Events for January 2027

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Nora Brown with Stephanie Coleman

First brought together by Brooklyn’s tight-knit old-time music community in 2017, Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman share a rich musical partnership. Brown is a banjo player and has released three albums on Brooklyn based Jalopy Records. She has performed across the US, Europe, and Japan including on NPR‘s ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ and TED EDU. Coleman […]

Kurt Rosenwinkel & Gerald Clayton

Kurt Rosenwinkel is a highly acclaimed and influential jazz guitarist, composer, and bandleader. Hailed as one of the most important jazz musicians of his generation, Rosenwinkel has spent decades pushing the boundaries of the jazz genre and developing a signature sound that has captivated audiences worldwide. With a career spanning over thirty years, Rosenwinkel has […]

Arun Ramamurthy Trio

The Arun Ramamurthy Trio creates a groundbreaking fusion of South Indian Carnatic traditions with contemporary jazz, weaving masterful improvisations through ancient ragas and modern rhythms.  Brooklyn violinist Arun Ramamurthy is a self-described Indo-jazz explorer who creates strikingly beautiful music fusing the spirit of raga music and jazz. Steeped in the Carnatic musical tradition of South […]

Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart Organ Trio

In the mid 1990s, The New York Times described Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, and Bill Stewart as “the best organ trio of the last decade.” The trio, which has now been together for over thirty years, has been recognized for charting new ground, with its synergistic playing and thoughtful music. They have released over a […]

Lara Downes

Recently honored as ‘Classical Woman of the Year’ by NPR’s Performance Today, American pianist Lara Downes is a visionary trailblazer. She has garnered millions of fans spanning diverse communities from her prestigious tour​ schedule,​ her Billboard chart-topping recordings, and her work as a beloved media personality, producer, and host. Major highlights for the coming year […]

Andy McKee

Andy McKee is one of the world’s finest acoustic guitarists; evident from the accolades he’s received throughout his career. It’s his youthful energy, attention to song structure, and melodic content that elevates him to a peerless level. McKee entertains both the eye and the ear as he magically transforms the steel string guitar into a […]

Vijay Iyer + Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life

On this rare concert date, Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith revisit the music from their collaborative albums – 2016’s A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke, and 2025’s Defiant Life – for this evening of duets. Of Defiant Life, Pitchfork writes that “The second collaborative album by the jazz composers and instrumentalists is a searching meditation […]

Voyage Hot Club

Award-winning violinist Eva Slongo and guitarist Jimmy Grant present an intimate and swinging set rooted in the gypsy jazz tradition of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli. For this concert they’re joined by special guest Simon Planting on bass. Their music draws equally from European jazz, Eastern European folk influences, and classic vocal jazz, resulting in […]

Camille Thurman with the Darrell Green Quartet

Referred to as the “classic double threat” by NPR, Camille Thurman is a remarkable artist on both the tenor saxophone and vocals. Drummer Darrell Green is one of today’s leading and most sought-after musicians in today’s jazz scene, having toured with Pharoah Sanders, Wallace Roney, Cassandra Wilson, George Cables, and Stefon Harris.  Together, Thurman’s dreamy […]

Master Class: Michel Petrucciani’s ‘Kuumbwa’ – The Story Behind the Album

On May 11, 1987, pianist Michel Petrucciani, bassist Dave Holland, and drummer Eliot Zigmund took the Kuumbwa stage for a remarkable concert – a special stop on the trio’s only tour – which featured these three giants of modern jazz in peak creative form. Petrucciani passed away in 1999, but his legacy shines in the […]

Chris Cain Band

Chris Cain offers up a soulful stew of Memphis style electric blues. His powerfully deep vocals and jazz-inspired blues guitar riffs are unforgettable; uniquely his own, while reminiscent of the legendary BB King and Albert King. As a child, Cain attended concerts with his dad to hear many of the great blues artists of the […]

The Cookers – 20th Anniversary

The Cookers bring expressive language to the bandstand and to their six critically acclaimed recordings: Warriors, Cast the First Stone, Believe, Time and Time Again, The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart and Look Out!. This exciting all-star septet summons up an intense mid-60s spirit with a potent collection of post-bop originals marked by […]

Nicole McCabe Quartet

Nicole McCabe is a genre-defying saxophonist and composer bringing the expressive power of modern jazz into dialogue with the sonic worlds of electronic, indie, and experimental music. Through her work as a bandleader, collaborator, and composer, Nicole McCabe continues to expand the possibilities of the saxophone in contemporary music. With a voice that honors tradition […]

Champian Fulton

Born in Norman, Oklahoma in 1985, Champian Fulton was recognized by The Detroit Free Press as the “most gifted pure Jazz singer of her generation." A pianist and vocalist with a career spanning more than twenty years, Fulton has released twenty albums as a bandleader and has performed in more than twenty-five countries. She has […]