Wynton Marsalis News

Applications for YoungArts 2025 are now open, inviting young artists across various disciplines to apply for recognition, mentorship, and support.

Spruce Peak Arts announces its 2024/2025 season featuring a diverse array of performances, including theater, music, and dance. Highlights include renowned artists and new works premiering at the venue.

World Renowned Brazilian Percussionist Cyro Baptista to Lead CHAMA Ensemble at NJPA's Horizon Sounds of the City on Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 5pm taking place at Chambers Plaza 1 Center Street in Newark, NJ.

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.

NJPAC has announced an exciting lineup featuring DJ FELIX HERNANDEZ, CYRO BAPTISTA, KOFI KINAATA, GALACTIC, KRS-ONE, and BIG FREEDIA.

The SF Symphony Youth Orchestra has announced Radu Paponiu as the new Wattis Foundation Music Director starting in the 2024–25 season.

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will present Charlie Roman and the Glad Rags Orchestra Celebrate the 1920s and 1930s on July 16 at 9:30pm.

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

Caramoor will kick off its 2024 summer season with a gala and performance by virtuoso jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Wynton Marsalis, who performs with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) in celebration of the 10-year collaboration between Caramoor and Jazz at Lincoln Center (June 22).

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.

Under the no-nonsense title of Soul Jazz, the album features groove-centric tunes from such masters as Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove, Donald Byrd, Stanley Turrentine, Eddie Harris, Pee Wee Ellis, and John Coltrane, played with infectious vitality by this unparalleled dream band.

MPAC celebrates its 30th anniversary season with a diverse lineup of shows, including concerts, theater productions, and family events.

Ahead of the release of the forthcoming live album LOUIS IN LONDON, Louis Armstrong’s legendary track “What a Wonderful World” has been certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA, marking the original recording’s cumulative US sales of more than 5 million since its first release in 1967. To coincide with this milestone moment, Verve Records is releasing the official performance video of the track. Watch the video!

Music on the Inside's Juneteenth Jazz Jubilee Concert this Saturday at Adler Hall will feature formerly incarcerated jazz artists performing alongside Grammy-award winning musicians and other top artists. We interviewed MOTI's founder about the origins of MOTI and how the organization supports formerly incarcerated individuals through music.

Papo Vazquez will serve as the musical director for the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC, bringing his unique blend of jazz and Afro-Caribbean music to the celebration.

Washington Performing Arts has announced its 2024/25 season, In Harmony, running from September 2024 through June 2025 in seven indoor and outdoor venues across the Washington, D.C., region.

Come join for a one of a kind PIAZZOLLA100 program featuring the double Latin GRAMMY-Award nominated CUARTETANGO string quartet at the acoustically superior historic Chapel of the Good Shepherd (c.1888). The concert will feature works by Piazzolla and excerpts from 'The Rites of Love,' a new ballet composed by Leonardo Suarez-Paz about right to love freely.

SMOKE Jazz Club will celebrate its 25th anniversary in July with performances by Vincent Herring, Eric Alexander, Ethan Iverson, Bill Charlap, and Cyrus Chestnut. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Experience a groundbreaking musical event at The Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center. Conductor Ian Carleton Schaefer and jazz sensation Alexa Tarantino unite with Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. Learn how to purchase tickets.