84th Birthday Celebration Charles McPherson Javon Jackson Amy Shook Jeb Patton Billy Drummond For more than 60 years, saxophonist Charles McPherson has been one of the most expressive and highly regarded voices in jazz. His rich musical style, rooted in the blues and bebop, has influenced and inspired generations of musicians and listeners. Wynton Marsalis, a longtime […]
A husband. A wife. An astonishing duo built on love, family, faith, culture and community. These are the things that power The Baylor Project featuring Jean Baylor and Marcus Baylor. This enticing collaboration is steeped in the heart and soul of jazz. As the children of Pastors, Marcus’ and Jean's musical roots were planted deep within the […]
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, Atlanta-native Hightower is still just getting started on this benevolent turn in his journey. And he is bringing a […]
Jazz drummer Willie Jones III has played, toured, and recorded with Horace Silver, Roy Hargrove, Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, and Herbie Hancock. He played on Arturo Sandoval's Grammy-winning 1998 album Hot House. Jones was one of the founding members of the band Black Note in 1990. Members of this ensemble included, at various times, Ark Sano, Eric Reed, Gilbert Castellanos, James Mahone, Kenneth […]
Wycliffe Gordon experiences an impressive career touring the world performing to great acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Jazz Journalists Association named him 2020 “Trombonist of the Year” for the record breaking 13th time, and he’s topped Downbeat Critics Poll for “BestTrombone” again for an unprecedented six times (2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2013 &2012). Last […]
Scott Wendholt, born in Maryland and raised in Denver, he began playing trumpet when he was eight years old. He took a bachelor's degree at Indiana University in 1987, then played in Cincinnati in the Blue Wisp Big Band of John von Ohlen. He relocated to New York City at the end of the 1980s, where he […]
Concert On The Lawn presented in collaboration with Jazz At Lincoln Center. 22-year-old Samara Joy makes her case to join the likes of Sarah, Ella, and Billie as the next mononymous jazz singing sensation recorded by the venerable label. Her voice, rich and velvety yet precociously refined, has already earned her fans like Anita Baker […]
Three groups perform each evening beginning at 8:00pm. The Lineup: August 5: Velislav Stoyanov | Frank Gambali and His All~Star Band | Cinga Manga Funk August 6: Camelia Todorova and Konstantin Kostov Trio | Ari Erev Trio | Petar Slavov Special Quartet August 7: Veronika Todorova & Christopher Herman | Yonder Fokan Trio | Lucy […]
Embark on a once-in-a-lifetime journey with Buena Vista All Stars, descendants of the iconic Buena Vista Social Club. This extraordinary ensemble is bringing the vibrant spirit of Havana’s streets to the Arsht Center’s Knight Concert Hall, delivering a mesmerizing blend of time-honored rhythms and narratives. The lineup features unparalleled talent, including Ibrahim Ferrer Jr., son […]
The multi-Grammy winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO) is an 18-piece big band of jazz and Latin-jazz virtuosos, led by the inimitable Arturo O'Farrill.
Diana Krall is the only jazz singer to have eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. To date, her albums have garnered two GRAMMY® Awards, ten Juno® Awards and have earned nine Gold, three Platinum, and seven multi-Platinum albums. Her 1999 release of When I Look in Your Eyes spent […]
Joe Alterman Album Release Show Atlanta native Joe Alterman expresses a certain upbeat naivete, with a broad smile and bright eyes that make you feel welcome. One would not guess that this is a man hailed by greats; Ramsey Lewis describes his music as "happy music with tasty meat on the bones," Les McCann states […]
Guitarist Rodney Jones has worked with Jaki Byard, Chico Hamilton, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lena Horne and as a bandleader. He is cited as a jazz guitarist who uses modern quartal harmony. Jones is a faculty member at Juilliard. The Quartet features Ron Blake, Lonnie Plaxico and Carl Allen Showtimes: 7:00pm | 9:30pm
A foursome of world-class musicians who have worked with countless top talents (like Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, James Brown, Stevie Wonder) Rodney Jones Quartet thrills audiences worldwide by not just playing straight ahead jazz at its highest level, but performing for the audience, sharing stories about the music and its meaning. Bandleader Jones was also […]
Revered as both a torchbearer and a storyteller, jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin possesses a voice hailed for crystalline clarity, hearth-like warmth and playful lioness sass. The Cleveland native brings a wealth of diverse influences to her vocal performance from both the Trinidadian/Caribbean roots of her mother and traditional jazz by way of her Louisiana-born father. […]
Performers: W.I.T.C.H., Noah & The Arkiteks, The Bad Plus, The Soul Rebels, Malahi Witson, DK Harrell, Billy Childs, Pete Rock & The Soul Brothers, Basi Vibe Venues: Latin Tropical Stage, SJZ Break Room Stage, Tabard Theatre Swing Stage, Hammer Theatre Stage, Blues/Big Easy Stage, Sobrato Organization Main Sage, Montgomery Theater Stage, SJMA Next Gen Stage Tickets: […]
Over the course of his three-decade plus career, Platinum-selling and GRAMMY-nominated singer & actor Chris Isaak has performed to sold-out crowds across the globe with his longtime band Silvertone. His music and film credits include thirteen critically acclaimed studio albums, twelve chart-topping singles along with several motion pictures, such as The Silence of the Lambs and That Thing […]
Assembling some of the hottest talent from around the world, touring/session guitarist (Maynard Ferguson, NKOTB, Kenny Loggins) and Emmy nominated film/tv composer Sam Kaufmann formed the Gypsy Jazz and Swing Group – Hot Pants de France. Sam has liberated himself from the Hot Jazz canon and presents his own uninhibited, modern style with Hot Pants […]
Performers: Los Gatos~Saratogo Big Band, Monterey Jazz Fesival Regional All~Star Vocal Ensemble, The Serenaders, Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few, Monterey Jazz Fesival Regional All~Star Band, Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88’s, Vanessa Collier, Vibrasón, Yvonne Flores, Synchronicity, Jazz Education Ensemble, Chika Di, The Blues Defenders Blues REview Featuring Mz. Dee & Willy Jordan, Youth […]
Andrea Brachfeld is an American jazz and Latin jazz flutist. She attended The High School of Music and Art and the Manhattan School of Music. She had her first professional performance at the age of 16. In 1974, she received the Louis Armstrong Award for outstanding Jazz student. She studied with Hubert Laws, Jimmy Heath, George […]
Performers: Full Spectrum Jazz Band, Mr. Clifford’s Young Jazz All Stars, Marcu Shelby New Orchestra Featuring Tiffany Austin, Marcel Smith, SOJ Band, Berkeley High School Combo, Yakiv Tsvietinsky With The Siz Collective, Mosaic America: Journey Through Multicultural Jazz Dance, Mariachi Mexico, Veronica Swift, Chickenbone Slim & The Biscuits Featuring Laura Chavez, Ronit Widmann~Levy & Angel Romero, […]
Greg Abate jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer continues as an International Jazz/Recording Artist with 225 days a year touring the globe. In the mid 70’s after finishing a four year program at Berklee College Of Music, Greg played lead alto for the Ray Charles Orchestra for 2 years. In 1978 he formed his group Channel One which was a favorite […]
Ten-Time GRAMMY-award-winning artist, George Benson, has the rare distinction of being in the pop consciousness while remaining in the pantheon of jazz greats. With 36 studio albums and 8 live albums, Benson has emerged as a household name best known for the 1976 three-time GRAMMY-winning album, Breezin’, boasting the pop-jazz vocal smash “This Masquerade,” which […]
Grammy Nominated Jazz singer, composer and arranger Carmen Lundy hails from Miami, Florida and received her B.M. degree from the University of Miami. After an early career in Miami, Lundy moved to NYC in 1978 and in 1985, she released her first solo album entitled Good Morning Kiss, which topped the Billboard chart for 23 […]
Described as both a “young phenom…on piano” and an “absolute great,” Jeb Patton has earned a well-regarded reputation in the international jazz community. The multi-talented Patton is known as a “player of great expression” and “not one to tread the predictable,” as well as a “simpatico accompanist” for The Heath Brothers, an “innovative” arranger, and […]
Howard Hewett is one of the most gifted vocalists in the Post-Marvin Gaye era of pop R&B. He started singing as a child, fronting his older sisters in The Hewett Singers. The group toured the gospel circuit. As a teen, Hewett sharpened his crooner skills in a funk band called Lyfe. In 1976, Hewett moved […]
Revered as both a torchbearer and a storyteller, jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin possesses a voice hailed with crystalline clarity, hearth-like warm, emotional depth and keen burnished wisdom she can deliver with playful lioness sass. The Cleveland native brings a wealth of diverse influences to her vocal performances. From swing to bossa nova to blues, ballads […]
Eugenie Jones is an award-winning singer/songwriter/producer based in the Seattle, WA, area with an international fan base. Her recordings and concerts with jazz icons Reggie Workman, Bobby Sanabria, Julian Priester, Lonnie Plaxico, and many others have earned the entertainer praise in every major jazz publication, a #7 ranking on Jazz Week's Top 50, and a […]
Pianist Bertha Hope pays tribute to her late first husband with a Salute to Elmo Hope's Centennial. Hope-Booker started playing professionally in Johnny Otis's band as well as local trios. In 1958, Hope-Booker met Elmo Hope who was touring with Sonny Rollins. Hope-Booker married Elmo in 1960 and the following year they moved to New York City. Together they recorded […]
Music In The Meadow The Count Basie Orchestra, today directed by Scotty Barnhart, has won every respected jazz poll in the world at least once, won 18 Grammy Awards. In the history of Jazz music, there is only one bandleader that has the distinction of having his orchestra still performing sold out concerts all over the […]
The multi-Grammy winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO) is an 18-piece big band of jazz and Latin-jazz virtuosos, led by the inimitable Arturo O'Farrill.
Known as a forward-thinking musician with a passion for the jazz tradition, guitarist Randy Napoleon is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University. He is currently touring as a leader after twenty years of road apprenticeship with some of the most celebrated musicians and groups of our time. Napoleon cut his teeth touring with pianist […]
• Remembering Barry Harris Ben~Hur started playing guitar when he was eleven. He learned about jazz from a high school's friend's record collection. In Israel he performed in clubs and at weddings and bar mitzvahs until he had enough money to move to the U.S. He arrived in New York City in 1985, spending time […]
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 2023 Jazz vocalist and DC-native Akua Allrich has proven herself to be a musician of extraordinary talent and crowd-moving passion. With finesse and charisma, this vocalist, composer and teacher, has successfully etched out a place for her unique musical expression, electrifying audiences in and around the nation’s capital with sold-out performances. […]
Featuring: The Cookers | Ndudzo Makhathini Trio | Endea Owens & The Cookout | Akua Allrich & The Tribe | DJ Sets by Uptown Vinyl Supreme As part of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, the Cookers headline a group of innovative artists that embody a sense of community. Most of this super septet—comprising Billy Harper, […]
Featuring Jay Anderson & Matt Wilson Soskin has recorded and performed with such diverse musicians as Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Randy Brecker, Billy Cobham, Buster Williams, Eddie Henderson, Stanley Turrentine, Cornell Dupree, Herbie Mann, John Abercrombie, Claudio Roditi, Sheila Jordan, Gato Barbieri, Joe Locke, David"Fathead"Newman, Mark Murphy, Slide Hampton, Pete and Sheila Escovedo, Bobby Watson, […]
The multi-Grammy winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO) is an 18-piece big band of jazz and Latin-jazz virtuosos, led by the inimitable Arturo O'Farrill.
Seating Bowl and Great Lawn open at 2:45pm. Claudia Cassidy Theater, 2nd Floor North 11am-12pm - The Live the Spirit Residency Young Masters - Presented by Live the Spirit 12:15-1:15pm - Asian Improv, Francis Wong's "Legends and Legacies" - Presented by Asian Improv 2-3pm - The Fred Jackson Quartet - Presented by The Elastic Arts […]
Tribute To Charlie Parker | AH~LEU~CHA Native Washingtonian, jazz vocalist-songwriter, and recording artist George V. Johnson Jr. will perform (alongside his bandmates) excerpts from the “jazzical” Jazz Iz Really Classical Music, a.k.a. Ah-Leu-Cha, a spirited tribute to Charlie Parker featuring Johnson’s original lyrics. Deemed “Next in Line” by Eddie Jefferson, the father of the art of jazz […]
In 2023 the Detroit Jazz Festival Global-Connect International All-Star Initiative explores the fusion of Detroit and Italian jazz artistry embodied in a multi-generational quartet featuring the lauded Milan, Italy based Hurricane Trio: Roberto Mattei-Bass, Lorenzo Blardone- Piano and Massimiliano Salina-Drums – and, the award-winning saxophonist from Detroit, Chris Collins; internationally recognized for his singular role […]
When Dave Stryker was ten years old, he was inspired by the Beatles to start playing guitar. His interest was rock and roll until he heard the albums My Favorite Things by John Coltrane and Beyond the Blue Horizon by George Benson. By seventeen, he was a jazz guitarist in Omaha. In 1978 he moved to Los Angeles where he took […]
Seating Bowl and Great Lawn open at 2:45pm. Von Freeman Pavilion (North Promenade) 11:30-12:25pm - Eric Hochberg String Thing 12:40-1:35pm - Alexis Lombre Quartet 1:50-2:45pm - Anthony Bruno Quartet Jay Pritzker Pavilion Security gates open 2 hours before the event start time. The concert perimeter (Pritzker Pavilion, Stage and Great Lawn) will be closed to the public […]
Maureese Itson is a renowned, up and coming Inspirational Saxophonist in the Seattle area. His desire is to inspire people to "Love God, Love People, and Live Amazing" through the gift of music. "It amazes me to see the joy and feel the love from people through music. Music awakens my soul". He began his […]
Nights Over Egypt: A Jazz/R&B Oasis! Wherever Tomi Berry sings, she spreads joy. Whether singing smooth R&B, swinging jazz, or sultry ballads, she holds an audience in rapt attention. A spiritual song-stylist, she engages her listeners in musical conversation. The 2016 42nd Annual Lawrence Award Winner for “Best Seasoned Performer” and the runner up for the 2016’s […]
Day 1: Jonathan Butler & Gregory Porter Day 2: Dave Koz, Candy Dulfer, Eric Darius, Maysa Leek, Avery Sunshine and Under the artistic direction of producer Tony Clarke, in collaboration with the Gaillard Center’s artistic team, the festival returns with a stellar lineup of award-winning jazz singers and musicians Dave Koz & Friends, Gregory Porter, Avery*Sunshine, and Jonathan Butler. […]
Seating Bowl and Great Lawn open at 2:45pm. Harris Theater Rooftop - Young Lions Jazz (Enter on Randolph St.) 11am - Chicago High School for the Arts 11:50am - Midwest Young Artists Conservatory 12:40pm - Lane Tech College Prep High School 1:35pm- Whitney Young High School 2:25pm - New Trier High School 3:15pm - Kenwood […]