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24 Hours Of Music Jamboree Stretching From Jersey City To The Jersey Shore

July 4, 2026

The 24 Hours of Music Jamboree began in 2017 in South Orange as a continuous 24‑hour celebration of community and live music. It shifted online in 2020 during the COVID‑19 pandemic, returned as a two‑day hybrid event in 2021, and has now evolved from two days in 2021 to an eight‑day “horizontal edition” stretching from Jersey ...

Jen Shyu, Luke Stewart, and Konjur Collective at Vision Festival 2026

by Fran Kursztejn
July 3, 2026

Jen Shyu, Luke Stewart, Konjur Collective Abrons Arts Center Vision FestivalNew York, NY June 24, 2026 The inaugural night of Vision Festival, despite the massive variety of musicians and instruments on display, did not feature any vocalists. During night two, vocalists made up a strong majority. Jen Shyu's “Fertile Bodies, ...

Abstract Citizen

by Daniel Peck
July 3, 2026

Aaron Lebos is a 25-year veteran of the Miami jazz scene. He's a guitarist and composer who tours internationally with Nicole Henry and the Nu Deco Ensemble among others. In his quest to grow and expand musically he recruited three younger South Florida musicians to form Abstract Citizen. Appearing here courtesy of a grant ...

Half Moon Bay Wine & Jazz Festival 2026

by Walter Atkins
July 3, 2026

Lizz Wright + Kenny Banks Sr. Announce Duo Jazz Album 'nearness' With Release Of New Single

July 3, 2026

Last week, on Friday, June 26, jazz vocalist and songwriter Lizz Wright, together with acclaimed pianist Kenny Banks Sr., announced the forthcoming release of their duo album, Nearness, and released the first single, “Soon I Will Be Done.” Set for release on September 25, 2026, on Blues & Greens Records and Candid Records, the 11-track LP ...

Marshall Allen, Trae Crudup, Black Cherry, and DoYeon Kim At Vision Festival 2026

by Fran Kursztejn
July 2, 2026

Marshall Allen, Trae Cruddup, Hamid Drake, William Parker, DoYeon Kim Abrons Arts Center Vision Festival June 26, 2026 Creative music (in William Parker's words, “so-called jazz") is an old scene in New York City. Ornette Coleman at least nominally birthed the “free jazz" movement in the '60s, and ever since, the ...

The Bad Plus Brings Its Farewell Tour to New York's Sony Hall

by Andrew Schinder
July 2, 2026

The Bad Plus Farewell Tour Sony Hall New York, NY June 19, 2026 The Bad Plus has spent the better part of the 21st century as one of jazz's most successful crossover acts. The band, formed in Minnesota, broke through in 2003 with These are the Vistas (Columbia Records), featuring founding ...

Dave Douglas, Sun Ra, Frank Zappa And Much More

by Lawrence Peryer
July 2, 2026

This week's Rotations is a parade of restless inventors. A surf-psych single gives way to modern jazz, a score for a 1960 horror film, and the room-sized synthesizer a pair of tinkerers built in 1970. From there it's Seattle indie pop, New Jersey jangle, two saxophones turned into an orchestra, and a New York shapeshifter, before ...

Grammy Award-Winning Branford Marsalis Quartet Headline JCAL's Annual Downtown Jamaica Riddim & Jazz Festival This Summer

July 2, 2026

This Summer, the Jamaica Center For Arts And Learning (JCAL)—Queens’ premier hub for the visual and performing arts—will present the return of the Downtown Jamaica Riddim & Jazz Festival, its annual outdoor celebration of music, culture, and community. Now in its fourth year, the festival has become a cornerstone of cultural and live entertainment in the ...

Generations Deconstructed Tour Featuring Will Calhoun, Ozmosys, And The Rock N’ Roll Collective

July 1, 2026

Featuring legendary drummer Will Calhoun (Living Colour, BB King, Mick Jagger), Rachel Z (Peter Gabriel, Steps Ahead, Wayne Shorter) Ozmosys, and the Rock N’ Roll Collective The Generations Deconstructed Tour is a dynamic, multi-faceted live music experience that bridges generations and genres. The show features the Rock N’Roll Collective (ages 12-18) performing iconic classic tunes in ...