Duke Ellington

Over 11,000 students from New York City will participate in the interactive Link Up concerts at Carnegie Hall from May 21 to 23, 2024, as part of an innovative educational program.

Discover the fusion of Edmonton Jazz Orchestra and Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at the JazzFest Marque Winspear Event.

Experience the vibrant melodies of Angel City Chorale's spring concert, RHYTHMS OF THE AMERICAS, at UCLA's Royce Hall. This all-new concert event, announced by LA's Community Choir, is set to take place on Sunday, June 9th.

West Harlem is set to host the eagerly anticipated Harlem Culture Crawl from April 26th to 28th. Learn more about the events!

The Cumnock Tryst will mark its 10th birthday in 2024, with world-renowned talent sitting alongside local musicians in a bumper celebration of what making music is all about. This year the festival adds an extra date, running from Wednesday 2 – Sunday 6 October.

The Rick Bogart Trio, a renowned jazz ensemble, is celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month with a special live performance this Saturday, April 20, at Le Rivage, the renowned jazz venue located at 340 W. 46th Street in New York City beginning at 8:30pm.

Color and light will converge in a program of symphonic works by Jimmy López Bellido, Duke Ellington, and Modest Mussorgsky, which will comprise the final Symphonic Series concert of the 2023–24 season. 

Chicago Tap Allstars, a collective of Tap dance artists and organizations brought together by M.A.D.D. Rhythms and Chicago Tap Theatre, commemorates National Tap Dance Day with a weekend that includes free and paid workshops, lectures, history lessons, a viewing party and a Tap Jam, Friday, May 24 - Sunday, May 26 at the Harold Washington Cultural Center, 4701 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.

Carnegie Hall has announced the names of 22 extraordinary young musicians chosen from across the country for NYO Jazz, an intensive summer program that nurtures and showcases the talents of exceptional young American jazz instrumentalists (ages 16–19).

Renowned composer-violinist Dr. Edward W. Hardy returns to The Metropolitan Museum of Art for Date Night At The Met.

What did our critic think of PINKPANTHERESS AT BROOKLYN PARAMOUNT at Brooklyn Paramount?

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) will open its doors to the Boston community at a free Concert for the City on Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m.

Songbook Sundays, created and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer celebrating the American Songbook will continue at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club with It Might as Well Be Rodgers & Hammerstein, April 21st at 5 PM and 7:30 PM.

Marking the 80th Anniversary of Glenn Miller’s Army Air Force Band, Hindsight Records is excited to release the new historical album, The Glenn Miller Orchestra: 80th Anniversary Of The Army Air Force Band which contains fifteen hits newly recorded with strings.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced Hip Hop &, a new annual season focus highlighting hip hop’s intersections with other genres, forms, and disciplines.

Weekend plans?  We have a suggestion that our readers will thoroughly enjoy.  Max Roach 100, a centennial celebration of the gifted artist, is being performed at The Joyce Theater through Sunday, 4/7.

Celebrate jazz at SMOKE Jazz Club in NYC this May with album release concerts by Charles McPherson and Jane Monheit, and more! See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

The Sphinx Organization will make its Wigmore Hall debut in American Sketches. Learn more about the concert and see how to purchase tickets.

Boston Symphony Orchestra has revealed its 2024-25 season.

The Kennedy Center’s season-long celebration of Ellington 125 culminates this month, leading up to what would have been the American icon and Washington, D.C. native’s 125th birthday on April 29. See programming!