International Jazz Day 2022
Global Concert from United Nations Headquarters in NY hosted by Herbie Hancock
The flagship Jazz Day event, a spectacular All-Star Global Concert, will be staged in the UN General Assembly Hall, in New York, emphasizing the importance of jazz as a means of achieving unity and peace through dialogue and diplomacy. With Herbie Hancock serving as Host and Artistic …
Summer Jazz Improv and Composers Workshop
2022 summer programs application is open
The NYU Steinhardt Summer Jazz Improvisation and Composers Workshop offers daily cutting-edge masterclasses, ensembles and seminars that provide a wide range of opportunities tailored to the needs of intermediate and advanced students. Along with a world-renowned jazz studies faculty, the workshop will include daily interaction …
Orrin Evans
special guest appearance with Jazz at Princeton University’s Creative Large Ensemble
In concert on April 9, 2022 Jazz at Princeton University, helmed by acclaimed saxophonist/composer Rudresh Mahanthappa, welcomes special guest pianist Orrin Evans for the Spring Concert by the Creative Large Ensemble under the direction of Darcy James Argue. The performance will feature an array of music from the past, present …
Concert for Ukraine
Featuring Alina Bzhezhinska and HipHarp Collective
Jazz musicians come together to raise money for Ukraine. Featuring Alina Bzhezhinska & HipHarpCollective, Tony Kofi, Vimala Rowe, Niki King, Neil Charles, Alex Webb, Jo Harrop, Cleveland Watkiss, GéNIA, Shabaka Hutchings and many more. Sunday 13 March, 7:00pm All proceeds to humanitarian support in Ukraine. Concert for Ukraine is …
Essentially Ellington
JALC renews high school jazz band festival
Nation’s Premier Jazz Education Event to Feature 15 Top High School-Aged Bands from Across the Country in Performance and Competition at JALC From May 5-7, 2022 New York, NY (February 23, 2022) – Returning to an in-person format for the first time since 2019, Jazz …
Next Jazz Legacy
Announces first group of musicians awarded apprenticeships and support
Next Jazz Legacy is proud to announce the first list of seven emerging women and non-binary awardees selected for this new program, engaging the music community with another crucial step closer to a more inclusive future. Focused on increasing opportunities for musicians most underrepresented in …
Phil Schaap Tribute Broadcast
February 1-6 on WKCR/NY
WKCR presents a 126-hour long Phil Schaap tribute broadcast, beginning 6pm Tuesday February 1st and running continuously for five full days through midnight, Sunday February 6. Phil passed away on September 7, 2021 at the age of 70. For over 50 years he was the guiding …
Ron Carter’s 85th birthday
One night only celebration at Carnegie Hall
On May 10, 2022, the life and music of Ron Carter — the iconic GRAMMY-winning double bassist who is among jazz music’s most prolific and celebrated band leaders and sidemen — will be fêted at a one-night-only 85th birthday celebration filled with music and memories at Carnegie Hall’s Stern …
SFJAZZ Collective
On demand new works reflecting the moment
An all-star ensemble comprising the finest performer/composers at work in jazz today, the SFJAZZ Collective has traditionally assembled each year to create fresh arrangements of works by a modern master and newly commissioned pieces by each member of the band. Through this pioneering approach, simultaneously honoring music’s greatest …
11 Day Benefit for 55 Bar
Chris Potter, Mike Stern, David Binney, Antonio Sanchez and more
55 Bar, an adored dive bar that is utterly unique in the New York City music scene, where audiences can watch some of the world’s best jazz and blues musicians from ten feet away, is set to host a series of all-star shows running September 22 …
