Mary Stallings - vocals Emmet Cohen - piano Peter Washington - bass Joe Farnsworth - drums Mary Stallings, a consummate vocalist and performer, returns to SMOKE backed by the unbeatable trio of pianist Emmet Cohen, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Joe Farnsworth. The New York Times describes Stallings as “polished, self-possessed and close to the ground, with […]
Christian Sands - Piano Marvin Sewell - Guitar Yasushi Nakamura - Bass Ryan Sands - Drums Christian Sands is an American jazz pianist and composer. Sands was mentored by pianist Billy Taylor, who allowed the teenager to close one of the sets that Taylor played at the Kennedy Center. Sands went on to study at the […]
Leonieke Scheuble Organ Quartet featuring Bill Crow. Leonieke Scheuble is a gifted pianist and jazz organist who has a rare talent for blues and jazz improvisation at an unusually young age. She started to play piano after being inspired by “Ray,” a movie based on the life of Ray Charles. Without any prior musical training, she […]
Chuck Israels, Bass David Evans, Tenor Saxophone James Powers, Trombone Dan Gaynor, Piano Todd Strait, Drums New music and jazz standards in colorful new arrangements by Grammy winning bassist/composer/arranger Chuck Israels featuring detailed ensembles and creative solos.
In the course of his three decade career, critically acclaimed, GRAMMY® nominated saxophonist, bandleader, and composer Ravi Coltrane has performed and recorded with jazz legends Elvin Jones, Terence Blanchard, Kenny Barron, Steve Coleman, McCoy Tyner, Jack DeJohnette, and many more. Born in Long Island, Ravi is the second son of jazz icons John Coltrane and […]
Father and son come together to perform. John Lee Clayton Jr. is an American jazz musician, classical double bassist, arranger, and composer. He is the father of pianist Gerald Clayton and the brother of saxophonist Jeff Clayton, with whom he formed The Clayton Brothers; and The Clayton–Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with Jeff Hamilton. Gerald William Clayton is […]
Alex LoRe – alto saxophone John Ellis – tenor saxophone Marta Sánchez – piano Harish Raghavan – bass JK Kim – drums Pianist and composer Marta Sánchez, originally from Madrid, leads her acclaimed quintet with saxophonists Alex LoRe and John Ellis, bassist Harish Raghavan, and drummer JK Kim. Sánchez has gained significant global recognition and […]
Sharón Clark Benjie Porecki Lenny Robinson Michael Bowie Sharón Clark will be doing a tribute to Baltimore's own, Ethel Ennis, who was an American jazz singer whose career spanned seven decades. Ennis spent the majority of her life in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, where she was affectionately known as the "First Lady of Jazz." […]
To mark the 100th birthday of legendary trumpeter Thad Jones, saxophonist Mark Buckingham and the "Thad Jones Legacy Orchestra" will present a variety of tunes to celebrate one of Jazz's most influential arrangers! Featuring London's finest Jazz musicians, the band will revisit Thad Jones's contribution to the Count Basie Orchestra, his own compositions within the […]
Kenny Garrett Keith Brown Corcoran Holt Rudy Bird Ronald Bruner Newly named an NEA Jazz Master for 2023, Kenny Garrett and his swinging quintet will go on a musical journey! The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship is the nation’s highest honor in jazz. Each year since 1982, the program has elevated to its ranks a select […]
Grammy-nominated piano master Christian Sands has earned raves for two decades! At only 32, sophisticated jazz pianist/composer Christian Sands is arguably the leading jazz pianist of his generation. This former child prodigy – who began lessons a four years old and gigging at seven – has more than lived up to his early promise. He […]
Graduating from some of the nations most prestigious jazz programs, Satterthwaite earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Texas in Jazz Piano Performance, a Master of Arts in Commercial Music from Florida Atlantic University and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Miami. Satterthwaite is an Assistant Professor of […]
Join MOCA for an unforgettable evening of Jazz at MOCA, featuring Cuban-born, singer-songwriter Leslie Cartaya. Her unique sound – a dynamic blend of Caribbean, Afro-American, Afro-Latin and Latin American rhythms – first found voice in her debut album “No Pares,” and further evolved in her sophomore work “Llevame Contigo.” Not just a solo artist, Cartaya […]
Mike Kocour-piano | Stan Sorenson-guitar | Lewis Nash-drums The aptly monikered “Power Trio” brings together three of Arizona’s most accomplished musical powers. Mike Kocour, in addition to being the Director of Jazz Studies at ASU, has decades of performing and recording experience with five critically acclaimed CDs and a list of credits far too long […]
Miguel Zenón is a Puerto Rican alto saxophonist, composer, band leader, music producer, and educator. He is a multiple Grammy Award nominee, and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a MacArthur Fellowship. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate Degree in the Arts from Universidad del Sagrado Corazón.
The All~Stars are Mike Rodriguez ~ trumpet | Steve Wilson ~ Saxophone | Steve Davis ~ Trombone | Mimi Fox ~ Guitar | Bill Cunliffe ~ Piano | Todd Coolman ~ Bass | Dennis Mackrel ~ Drums
Celebrate the release of Warren Wolf’s newest album, “Chano Pozo: ORIGINS”, at Keystone Korner Baltimore on July 7th & 8th! Warren Wolf Alex Brown Blake Meister Brent Birckhead Charles Wilson Imani-Grace Cooper Warren Wolf is a multi-instrumentalist from Baltimore, MD. From the young age of three years old, Warren has been trained on the Vibraphone/Marimba, Drums, […]
Richie Goods, Bass | Chien Chien Lu, Vibraphone | Matt Wong, Keys | Tariqh Akoni, Guitar | Jerome Jennings, Drums “CONNECTED” was formed in 2020. During the COVID-19 lockdown, Richie Goods and Chien Chien had frequent conversations about the Black Lives Matter movement and the unwarranted hate crimes against Asians. They decided to do a […]
Expect to be transported and thoroughly entertained…Ms. Henry will tell real stories through peerless interpretations of songs from her latest chart-topping album, “Time to Love Again,” as well as music from her vast catalogue and repertoire. Celebrating a 20-year career and 8 critically acclaimed chart-topping CDs, jazz powerhouse Nicole Henry is the recipient of a Soul Train Award […]
Obscure standards: Tunes from the 20th century that you never knew you needed to hear. Robert Bohall piano Robert Lassila bass Nik Barber drums Robert Bohall is a recent graduate of the Masters of Music in Jazz Studies program at University of Oregon, while Nik Barber and Robert Lassila have one year left in the same program. Young and hungry, these […]
Carl Allen is an American jazz drummer and educator. Allen attended William Paterson University. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, George Coleman, Phil Woods, the Benny Green Trio and Rickie Lee Jones. It was with Green that Allen met bassist Christian McBride.