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Jazzmobile Summerfest Continues This Friday
by Stephi Wild - Aug 13, 2024

In celebration of Max Roach 100, the legendary late jazz drummer, composer, bandleader, activist, will be honored with a performance by M’BOOM + HORNS, in Marcus Garvey Park on August 16, starting at 7:00 pm.

Birdland Jazz Club And Birdland Theater Reveals July 2024 Programming
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 29, 2024

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

See What's Coming Up At Birdland July 1st - July 14th
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 29, 2024

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

The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine Celebrates The Feast Of Blessed Absalom Jones, February 3
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 30, 2024

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine will celebrate the Feast of Blessed Absalom Jones, first Black priest in the Episcopal Church, on Saturday, February 3 at 10:30 AM at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street).

The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine Will Celebrates The Feast Of Blessed Absalom Jones in February
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 21, 2024

Jazz luminaries celebrate the Feast of Blessed Absalom Jones at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Saturday, February 3, 2024. Find out more about this event here!

John Coltrane Jazz Festival Rescheduled For This Week
by Stephi Wild - Oct 3, 2023

The Second Annual FREE John Coltrane Jazz Festival | Miles Ahead, originally set for Coltrane’s birthday on September 23 but was postponed due to inclement weather, will take place on Friday, October 6, 5:00 pm. Learn more about the festival and find out how to attend here!

Harlem Set To Celebrate The Second Annual Free John Coltrane Jazz Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 20, 2023

Get ready to celebrate jazz legend John Coltrane at the second annual Free John Coltrane Jazz Festival in Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park. Enjoy live performances by talented musicians, including Reggie Workman, Najee, and Norman Connors. Join the festivities on September 23 at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater.

Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra to Play Dizzy's Club in May
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 30, 2023

Teeming with spontaneity, this four-night event celebrates two master figures who transformed American music, legendary artists Tito Puente and Tito Rodríguez, spotlighting the impact of Puerto Rican influence and providing a sonic portal between past and present.

Flushing Town Hall Celebrates Black Icons and Innovators With Black History Trilogy
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2023

This February, Flushing Town Hall celebrates Black History Month (or African American History Month, as it's also known) with the return of its Black History Trilogy, a three-part series featuring outstanding performers paying tribute to influential African American musicians, dancers, and entertainers.

Inaugural John Coltrane Jazz Festival Comes To Harlem This Weekend
by Stephi Wild - Sep 22, 2022

On Saturday, September 24, 2022, 1:00pm – 7:00 pm at Marcus Garvey Park | Richard Rodgers Amphitheatre, in Harlem, iconic saxophone players Bill Saxton, Alvin Flythe, Todd Herbert, Sweet Lee Odom, Patience Higgins, TK Blue and John S. Mannan join three rhythm sections to play the music of John Coltrane from the Miles Davis/Monk Era thru the Impulse Record years of Trane's performances.

PIAZZOLLA 100: Cuartetango Music & Dance Performs Under Manhattan's Spectacular Skyline
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 2, 2022

Leonardo Suarez Paz presents PIAZZOLLA 100: Cuartetango Music & Dance on September 18, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island, NY.

Photos: First Look at Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100 Tour
by Marissa Tomeo - May 7, 2022

Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100: “El Nuevo Tango” is set for MAY 14th at NYU Skirball. TICKETS can be purchased HERE.  The show is a genre-redefining, multidisciplinary, infused with jazz, rock, modern dance, and visual art - a tango performance for the new century. 

Leonardo Suarez Paz Brings Multi-Disciplinary Show to NYU Skirball
by Marissa Tomeo - Apr 16, 2022

Following a sold-out performance at the famed “Ballena Azul,” CCK in Buenos Aires, the multifaceted “virtuoso extraordinaire,” (Wynton Marsalis), Leonardo Suarez Paz, brings his genre-redefining, multidisciplinary performance to NYU Skirball, sharing his unique vision of the genre across a century of immigrant struggles and triumphs. Leonardo honors his mentor, Astor Piazzolla, the Argentine born and New York raised composer by recreating Nuevo Tango as an evolving, daring, artistically complex, and emotionally moving art form.

92Y to Present Darius de Haas in YOU SEND ME: THE SONGS AND SOUL OF SAM COOKE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 29, 2022

Lyrics and Lyricists™ 50th anniversary season will continue with You Send Me: The Song and Soul of Sam Cook on April 23, 24 and 25. Darius de Haas delves into the world of Sam Cooke – his gospel roots and triumphant 1964 engagement at the Copacabana; his classics of romance, and work as a trailblazing entrepreneur and civil rights activist.

Leonardo Suarez Paz Presents PIAZZOLLA 100: CUARTETANGO String Quartet
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 20, 2021

Celebrating the centennial of his mentor, Astor Piazzolla, an Argentine-born and New York raised composer, Leonardo Suarez Paz leads his multiple Latin GRAMMY-nominated group to the forefront of 21st century Nuevo Tango.

Upper East Harlem Block To Be Co-Named After Iconic Art Kane Photograph 'Harlem 1958'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2021

Uptown Grand Central and Jazzmobile have announced the August 12, 2021 celebration surrounding the commemorative street co-naming of East 126th street between 5th and Madison Avenues as 'Art Kane Harlem 1958 Place.'

Leonardo Suarez Paz Will Perform at The Levitt Pavilion This Weekend
by Stephi Wild - Jul 24, 2021

The program celebrates the centennial of Leonardo's mentor, the Argentine born and New York raised composer, Astor Piazzolla and is presented at the Levitt Pavilion in Westport, CT, as part of Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100. 

Jazzmobile Celebrates International Jazz Day With Virtual Presentation Of Keep The Music Playing
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 30, 2021

Jazzmobile's community concert “Keep The Music Playing” is back with nearly 60 stellar Jazz musicians who are donating their performance to support Jazzmobile, and its performance & education programs!

Suarez Paz TANGO Presents Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100: El Nuevo Tango
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 8, 2020

Leonardo Suarez Paz’s PIAZZOLLA 100 celebrates liberty and the invaluable contribution of immigrants and women to society, starting with our namesake, whose centennial will be celebrated in 2021.

BWW CD Review: NATALIE DOUGLAS TO NINA... LIVE AT BIRDLAND Is The CD Everyone Needs
by Stephen Mosher - Nov 19, 2020

Natalie Douglas fifteen-year-old album makes you wish she had made a CD a year between then and now.

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