In joint celebration of UNESCO’s 2023 International Jazz Day, the 5th Annual Palm Beach International Jazz Festival will celebrate the great American music genre – JAZZ. The festival will honor the many wonderful facets of jazz including the Great American Songbook, jazz standards, Bebop, Brazilian and Latin jazz.

Palm Beach International Jazz Festival will feature highly acclaimed, award-winning jazz artists who perform in and around south Florida as well as around the world.

Three great bands! One grand evening!

The performing artists for Palm Beach International Jazz Festival 2023:

Delray Jazz Collective
Beatriz Malnic Quartet
Yvette Norwood-Tiger & Friends
The Future Looks Bright in Jazz Young Artist Award Recipient: Saxophonist, John-Louis Malcynski

Raymond F. Kravis Center-Rinker Playhouse
701 Okeechobee Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Box Office Phone Lines
561.832.7469, Mon-Sat 12pm - 5pm

For tickets: https://www.kravis.org/events/jazz-festival-2023/

Open to professional jazz musicians, graduate students studying jazz, music educators and serious hobbyists, Louis Armstrong Legacy Monthly Jazz Jams invites musicians to perform at Flushing Town Hall. All are welcome, regardless of instrument (vocalists, too!). Our Steinway baby grand and drum kit are available at each Jam. Health and safety protocols will be in place so bring a mask, and feel free to bring your own microphone. House Band and Jam Sessions are led by Carol Sudhalter, with Joe Vincent Tranchina, Scott Neumann and Eric Lemon. Don't play, but love Jazz? Come listen!

FTH's Jazz Jam house band leader, Carol Sudhalter, plays flute, baritone and tenor sax and has been running our Louis Armstrong Legacy Monthly Jazz Jams for the last four years. And for the last 17 months since March 2020, more than 200 musicians from over a dozen countries as far as New Zealand, Italy and South Africa, have participated in the virtual monthly jams. Over 7,000 viewers from across the globe have enjoyed the music and tuned in to the monthly jams to listen as the venue moved its programming online.

The award-winning Temple University Jazz Band (TUJB) today announced its return to Jazz at Lincoln Center in a one-night only concert April 16th at 8:00 p.m. Hailed as one of today’s leading jazz student ensembles, TUJB is joined on stage by its sister groups — TU’s Symphony Orchestra and Studio Orchestra—as well as its Faculty Sextet: Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts, Bruce Barth, Tim Warfield, Mike Boone and Justin Faulkner. Program includes the New York premiere of Billy Childs’s Labyrinth, the world premiere of Bill Cunliffe’s Rainforests, Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera’s energetic Four Dances from Estancia and Banks Sapnar’s Red Braid from the performance that earned the TUJB second place at this year’s Jack Rudin Jazz Championship. In celebration of the school’s latest album release, the Faculty Sextet performs the eponymous track from Fly With the Wind (TBR 4.14.23, BCM&D Records).

Jazz Power Initiative presents Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam: Voices & Rhythm featuring Dr. E, Zah! Ensemble and Jazz Power with special guests Annette A. Aguilar, percussion, Michael Blake, saxophone and flute and Harlem Samba. Voices & Rhythm celebrates the African diaspora through rhythms rooted in swing and samba featuring songs by Jon Hendricks and Paulinho da Viola.

Thursday, April 20th 2023 7-8:30 PM
Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center
530 W 166th St, New York, NY 10032
No charge for admission

Alex Coke -Carl Michel Sextet
CD Release"EMERGENCE"
 
THURSDAY April 20, 2023 
8:30pm
Soundspace at Captain Quack's
5326 Menchaca
Austin TX 78745
(512)-453-3399
 
Tickets:  http://bit.ly/3L9UJEc
 
Join the Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet in a concert at Quack's SOUNDSPACE 
rolling out the welcome mat for their second CD, 
Emergence.
 
A journey of musical colours and textures
from many genres of music,
Emergence 
showcases this Austin supergroup’s creative and dynamic talents, 
exploring 
a unique combination of instruments, exciting original compositions, 
and new arrangements from a broad palette of influences.
 
The Alex Coke Carl Michel Sextet Features:

Alex Coke (Sax/Flutes)
Carl Michel (Guitar) 
 Elaine Barber (Concert Harp)
 Bob Hoffnar (Pedal Steel)
 Carolyn Trowbridge (Vibes) 
 Dr. James Suter (Bass) 
 
 

The New York Times describes Samara Joy as a “silky-voiced rising jazz star” and the Boston Globe compliments her “warm, capacious vocal instrument and breathtaking technique.” The 22-year old burst onto the world stage when her TikTok videos of soulful standards went viral landing her on the TODAY Show. She is newly signed to the prestigious Verve records label and has already received two GRAMMY nominations for Best New Artist and Best Vocal Jazz Album. She brings a fresh, youthful energy to timeless jazz classics and is no doubt on her way to being the great legend of this generation. This performance is made possible by the Medical University of South Carolina.

5PM @ Charleston Music Hall


Visit www.charlestonjazz.com for more information

With a mission to revitalize jazz and swing music, this powerhouse ensemble has sold-out prestigious venues such as the Hollywood Bowl and Lincoln Center. They have toured the world selling millions of records and have their music featured in hundreds of film and television shows. They have appeared on Dancing with the Stars and Super Bowl XXXIII and are one of the driving forces that has kept swing and jazz in the limelight for nearly three decades. This performance is made possible by the Medical University of South Carolina.

8PM @ CHARLESTON MUSIC HALL

GRAMMY-winning artist Dianne Reeves has been named a “Jazz Master” by the National Endowment for the Arts – the highest honor for a jazz artist in the United States. Reeves also holds an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Juilliard for her “breathtaking virtuosity, improvisational prowess, and unique jazz and R&B style.” Historian and music critic Scott Yanow describes Reeves as “a logical successor to Dinah Washington and Carmen McRae, Reeves is a superior interpreter of lyrics and a skilled scat singer.” This performance is made possible by the Medical University of South Carolina.

5PM @ CHARLESTON MUSIC HALL

“Some drummers act, some react. Some keep time, others create it. Cindy Blackman Santana is among the few who can,” says Mike Zwerin of the International Herald Tribune. Blackman started her career as a busker on the streets of New York City and has gone on to travel the world. Her high-energy performances are mesmerizing and she is a master both in jazz and rock as the drummer for husband Carlos Santana, the Latin jazz and rock superstar. This performance is made possible by the Medical University of South Carolina.

8PM @ CHARLESTON MUSIC HALL

Charleston Jazz Festival
April 20-23

Jazz Power Initiative presents Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam: Voices & Rhythm featuring Dr. E, Zah! Ensemble and Jazz Power with special guests Annette A. Aguilar, percussion, Michael Blake, saxophone and flute and Harlem Samba. Voices & Rhythm celebrates the African diaspora through rhythms rooted in swing and samba featuring songs by Jon Hendricks and Paulinho da Viola.

Sunday, April 23rd 2023, 2-4 PM
National Jazz Museum in Harlem
58 W 129th St, New York, NY 10027
Suggested Donation: General $10, Students/Seniors $5

American trumpeter, vocalist and former leader of the Charleston Jazz Orchestra, Charlton Singleton is a GRAMMY Award-winning recording artist along with his fellow Ranky Tanky band mates. Charleston Magazine says “watching Singleton at work is mesmerizing…Charlton Singleton is a musical alchemist, a magician.” One fan says “Just watching him conduct, play piano and trumpet draws you in, captivates you. He turns a non-jazz person into an enthusiast in a single concert.” Joined by his stellar lineup of musicians, Singleton and his Beehive Jazz Orchestra are a true crowd favorite in the Lowcountry and beyond. This performance is made possible by the Medical University of South Carolina.

5PM @ FIREFLY DISTILLERY

Charleston Jazz Festival
April 20-23
FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.charlestonjazz.com

Tickets & Info | JazzCoterie.com

10X Grammy Nominee! Jazz Coterie presents the Miguel Zenón Quartet at Gibson Music Hall in Appleton — with Luis Perdomo on piano, Hans Glawischnig on bass, and Henry Cole on drums.

Miguel Zenón masterfully balances innovation and cultural tradition. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miguel is widely considered one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists and composers of his generation.

“One of the most esteemed and singular-voiced alto saxophonists in jazz.” — DownBeat Magazine

WE GOT THAT SWING! jazz event brings together some of the most gifted young musicians and singers from across the city in performance with legends. Hosted by Lee Hogans, Harlem School of the Arts’ Chief Education Officer, and Eli Yamin, Jazz Power Initiative’s Managing and Artistic Director, this special collaboration is part of JPI’s ongoing series Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam and includes participation by violinist Curtis Stewart, the newly appointed Artistic Director of the American Composers Orchestra and HSA Alum, Bob Stewart, the world-renowned tuba player and educator, the LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts and Performing Arts, and Harlem Samba - a Brazilian percussion ensemble modeled after the samba school baterias of the Rio de Janeiro carnival. The program honors America’s greatest composer and bandleader, Duke Ellington on his birthday, Saturday, April 29th, and takes place in Harlem School of the Arts, Dorothy Maynor Hall, with a performance from 1:00pm-2:30pm. A workshop, led by Eli Yamin, and Bob Stewart, will take place at 11:00am, prior to the concert.