Christian McBride News

The Billie Holiday Theatre has announced details for its 2024-25 season. Learn more about the season lineup here!

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center celebrates 27 years of offering thousands of high schoolers from Newark and beyond music lessons and performance experiences through its popular Jazz for Teens program.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have revealed all jazz programming running August 12th - August 25th.

The award-winning composer, bandleader and keyboardist Robert Glasper will take the stage at the 14th Annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival (PIJF), co-presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, on Saturday, September 21, 8:45 – 10:00 pm.

The third annual Montco Jazz Fest, curated by Joanna Pascale, has revealed its lineup. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater has revealed jazz programming running August 5th - August 18th.

The Soraya congratulates jazz legends Chucho Valdés and Arturo Sandoval for their recent lifetime achievements. Valdés is named a 2025 NEA Jazz Master, and Sandoval will be celebrated this December.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will operate this August with a full slate of nightly performances.

GRAMMY®-nominated pianist Christian Sands has announced Embracing Dawn, his new album out September 27. Embracing Dawn trails 2023’s acclaimed Christmas Stories and 2020’s Be Water. The album announcement comes with the first single “MMC,” which evokes acoustic jazz-rock of The Bad Plus variety. Listen to it here!

SMOKE Jazz Club will continue its 25th anniversary season with a month of album release shows and club debuts.

Nikki Giovanni, a renowned writer and civil rights activist, will present her poetry alongside musicians Javon Jackson and Christian McBride at NJPAC.

Caramoor's Fall '24 – Spring '25 season features pianist Marc-André Hamelin, period ensembles Le Consort and Twelfth Night, jazz performances, American Roots music, and more.

Birdland has announced jazz programming running at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater July 15th - July 28th.

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Dodge Foundation) and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will continue their 2024 Dodge Poetry initiative this summer, with a series of events leading toward the debut of the reimagined Dodge Poetry Festival this fall. Learn about the events!

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this July with a full slate of nightly performances.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater has announced jazz programming running at Birdland July 1st - July 14th.

Discover the August line-up at Smoke Jazz Club featuring performances by the Fred Hersch Trio, Johnathan Blake, and more. Enjoy a month of exceptional jazz music at this iconic New York venue.

Birdland has announced jazz programming at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater running Birdland June 24th - July 7th.

Saratoga Performing Arts Center has established a new annual McCormack Jazz Series in honor of “Saratoga’s Champion of Jazz,” Don McCormack, and his family. Presented as part of SPAC’s 2024-2025 fall and spring seasons in Spa Little Theater, the inaugural series will feature a roster of international talent.

Celebrate Black Music Month with AFROPOP's special on jazz legend Roy Hargrove, a two-time Grammy winner who influenced neo-soul, hip hop, and R&B, and left a lasting impact on the jazz world.