Miller then backs vocalist Dianna Agron on March 29 at Café Carlyle in NYC. Listen to “Noble,” named after Smith’s infant son.Ģ013 trombone alum Jeffery Miller performs with the Eyal Vilner Big Band on March 19 at the George Mason Center for the Arts in Fairfax VA and on March 26 at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center in Cutler Bay FL. The band Midlake, with McKenzie Smith (1997) on drums, releases For the Sake of Bethel Woods on March 18. Benack then appears in a quartet with 2010 bass alum Russell Hall (see above) at Iridium Jazz Club in NYC on March 24, and in a trio with vocalist Anais Reno on March 25 at Chris’s Jazz Club in Philadelphia. On March 20 he takes the Sony Hall stage with the 8-Bit Big Band in NYC.

Trumpeter Benny Benack III (2008) appears in a quintet jam session March 18 at Vibrato’s Jazz Grill in LA. And March 29 – April 3, Horne accompanies a Joyce Theatre (NYC) stage performance and world premiere of Once Upon a Time Called Now, a fusion of tap dance and jazz music co-written by VJW colleague Russell Hall (2010), who will also perform on bass. Horne composed the music and performs as trumpeter and bandleader in an ensemble debuting new songs from a jazz musical in development, The Oscar Micheaux Suite (inspired by America’s first major Black film-maker) at 59E59 Theaters in NYC on March 26 and 27. He then performs in an all-Ellington program with the American Symphony Orchestra and pianist Marcus Roberts on March 24 at Carnegie Hall. Īlphonso Horne (2004 trumpet) and friends have consecutive-night gigs March 18 and 19 at Special Club in NYC. Scott aTunde Adjuah then performs at Ludlow Garage in Cincinnati on March 27, and at City Winery in Chicago on March 29. He and fellow trumpet alum Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah (2001) then perform at the Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville TN (Akinmusire on March 24 and Scott aTunde Adjuah on March 26 ).

Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire (2000) has trio performances on March 18 at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, March 20 at BOP STOP The Music Settlement in Cleveland, March 21 at Trinosphores in Detroit, and March 22 at The Constellation in Chicago. Ward plays alto on bassist Matt Ulery’s latest album, Delicate Charms: Live at the Green Mill listen to “The Arrival” here. ġ999 saxophone alum Greg Ward ‘s Rogue Parade performs in a Symphony Center Presents Jazz concert on March 18 in Chicago. (2010) performs at Dunedin Brewery in Dunedin FL on March 18. Ģ014 trumpet alum Anthony Hervey performs on March 17 with the Alan Jones New York Quintet at The 1905 in Portland OR.īlaque Dynamite, a quartet led by drummer Mike Mitchell (2011) and featuring saxophonist Patrick Bartley Jr. Tune in here to Glasper and vocalist Lalah Hathaway covering the Tears for Fears classic, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” which Glasper also covers on his recently-released album Black Radio III. This duo concert was originally scheduled for March 2020 but canceled in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.Īnd yet another piano alum, Grammy-winner Robert Glasper (1997), has a consecutive-nights engagement March 16-20 at the Blue Note in NYC. Way to go, VJW alumni!Īnother piano alum, Jeremy Siskind (2003), performs selections from his Perpetual Motion Etudes at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall alongside Grammy-winning classical pianist Angelin Chang, on March 16. was the runner-up for the 2019 prize, and 2002 alum Sullivan Fortner won it in 2015. Workshop alumni have been well-represented in past APA Awards competitions: 2004 alum Kenny Banks Jr.

After a 13-month competition that will culminate in Sneak Preview performances from each of the finalists at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 25, 2023, one of the finalists will be chosen to receive the prestigious Cole Porter Fellowship, given every four years to the best young, upcoming American jazz piano talent. Thompson and 2018 alum Esteban Castro have just been announced by the American Pianists Association as two of the five finalists for the 2023 American Pianists Award for jazz piano.

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