Born in Mexico City and currently based out of New York City, Magos Herrera is a dazzling jazz singer- songwriter, producer, and educator declared as "One of the greatest contemporary interpreters of song” by The Latin Jazz Network. With a sultry voice and an unparalleled presence in the contemporary Latin American jazz scene, she [...]

Born in Mexico City and currently based out of New York City, Magos Herrera is a dazzling jazz singer- songwriter, producer, and educator declared as "One of the greatest contemporary interpreters of song” by The Latin Jazz Network. With a sultry voice and an unparalleled presence in the contemporary Latin American jazz scene, she [...]

Born in Mexico City and currently based out of New York City, Magos Herrera is a dazzling jazz singer- songwriter, producer, and educator declared as "One of the greatest contemporary interpreters of song” by The Latin Jazz Network. With a sultry voice and an unparalleled presence in the contemporary Latin American jazz scene, she [...]

William Porter is a high energy saxophonist that puts his all into every performance. His unique style of blending R&B, Neo-Soul, and Straight ahead jazz makes every performance electric. William Porter is a 24 year old saxophonist and producer. He studied at the New School of Jazz under the direction of Braxton Cook and Joel F [...]

William Porter is a high energy saxophonist that puts his all into every performance. His unique style of blending R&B, Neo-Soul, and Straight ahead jazz makes every performance electric. William Porter is a 24 year old saxophonist and producer. He studied at the New School of Jazz under the direction of Braxton Cook and Joel F [...]

Andy James-vocals, Jon Cowherd- piano, Alex Acuna- percussion, Piero Pata-Flamenco percussion & Jaleos, Chico Pinheiro-guitar, Vincente Archer-bass, Clarence Penn-drumsAndy James is a stirring vocalist out of the jazz tradition who spent many years as an acclaimed flamenco dancer based in Madrid, and traveled across the globe w [...]

Andy James-vocals, Jon Cowherd- piano, Alex Acuna- percussion, Piero Pata-Flamenco percussion & Jaleos, Chico Pinheiro-guitar, Vincente Archer-bass, Clarence Penn-drumsAndy James is a stirring vocalist out of the jazz tradition who spent many years as an acclaimed flamenco dancer based in Madrid, and traveled across the globe w [...]

From a tender young age it was clear that Jason Marsalis had what it took to be great. Jason is the son of pianist and music educator Ellis Marsalis and his wife Dolores, and the youngest sibling of Wynton, Branford and Delfeayo.  Together, the four brothers and Ellis comprise New Orleans’s venerable first family of jazz, and [...]

From a tender young age it was clear that Jason Marsalis had what it took to be great. Jason is the son of pianist and music educator Ellis Marsalis and his wife Dolores, and the youngest sibling of Wynton, Branford and Delfeayo.  Together, the four brothers and Ellis comprise New Orleans’s venerable first family of jazz, and [...]

From a tender young age it was clear that Jason Marsalis had what it took to be great. Jason is the son of pianist and music educator Ellis Marsalis and his wife Dolores, and the youngest sibling of Wynton, Branford and Delfeayo.  Together, the four brothers and Ellis comprise New Orleans’s venerable first family of jazz, and [...]

From a tender young age it was clear that Jason Marsalis had what it took to be great. Jason is the son of pianist and music educator Ellis Marsalis and his wife Dolores, and the youngest sibling of Wynton, Branford and Delfeayo.  Together, the four brothers and Ellis comprise New Orleans’s venerable first family of jazz, and [...]

The Afro-Peruvian Sextet was established in 2005.  The ensemble’s insistently inventive program of traditional Afro-Peruvian music transformed by Gabriel Alegría’s highly personal synthesis of folkloric Afro-Peruvian rhythms, jazz, and other musical strains has led to a signature accomplishment: developing the band’s patented [...]

The Afro-Peruvian Sextet was established in 2005.  The ensemble’s insistently inventive program of traditional Afro-Peruvian music transformed by Gabriel Alegría’s highly personal synthesis of folkloric Afro-Peruvian rhythms, jazz, and other musical strains has led to a signature accomplishment: developing the band’s patented [...]

The Afro-Peruvian Sextet was established in 2005.  The ensemble’s insistently inventive program of traditional Afro-Peruvian music transformed by Gabriel Alegría’s highly personal synthesis of folkloric Afro-Peruvian rhythms, jazz, and other musical strains has led to a signature accomplishment: developing the band’s patented [...]

Acclaimed Jazz pianist and composer Eric Scott Reed will perform with his trio at Blues Alley in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2025. Known for his dynamic interpretations and passionate expressions, Reed's performances are celebrated for their blend of swing, soul, and storytelling. Expect an evening of masterful musicianship tha [...]

Acclaimed Jazz pianist and composer Eric Scott Reed will perform with his trio at Blues Alley in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2025. Known for his dynamic interpretations and passionate expressions, Reed's performances are celebrated for their blend of swing, soul, and storytelling. Expect an evening of masterful musicianship tha [...]

Special guests: Taisha Estrada - Vocals & Victor Provost - Steel Pan.Fran Vielma’s Pan American Jazz Orchestra, founded in 2021, celebrates contemporary jazz through the diverse musical traditions of Pan-America—a fusion rooted in 19th-century New Orleans and shaped by the Afro-Caribbean diaspora following the Haitian Revolutio [...]

Special guests: Taisha Estrada - Vocals & Victor Provost - Steel Pan.Fran Vielma’s Pan American Jazz Orchestra, founded in 2021, celebrates contemporary jazz through the diverse musical traditions of Pan-America—a fusion rooted in 19th-century New Orleans and shaped by the Afro-Caribbean diaspora following the Haitian Revolutio [...]

Born in Mexico City, four-time GRAMMY Award-winner Antonio Sánchez began playing the drums at age five and commenced performing professionally in his early teens in Mexico’s rock, jazz and Latin scenes.He pursued a degree in classical piano at the National Conservatory in Mexico and in 1993 enrolled in Berklee College of Music and [...]

Born in Mexico City, four-time GRAMMY Award-winner Antonio Sánchez began playing the drums at age five and commenced performing professionally in his early teens in Mexico’s rock, jazz and Latin scenes.He pursued a degree in classical piano at the National Conservatory in Mexico and in 1993 enrolled in Berklee College of Music and [...]

Born in Mexico City, four-time GRAMMY Award-winner Antonio Sánchez began playing the drums at age five and commenced performing professionally in his early teens in Mexico’s rock, jazz and Latin scenes.He pursued a degree in classical piano at the National Conservatory in Mexico and in 1993 enrolled in Berklee College of Music and [...]

Born in Mexico City, four-time GRAMMY Award-winner Antonio Sánchez began playing the drums at age five and commenced performing professionally in his early teens in Mexico’s rock, jazz and Latin scenes.He pursued a degree in classical piano at the National Conservatory in Mexico and in 1993 enrolled in Berklee College of Music and [...]

Born in Mexico City, four-time GRAMMY Award-winner Antonio Sánchez began playing the drums at age five and commenced performing professionally in his early teens in Mexico’s rock, jazz and Latin scenes.He pursued a degree in classical piano at the National Conservatory in Mexico and in 1993 enrolled in Berklee College of Music and [...]

Edmar Castañeda nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category "Best Latin Jazz Album" with his album Family.In fall 2021, Castañeda's performance will be heard in Disney's latest film, Encanto (Release date: November 24, 2021), which features original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Castañeda acts on the soundtrack and serves as music [...]

Edmar Castañeda nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category "Best Latin Jazz Album" with his album Family.In fall 2021, Castañeda's performance will be heard in Disney's latest film, Encanto (Release date: November 24, 2021), which features original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Castañeda acts on the soundtrack and serves as music [...]

Edmar Castañeda nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category "Best Latin Jazz Album" with his album Family.In fall 2021, Castañeda's performance will be heard in Disney's latest film, Encanto (Release date: November 24, 2021), which features original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Castañeda acts on the soundtrack and serves as music [...]

Edmar Castañeda nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category "Best Latin Jazz Album" with his album Family.In fall 2021, Castañeda's performance will be heard in Disney's latest film, Encanto (Release date: November 24, 2021), which features original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Castañeda acts on the soundtrack and serves as music [...]

Edmar Castañeda nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category "Best Latin Jazz Album" with his album Family.In fall 2021, Castañeda's performance will be heard in Disney's latest film, Encanto (Release date: November 24, 2021), which features original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Castañeda acts on the soundtrack and serves as music [...]

At this special engagement, Rodríguez-Peña and his sextet, Mélange, make their Blues Alley debut!Latin Grammy-nominated bandleader, trumpeter, composer, and educator Kalí Rodríguez-Peña is one of the leading voices of a young generation of Cuban musicians living in New York City. His sound fuses the traditional motifs of his native [...]

At this special engagement, Rodríguez-Peña and his sextet, Mélange, make their Blues Alley debut!Latin Grammy-nominated bandleader, trumpeter, composer, and educator Kalí Rodríguez-Peña is one of the leading voices of a young generation of Cuban musicians living in New York City. His sound fuses the traditional motifs of his native [...]

At this special engagement, Rodríguez-Peña and his sextet, Mélange, make their Blues Alley debut!Latin Grammy-nominated bandleader, trumpeter, composer, and educator Kalí Rodríguez-Peña is one of the leading voices of a young generation of Cuban musicians living in New York City. His sound fuses the traditional motifs of his native [...]

Internationally acclaimed Cuban-American pianist and composer MARTIN BEJERANO presents the follow up to his Latin GRAMMY-nominated album #CubanAmerican. Bejerano, a veteran of bands such as Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth, Russell Malone, Dafnis Prieto, Ignacio Berroa, and Jonathan Kreisberg, utilizes genre bending explorations of rhy [...]

Internationally acclaimed Cuban-American pianist and composer MARTIN BEJERANO presents the follow up to his Latin GRAMMY-nominated album #CubanAmerican. Bejerano, a veteran of bands such as Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth, Russell Malone, Dafnis Prieto, Ignacio Berroa, and Jonathan Kreisberg, utilizes genre bending explorations of rhy [...]

Internationally acclaimed Cuban-American pianist and composer MARTIN BEJERANO presents the follow up to his Latin GRAMMY-nominated album #CubanAmerican. Bejerano, a veteran of bands such as Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth, Russell Malone, Dafnis Prieto, Ignacio Berroa, and Jonathan Kreisberg, utilizes genre bending explorations of rhy [...]

GRAMMY-winning Cuban-born drummer, composer, bandleader, and 2011 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Dafnis Prieto performs music from his new album with his heralded Sí o Sí Quartet, featuring Prieto (Drums & Compositions), Peter Apfelbaum (Saxophones, Percussion), Martin Bejerano (Piano), and Ricky Rodríguez (Bass). GRAMMY winner [...]

GRAMMY-winning Cuban-born drummer, composer, bandleader, and 2011 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Dafnis Prieto performs music from his new album with his heralded Sí o Sí Quartet, featuring Prieto (Drums & Compositions), Peter Apfelbaum (Saxophones, Percussion), Martin Bejerano (Piano), and Ricky Rodríguez (Bass). GRAMMY winner [...]

GRAMMY-winning Cuban-born drummer, composer, bandleader, and 2011 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Dafnis Prieto performs music from his new album with his heralded Sí o Sí Quartet, featuring Prieto (Drums & Compositions), Peter Apfelbaum (Saxophones, Percussion), Martin Bejerano (Piano), and Ricky Rodríguez (Bass). GRAMMY winner [...]

Jesus “Chuchito” Valdés is a pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader born in Havana, Cuba. He belongs to one of the most distinguished musical families in the country; he is the son of Chucho Valdés and Mercedes Alfaro Cortes, and the grandson of Bebo Valdés. Chuchito led the world-renowned band Irakere for several years, a gro [...]

Jesus “Chuchito” Valdés is a pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader born in Havana, Cuba. He belongs to one of the most distinguished musical families in the country; he is the son of Chucho Valdés and Mercedes Alfaro Cortes, and the grandson of Bebo Valdés. Chuchito led the world-renowned band Irakere for several years, a gro [...]

Jesus “Chuchito” Valdés is a pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader born in Havana, Cuba. He belongs to one of the most distinguished musical families in the country; he is the son of Chucho Valdés and Mercedes Alfaro Cortes, and the grandson of Bebo Valdés. Chuchito led the world-renowned band Irakere for several years, a gro [...]

Jesus “Chuchito” Valdés is a pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader born in Havana, Cuba. He belongs to one of the most distinguished musical families in the country; he is the son of Chucho Valdés and Mercedes Alfaro Cortes, and the grandson of Bebo Valdés. Chuchito led the world-renowned band Irakere for several years, a gro [...]

Jesus “Chuchito” Valdés is a pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader born in Havana, Cuba. He belongs to one of the most distinguished musical families in the country; he is the son of Chucho Valdés and Mercedes Alfaro Cortes, and the grandson of Bebo Valdés. Chuchito led the world-renowned band Irakere for several years, a gro [...]

Painted in the broadest of strokes, the stories of Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez may seem similar: both started life in Havana, discovered their gifts and passions for music and headed to the States, where they melded the music of their homeland with a wide variety of influences, each in his own deeply personal way.Rodrigu [...]

Painted in the broadest of strokes, the stories of Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez may seem similar: both started life in Havana, discovered their gifts and passions for music and headed to the States, where they melded the music of their homeland with a wide variety of influences, each in his own deeply personal way.Rodrigu [...]

Painted in the broadest of strokes, the stories of Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez may seem similar: both started life in Havana, discovered their gifts and passions for music and headed to the States, where they melded the music of their homeland with a wide variety of influences, each in his own deeply personal way.Rodrigu [...]

Painted in the broadest of strokes, the stories of Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez may seem similar: both started life in Havana, discovered their gifts and passions for music and headed to the States, where they melded the music of their homeland with a wide variety of influences, each in his own deeply personal way.Rodrigu [...]

Painted in the broadest of strokes, the stories of Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez may seem similar: both started life in Havana, discovered their gifts and passions for music and headed to the States, where they melded the music of their homeland with a wide variety of influences, each in his own deeply personal way.Rodrigu [...]

Painted in the broadest of strokes, the stories of Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez may seem similar: both started life in Havana, discovered their gifts and passions for music and headed to the States, where they melded the music of their homeland with a wide variety of influences, each in his own deeply personal way.Rodrigu [...]

Experience an unforgettable evening of music as saxophonist BJ Simmons brings his signature sound to Blues Alley, performing selections from his acclaimed new album, "Trapped In" alongside favorites from his earlier release Acronyms. This dynamic program weaves together the richness of soul, jazz, and R&B, featuring the powerfu [...]

Experience an unforgettable evening of music as saxophonist BJ Simmons brings his signature sound to Blues Alley, performing selections from his acclaimed new album, "Trapped In" alongside favorites from his earlier release Acronyms. This dynamic program weaves together the richness of soul, jazz, and R&B, featuring the powerfu [...]

Hailed as a 'prodigiously gifted composer and virtuoso pianist,' James Fernando leads his dynamic Philly-based jazz trio with a refreshing take on the piano trio format. Known for their deep musical chemistry and engaging interplay, the trio crafts a joyful and exhilarating journey for listeners. Steeped in the tradition of jazz gr [...]

Hailed as a 'prodigiously gifted composer and virtuoso pianist,' James Fernando leads his dynamic Philly-based jazz trio with a refreshing take on the piano trio format. Known for their deep musical chemistry and engaging interplay, the trio crafts a joyful and exhilarating journey for listeners. Steeped in the tradition of jazz gr [...]

Delfeayo Marsalis presents exhilarating music from the song book of great New Orleans classics featuring the United States Army Blues.An acclaimed, Grammy-winning producer, trombonist, composer, and NEA Jazz Master, Delfeayo Marsalis has also dedicated his prolific career to promoting music theatre and education. Marsalis has toure [...]

Delfeayo Marsalis presents exhilarating music from the song book of great New Orleans classics with the Paul Carr Quartet  An acclaimed, Grammy-winning producer, trombonist, composer, and NEA Jazz Master, Delfeayo Marsalis has also dedicated his prolific career to promoting music theatre and education. Marsalis has toured internati [...]

Delfeayo Marsalis presents exhilarating music from the song book of great New Orleans classics with the Paul Carr Quartet  An acclaimed, Grammy-winning producer, trombonist, composer, and NEA Jazz Master, Delfeayo Marsalis has also dedicated his prolific career to promoting music theatre and education. Marsalis has toured internati [...]

Kara Levchenko is a Washington, DC-based vocalist, songwriter, and educator whose genre-bending sound places soulful vocals and vulnerable lyrics at it's core. Born and raised in Montgomery County, Maryland, Kara’s musical roots were soundtracked by classical piano, jazz, and musical theatre records played during every family car r [...]

Kara Levchenko is a Washington, DC-based vocalist, songwriter, and educator whose genre-bending sound places soulful vocals and vulnerable lyrics at it's core. Born and raised in Montgomery County, Maryland, Kara’s musical roots were soundtracked by classical piano, jazz, and musical theatre records played during every family car r [...]

Goldberg and his trio captivate audiences with their masterful blend of beloved standards and original compositions, clever arrangements, emotional depth, and fresh interpretations that make each performance unforgettable. Award-winning pianist and composer Brandon Goldberg has been playing piano and making music since he was three [...]

Goldberg and his trio captivate audiences with their masterful blend of beloved standards and original compositions, clever arrangements, emotional depth, and fresh interpretations that make each performance unforgettable. Award-winning pianist and composer Brandon Goldberg has been playing piano and making music since he was three [...]

“Right to Love” CD 10-Year AnniversarySteve Washington has been performing for more than 40 years with humble beginnings in Princeton University singing groups and theatrical productions. After Princeton, Steve performed professionally in local and regional professional theatre. A highlight was working under the direction of world- [...]

“Right to Love” CD 10-Year AnniversarySteve Washington has been performing for more than 40 years with humble beginnings in Princeton University singing groups and theatrical productions. After Princeton, Steve performed professionally in local and regional professional theatre. A highlight was working under the direction of world- [...]