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Larry Fuller is an internationally acclaimed American jazz pianist, band leader, and composer known by critics and fans to ”swing like a beast!”.  He is a Yamaha-endorsed Artist. Larry Fuller hails from Toledo, Ohio.  Early in his career, Fuller’s undeniable talent earned him the position of musical director and pianist for vocalist Ernestine Anderson, pianist for drummer Jeff Hamilton’s Trio, and final pianist in legendary bassist Ray Brown’s Trio.  He has also performed, toured and recorded with guitarist-vocalist John Pizzarelli.

Sam Newsome Prepared Trio performs from the Clemente. Suggested minimum donation is $5. Donations go towards Arts for Art's Artists and Friends fundraising campaign. Arts for Art's On_Line Salon series features two live streaming FreeJazz performances on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Sam Newsome - prepared saxophone Eli Wallace - prepared piano Sandy Ewen - prepared guitar About the Artist Sam Newsome's Prepared Trio features Sandy Ewen on prepared guitar and Eli Wallace on prepared piano. Collectively, they take the listener on a sonic journey, exploring the new and under-explored.

Aretha Franklin is recognized as the most successful female recording artist in history. Musician, vocalist, and composer Damien Sneed pays homage to the Queen of Soul with fresh renditions of her most cherished hits. Backed by an accomplished cast of jazz, gospel, and soul musicians and vocalists, including four-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Karen Clark Sheard of the legendary gospel group The Clark Sisters, this multi-media tribute is a tender and spiritual reflection upon the life of a music icon.

It’s Summer, that special time when New York City opens its vast array of parks and outdoor spaces to the sound of music. Jazzmobile returns with its 58th annual Summerfest series, which takes over a myriad of stages throughout the city’s five boroughs with a dancing and diverse assemblage of nearly 30 jazz stars and emerging talents from July 6 to August 31. The much-anticipated return of Jazzmobile presents audiences with another year of Free top-notch musical performances that parallel New York City’s dynamic diversity – from straight-ahead, Latin, post-bop, blues, swing and beyond. To see the full schedule, please visit www.jazzmobile.com.

It’s Summer, that special time when New York City opens its vast array of parks and outdoor spaces to the sound of music. Jazzmobile returns with its 58th annual Summerfest series, which takes over a myriad of stages throughout the city’s five boroughs with a dancing and diverse assemblage of nearly 30 jazz stars and emerging talents from July 6 to August 31. The much-anticipated return of Jazzmobile presents audiences with another year of Free top-notch musical performances that parallel New York City’s dynamic diversity – from straight-ahead, Latin, post-bop, blues, swing and beyond. To see the full schedule, please visit www.jazzmobile.com.

Young piano and organ phenomenon Matthew Whitaker is one of the most exciting talents to emerge in recent years. A child prodigy, he has since shared the stage with some of the biggest and brightest stars in jazz. Whitaker also shines as an award-winning composer and an acclaimed bandleader whose unrelenting energy uplifts his bands and audiences alike.

Please bring your own seating for this concert, as it takes place on our grassy Friends Field. You can even bring or purchase a picnic dinner! This concert takes place rain or shine. If it rains, we will move into the Venetian Theater.

“Africa’s premier diva” (TIME Magazine), Angélique Kidjo returns to the Caramoor stage, now with a fifth Grammy Award under her belt! Dance the night away as Kidjo and her band performs music from her childhood home of Benin mixed with the West African traditions with elements of R&B, funk, and jazz.

For those who prefer a more casual concert environment, Garden Listening tickets are $20, and are free for Members and children under 18 years old. Listen to the concert broadcast onto Friends Field (audio only) while enjoying a picnic, admiring a starry sky, or relaxing with the family. We recommend you bring your own seating for Garden Listening.

Django A Gogo 2021 will conclude with a performance by The Django Experiment to celebrate the CD release of The Django Experiment VI, which was released digitally in January 2021, by performing the recording in its entirety. In addition to heralded guitarist Stephane Wrembel, the band includes Thor Jensen, guitar; Ari Folman-Cohen, bass; Nick Anderson, drums; Daisy Castro, violin; and Nick Driscoll, saxophone/clarinet. Drom is a gypsy-themed club in downtown Manhattan hosting a global roster of performers, ranging from jazz & funk to hip-hop. This show is open to all ages. Drom is adhering to the guidelines as issued by the N.Y. State Department of Health on April 1, 2021.

This year, Arts for Art proudly celebrates 25 years of a collective artistic vision. Vision Festival 25: Breaking Free, Coming Home will bring together the buoyant voices of hundreds of artists of various disciplines—Free Jazz, poetry, visual arts, conversations— to speak the message of hope and justice with unfettered creativity. Since 1996, the Vision Festival has created and guaranteed a space for improvisation as a leading creative language, and has been named “one of New York’s most essential art events” by The New York Times. Vision 25 will take place over seven nights, July 22-23 and 29-30 at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, and July 24-25 and 31 at The Clemente in the Lower East Side, and all events will be in-person, outdoors and livestreamed. Tickets are available now at Eventbrite.