scats of Sarah Vaughan, but also by the R&B […]

€24 – €29

LOUIS HERIVEAUX

The Betty Supper Club 374 East Paces Ferry Road NE , Atlanta, GA, United States

Heriveaux plays Mood Indigo, classic sounds inspired by the 1920s. After graduating from Griffin High School in 1992, Louis settled in Atlanta, Georgia.  Louis began playing Jazz on Atlanta’s Jazz scene, at age 17. Heads began to turn and fellow musicians and club owners began to take notice of his early signs of professionalism and […]

Free

GREGORY PORTER & THE BAYLOR PROJECT

Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Amphitheater 2110 Blue Ridge Road,  Raleigh, NC, United States

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Gregory Porter was raised in Bakersfield, California, and he cites the Bakersfield Southern Gospel sound as well as his mother’s Nat King Cole record collection as fundamental influences on his own sound. In 2013 he released his breakout Blue Note debut Liquid Spirit, which sold more than a million albums and earned Porter his […]

$44 – $116

RUSSELL MALONE QUARTET

Smoke Jazz & Supper Club 2751 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Russell Malone – guitar | Rick Germanson – piano | Vincent DuPont – drums | Neal Smith – drums “Russell Malone has the storytelling skills of a great singer, perhaps a legacy of his many years with Harry Connick, Jr. and Diana Krall. – The Times (UK) Guitar master Russell Malone leads his popular quartet […]

$35 – $55

CARMEN LUNDY

Keystone Korner Baltimore 1350 Lancaster Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

“Musicians as diversely gifted as Carmen Lundy, who has excelled as a vocalist, composer, lyricist, arranger, and pianist for more than three decades, remain far and few between.” - Jazz Times Carmen Lundy: vocals | Julius Rodriguez: piano & keys | Ben Williams: acoustic & electric bass | Terreon Gully [drums | Andrew Renfroe: guitar Two-time […]

$15 – $45

WCLK AT 50 | LIL JOHN & HIS ALL-STAR BAND

Atlanta Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, United States

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 lead an Atlanta All-Star Band including these outstanding musicians: Phil Davis, Rodney Edge, Tres Gilbert, Derek Scott, Miguel Gaeten, Melvin Jones, Joe Gransden, Kebbi Williams, […]

$25 – $50

ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL

Piedmont Park 10th & Charles Allen Drive, Atlanta, GA, United States

Atlanta Jazz Festival is regarded as one of the largest FREE jazz festivals in the country. An annual celebration of the music, culture and art of jazz begins in April and culminates each Memorial Day weekend, with an outdoor festival featuring jazz artists from all over the world. Established in 1978, the Atlanta Jazz Festival […]

Free

ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL

Piedmont Park 10th & Charles Allen Drive, Atlanta, GA, United States

Atlanta Jazz Festival is regarded as one of the largest FREE jazz festivals in the country. An annual celebration of the music, culture and art of jazz begins in April and culminates each Memorial Day weekend, with an outdoor festival featuring jazz artists from all over the world. Established in 1978, the Atlanta Jazz Festival […]

Free

ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL

Piedmont Park 10th & Charles Allen Drive, Atlanta, GA, United States

Atlanta Jazz Festival is regarded as one of the largest FREE jazz festivals in the country. An annual celebration of the music, culture and art of jazz begins in April and culminates each Memorial Day weekend, with an outdoor festival featuring jazz artists from all over the world. Established in 1978, the Atlanta Jazz Festival […]

Free

NICHOLAS PAYTON TRIO

Smoke Jazz & Supper Club 2751 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Nicholas Payton – trumpet, piano & keyboards | Peter Washington – bass | Kenny Washington – drums “Payton's genius virtuosity captivated both faithful fans and anyone in the NPR crowd just discovering his music for the first time. – NPR Multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Payton reunites the trio with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington that […]

$35 – $55

HERBIE HANCOCK

Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Amphitheater 2110 Blue Ridge Road,  Raleigh, NC, United States

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 after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven’t heard anybody yet who has come after him.” Now in the sixth decade of his professional […]

$50 – $75

HOWARD LEVY 4

Green Mill Jazz Club 4802 N. Broadway Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

Howard Levy, two- time Grammy Award Winner for Pop Music Performance and Instrumental Composition, is an acknowledged master of the diatonic harmonica, a superb pianist, innovative composer, educator and producer. At the age of 19, he discovered how to play the diatonic harmonica as a fully chromatic instrument by developing techniques on it that had […]

$20

LENORA HELM HAMMONDS

Stern Auditorium @ Carnegie Hall 881 7th Ave,, New York City, NY, United States

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 conducting commissioned arrangements for jazz choir and jazz chamber orchestra of Hale Smith's The Valley Wind and John Coltrane's A Conversation with God (Based on […]

TBD

ROBERT GLASPER

City Winery Atlanta Ponce City Market, 650 North Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

Robert Glasper is the leader of a new sonic paradigm with a career that bridges musical and artistic genres. To date, he boasts 5 Grammy wins and 11 nominations across 11 categories, an Emmy Award for his song for Ava Duvernay’s critically hailed documentary “13th” with Common and Karriem Riggins, and a Peabody Award for […]

SOLD OUT

TARUS MATEEN

The Parks At Walter Reed 1010 Butternut Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

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, and R&B idioms. Receiving his bachelor's degree from Morehouse College, then relocated to New York City in 1988. He worked with Betty Carter, Marlon Jordan, […]

Free

GREGORY PORTER & NAJEE

Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre 5239 Floyd Road, Mableton, GA, United States

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 Bread-Stuy (now defunct), where he also performed. Porter performed at other neighborhood venues including Sista's Place and Solomon's Porch, and moved on to Harlem club St. Nick's […]

$129 – $379

BILL CHARLAP TRIO

Jazz Forum Arts 1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown, NY, United States

The Bill Charlap Trio – with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington – is a jazz super-group with three brilliant, accomplished talents. Their dazzling interplay and near-telepathic communication ranks among the best ever, resulting in a Grammy Award and multiple nominations, five-star album reviews and raves from audiences everywhere. The New Yorker called their […]

$40

ETIENNE CHARLES CREOLE ORCHESTRA

Dizzy's Club 10 Columbus Circle, New York City, NY, United States

Last season, trumpet master, inexhaustible band leader, and fashion icon Etienne Charles lit up The House of Swing with his Appel Room performance of Carnival: The Sound of a People. Now, he returns to Dizzy’s Club leading his Creole-inflected big band featuring master practitioners from across the globe. Expect a spirited set of new music designed to pull […]

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ERIC SCOTT REED & GENERATION X, Y & Z

Smoke Jazz & Supper Club 2751 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Giveton Gellin – trumpet | Jon Beshay – tenor saxophone | Eric Reed – piano | Nick Joz – bass | Ethan Kogan – drums Pianist Eric Reed leads this exciting quintet--Generation X, Y, and Z. His latest album, Black, Brown, and Blue, celebrates the rich and diverse music of composers of color. Reed calls […]

$25 – $55

NICOLE HENRY & LEESA RICHARDS

WDNA Jazz Gallery 2921 Coral Way, Miami, FL, United States

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 Jazz Artist” by HMV Japan. Her latest album “Time to Love Again” reached #4 on the U.S. jazz radio chart, and she completed a 35-city […]

$30

KRANTZ CARLOCK LEFEBVRE

The Velvet Note 4075 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, GA, United States

KCL, the iconic, genre-bending powerhouse trio led by visionary guitaristWayne Krantz and featuring drummer Keith Carlock(Steely Dan, Sting, John Mayer) and bassist Tim Lefebvre (Tedeschi Trucks Band,David Bowie), held a Thursday-night residency at NYC’s 55 Bar throughout the first decade of the new millenium. Cutting live recordings from the club and posting them online in the early days of […]

$99

LE TRIO JOUBRAN

Volkshaus Stauffacherstrasse 60, 8004 Zurich, Switzerland

Three brothers descending from a family of «Oud» makers and players for four generations: the great-grand-father, the grand-father, the father, and now, Samir, Wissam, and Adnan from Nazareth have transformed the instrument into a passion, a skill, a life story. Gifted with extraordinary talents and a love for their music, the brothers profoundly understand how […]

$51.40 – $96.90