The New York edit
Recently added recommendations. New here does not mean newly opened.
This is our growing New York selection. Follow each listing for checked practical information and the official source.
Ted Nash leads a large ensemble through Presidential Suite, with guest reader Okema T. Moore. Brass, reeds and rhythm section bring his politically themed writing into Dizzy's close listening environment.
Guitarist and singer Doug Wamble brings Blues in the Present Tense to the Bluesday series. The advertised live band includes Wycliffe Gordon, John Murray and Beckett Miles, distinct from the album's guest lineup.
Papo Vázquez leads his Mighty Pirates Troubadours through music connecting jazz with Puerto Rican bomba and plena. Trombone, percussion and voice give the band a particularly rhythm-led character.
Akira Tana honours Jimmy Heath with Atsuko Hashimoto on Hammond organ, Skylar Tang on trumpet and Yutaka Hashimoto on guitar. The combination offers a compact, organ-driven take on a saxophone legacy.
Steven Feifke brings his big band to Dizzy's for an album-release performance. It is a chance to hear a contemporary composer and pianist working at full ensemble scale inside a comparatively intimate room.
Bassist Corcoran Holt presents Freedom of Art with Freddie Hendrix, Abraham Burton, Benito Gonzalez and Kweku Sumbry. His original music connects personal history with jazz improvisation and West African rhythmic influences.
Lew Tabackin explores the tenor-saxophone lineage through music associated with Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and John Coltrane. Jeb Patton, Peter Washington and Jason Tiemann form the accompanying trio.
Trombonist David Gibson leads a nine-piece ensemble built around his compositions. Trumpets and a three-part saxophone section give listeners a chance to hear detailed horn writing beyond the usual quartet format.
Cameroonian-American vocalist Ekep Nkwelle shares a set of standards, newer songs and originals. Piano, bass and drums support a vocal approach informed by jazz phrasing and gospel warmth.
Chucho Valdés celebrates his eighty-fifth birthday at Rose Theater with guests Joe Lovano and Terence Blanchard. John Patitucci, Marcus Gilmore and Roberto Jr. Vizcaino Torre complete a lineup connecting Cuban music and jazz standards.
Juilliard's jazz ensembles revisit music from the 1970s through Don Pulley, Charles Tolliver, John Hicks and Thad Jones. Student groups explore a period that widened the boundaries of jazz composition and performance.
Trumpeter Hermon Mehari's NO(w) Beauty combines acoustic improvisation with ambient space and subtle electronics. Enzo Carniel, Damien Varaillon and Stéphane Adsuar complete the quartet for a modern-jazz listening session.
Jon Faddis leads a birthday tribute to his mentor Dizzy Gillespie. David Hazeltine, Todd Coolman and Dion Parson join him for repertoire connecting bebop trumpet playing and Afro-Cuban rhythm.
Drummer Carl Allen assembles former Jazz Messengers for an Art Blakey tribute. Brian Lynch, Donald Harrison, Robin Eubanks and Benny Green join a sextet revisiting the band's hard-bop tradition.
Mike LeDonne marks his seventieth birthday with a big-band celebration. An expanded New York lineup brings the pianist's blues and swing sensibility into large-ensemble writing.
Johnny O'Neal celebrates seventy with autumn-themed songs drawn from jazz, blues and pop. Bassist Luke Sellick and drummer Willie Jones III support his combination of piano playing and singing.
Gregory Hutchinson's Kind of Now focuses on the drummers behind Miles Davis' changing ensembles. Marquis Hill, Gerald Clayton and Robert Hurst are among the musicians revisiting that rhythmic legacy; saxophone personnel vary by date.
Jason Yeager and Justin Poindexter share music from Little Crow with the two veterans it honours, Bill Crow and Steve Little. The quartet connects original writing with songs associated with Billy Strayhorn, Irving Berlin and Bill Monroe.
Carlos Henriquez brings Salsa Meets Jazz back to Dizzy's, with a rotating group of Latin-jazz musicians. The series is built around the meeting of arranged grooves and spontaneous soloing.
Jason Marsalis explores less frequently performed compositions by his father, pianist Ellis Marsalis. Mike Rodriguez, John Ellis, Andrew McGowan and Barry Stephenson join this New Orleans-rooted tribute.
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt marks his fiftieth birthday with a quintet including vibraphonist Jalen Baker. Guitar, bass and drums complete the announced lineup; check the organiser for the final repertoire.
Champian Fulton, Jaleel Shaw and Peter Bernstein join a centennial tribute to alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson. The programme recalls a musical path connecting bebop, hard bop and soul jazz.
Jon Gordon's nonet presents Michel, a composition inspired by a friend's family escaping Nazi Germany. The chamber-jazz format frames a personal story of survival and resilience.
The Django Festival Allstars bring acoustic guitar, violin and accordion to the Django Reinhardt NY Festival. Samson Schmitt leads, with changing nightly guests including Tatiana Eva-Marie, Edmar Castaneda, Ute Lemper and Roberta Gambarini.
