Founded in 1987 by saxophonist Roy Nathanson and the late trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, the Jazz Passengers are renowned for injecting humor and entertainment into modern jazz. Using their virtuoso musicianship, they blend post bop, dance rhythms and original tunes with wild, madcap stories. New York Magazine praised their “g [...]

Founded in 1987 by saxophonist Roy Nathanson and the late trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, the Jazz Passengers are renowned for injecting humor and entertainment into modern jazz. Using their virtuoso musicianship, they blend post bop, dance rhythms and original tunes with wild, madcap stories. New York Magazine praised their “g [...]

Founded in 1987 by saxophonist Roy Nathanson and the late trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, the Jazz Passengers are renowned for injecting humor and entertainment into modern jazz. Using their virtuoso musicianship, they blend post bop, dance rhythms and original tunes with wild, madcap stories. New York Magazine praised their “g [...]

Founded in 1987 by saxophonist Roy Nathanson and the late trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, the Jazz Passengers are renowned for injecting humor and entertainment into modern jazz. Using their virtuoso musicianship, they blend post bop, dance rhythms and original tunes with wild, madcap stories. New York Magazine praised their “g [...]

Performing for nearly five decades, jazz flutist Ali Ryerson consistently ranks among the top flutists in the Downbeat poll. An international touring/recording artist, she’s released 15 albums including Brasil: Quiet Devotion. The Hartford Currant wrote, “She is all about the music, she serves it, molds it, makes it [...]

Performing for nearly five decades, jazz flutist Ali Ryerson consistently ranks among the top flutists in the Downbeat poll. An international touring/recording artist, she’s released 15 albums including Brasil: Quiet Devotion. The Hartford Currant wrote, “She is all about the music, she serves it, molds it, makes it [...]

One of his generation’s preeminent trumpeters, the lyrical, swinging Jeremy Pelt returns. He plays with restraint, is a top-notch improviser and magnificent collaborator, having performed with countless legends. JazzTimes called him “a technical marvel.” He’s recorded two dozen critically acclaimed albums [...]

One of his generation’s preeminent trumpeters, the lyrical, swinging Jeremy Pelt returns. He plays with restraint, is a top-notch improviser and magnificent collaborator, having performed with countless legends. JazzTimes called him “a technical marvel.” He’s recorded two dozen critically acclaimed albums [...]

One of his generation’s preeminent trumpeters, the lyrical, swinging Jeremy Pelt returns. He plays with restraint, is a top-notch improviser and magnificent collaborator, having performed with countless legends. JazzTimes called him “a technical marvel.” He’s recorded two dozen critically acclaimed albums [...]

One of his generation’s preeminent trumpeters, the lyrical, swinging Jeremy Pelt returns. He plays with restraint, is a top-notch improviser and magnificent collaborator, having performed with countless legends. JazzTimes called him “a technical marvel.” He’s recorded two dozen critically acclaimed albums [...]

Praised in the jazz world and by critics alike for her ingenious phrasing and rhythmic creativity, Kate Baker’s singing reveals a rich musical diversity. While she’s performed with such jazz luminaries as trumpeter Claudio Roditi, saxophonist Houston Person and her late husband, guitarist Vic Juris, her love and mast [...]

Praised in the jazz world and by critics alike for her ingenious phrasing and rhythmic creativity, Kate Baker’s singing reveals a rich musical diversity. While she’s performed with such jazz luminaries as trumpeter Claudio Roditi, saxophonist Houston Person and her late husband, guitarist Vic Juris, her love and mast [...]

Peter Bernstein Quartet feat. Sullivan Fortner, Vicente Archer & Joe Farnsworth. One the world's leading jazz guitarists, Peter Bernstein has been a fixture on the scene for over three decades. In addition to his impressive work as a leader (headlining over 25 albums), he has been featured in groups led by diverse giants [...]

Peter Bernstein Quartet feat. Sullivan Fortner, Vicente Archer & Joe Farnsworth. One the world's leading jazz guitarists, Peter Bernstein has been a fixture on the scene for over three decades. In addition to his impressive work as a leader (headlining over 25 albums), he has been featured in groups led by diverse giants [...]

Peter Bernstein Quartet feat. Sullivan Fortner, Vicente Archer & Joe Farnsworth. One the world's leading jazz guitarists, Peter Bernstein has been a fixture on the scene for over three decades. In addition to his impressive work as a leader (headlining over 25 albums), he has been featured in groups led by diverse giants [...]

Peter Bernstein Quartet feat. Sullivan Fortner, Vicente Archer & Joe Farnsworth. One the world's leading jazz guitarists, Peter Bernstein has been a fixture on the scene for over three decades. In addition to his impressive work as a leader (headlining over 25 albums), he has been featured in groups led by diverse giants [...]

A performer and professor, Ben Sher is both fluent in the classic jazz guitar tradition of Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell and the great Brazilian tradition of Joao Gilberto and Baden Powell. He has five CD releases (including 2023’s Samba For Tarsila, which AllAboutJazz.com called “An entertaining album with much t [...]

A performer and professor, Ben Sher is both fluent in the classic jazz guitar tradition of Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell and the great Brazilian tradition of Joao Gilberto and Baden Powell. He has five CD releases (including 2023’s Samba For Tarsila, which AllAboutJazz.com called “An entertaining album with much t [...]

New York-based pianist Alex Bugnon has been a prolific force, an energetic musician, composer and bandleader on the contemporary music scene for almost three decades. He’s recorded hit R&B and contemporary jazz albums and performed at top venues here and abroad, including the famous festival in his birthplace Montreux, S [...]

New York-based pianist Alex Bugnon has been a prolific force, an energetic musician, composer and bandleader on the contemporary music scene for almost three decades. He’s recorded hit R&B and contemporary jazz albums and performed at top venues here and abroad, including the famous festival in his birthplace Montreux, S [...]

New York-based pianist Alex Bugnon has been a prolific force, an energetic musician, composer and bandleader on the contemporary music scene for almost three decades. He’s recorded hit R&B and contemporary jazz albums and performed at top venues here and abroad, including the famous festival in his birthplace Montreux, S [...]

New York-based pianist Alex Bugnon has been a prolific force, an energetic musician, composer and bandleader on the contemporary music scene for almost three decades. He’s recorded hit R&B and contemporary jazz albums and performed at top venues here and abroad, including the famous festival in his birthplace Montreux, S [...]

Livio Almeida can play it all, from bebop to Afro-Cuban jazz, but his big tenor sax tones fit perfectly when he wraps them around the sounds of his native Brazil. An energetic live performer, he has been a standout when performing and recording with his own quartet, his Brazilian big band or with the legendary O’Farrill Brot [...]

Livio Almeida can play it all, from bebop to Afro-Cuban jazz, but his big tenor sax tones fit perfectly when he wraps them around the sounds of his native Brazil. An energetic live performer, he has been a standout when performing and recording with his own quartet, his Brazilian big band or with the legendary O’Farrill Brot [...]

Saxophonist/Clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera is an international treasure: A star since childhood, a featured soloist at 17 with Cuba’s National Symphony, founding member of the legendary Afro-Cuban jazz fusion group Irakere and Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra, featured on over 80 albums, 14 Grammys, an NEA [...]

Saxophonist/Clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera is an international treasure: A star since childhood, a featured soloist at 17 with Cuba’s National Symphony, founding member of the legendary Afro-Cuban jazz fusion group Irakere and Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra, featured on over 80 albums, 14 Grammys, an NEA [...]