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On this episode of The Art of the Story, we celebrate Rhonda Hamilton who is the recipient of the 2026 A.B. Spelman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy

Judith Jamison, world-renowned dancer and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Artistic Director Emerita died on Saturday, November 9 at the age of 81

May 12 @ 6:30 pm ET — "Soul Jazz Listening Party" hosted by Christian McBride and The Apollo Theater Spend a night with Christian McBride groovin’ to the funk and gospel inspired jazz that provided the soundtrack for Juke Boxes across 1960s Black America. Hear how artists like Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley, Gene Ammons, Lou Donaldson, Jimmy Smith, The Jazz Crusaders, and Lee Morgan combined their be-bop roots with a heavy dose of blues, back beat, gospel, and soul, to get their audiences out of their chairs and on to the dance floor. Featured Educational Partner: The Apollo Theater. FREE to all jazz lovers and students. Click here to register! https://jazzhousekids.org/events This program was curated by TED CHUBB, trumpeter & JAZZ HOUSE Director of Cultural Programming, and is made possible thanks to the support of Brandenberg Productions, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Gia Maione Prima Foundation, The Herb Alpert Foundation, Kenneth Goldman Donor Fund, Manhattan Mechanical Contractors, the National Endowment for the Arts, New Jersey State Council for the Humanities, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, TD Bank Charitable Fund and our many generous individual donors.

Trinity's lunchtime concert series, Jazz at One, takes place every Monday from March 13 through May 1 at St. Paul's Chapel and features an eclectic mix of brilliant jazz artists in collaboration with JAZZHOUSE @ Trinity, a joint effort between Trinity and JAZZ HOUSE KiDS.

Join us on March 20, when we present vibraphonist, composer, arranger, and educator Nikara Warren presenting Black Wall Street.

To watch live, go to Trinity’s homepage at the time of the concert. To watch on-demand, visit the music video portal at trinitywallstreet.org

What defined the conversation around jazz this year? There’s no simple answer to that question, but trying is always a worthwhile struggle — especially in…

"Weiss is a vital talent with something important to say" – All About Jazz

Acclaimed jazz pianist Michael Weiss brings his trio to the Zinc Bar for a splendid evening of jazz piano. He’s supported by Paul Sikivie on bass and Aaron Kimmel on drums.

Since arriving in New York in 1982, pianist, composer, arranger, and educator Michael Weiss has forged a formidable career working in the bands of jazz legends Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Slide Hampton, Frank Wess, George Coleman, Jimmy Heath and the Heath Brothers, Charles McPherson, Jon Hendricks, Lou Donaldson, and the Junior Cook/Bill Hardman Quintet. Weiss' fifteen-year association with Griffin yielded four recordings and annual tours in the USA and around the world. He has also performed with Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Clark Terry, Clifford Jordan, Gary Bartz, Phil Woods, Pepper Adams, Joe Lovano, Ron Carter, David Newman, Gerry Mulligan, Nancy Wilson, Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, Wynton Marsalis, and other high-profile jazz recording artists. Weiss also has substantial big band experience: With the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Weiss logged nearly 700 engagements and two recordings over a 25-year span. He has also toured with the Mingus Epitaph Orchestra and Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.

As a bandleader, Weiss has headlined at the Village Vanguard, Detroit Jazz Festival, Detroit Symphony Hall, Smithsonian Institution, and major New York venues such as Merkin Concert Hall, the Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Birdland, Bradley’s, Iridium and Sweet Basil. Reviewing his Vanguard debut, the New York Times wrote that Weiss "demonstrated a strong sense of leadership and organization" exhibiting "sensitivity and logic, along with crisp control." Television appearances include CBS-TV’s Nightwatch with Charlie Rose and PBS’ Live From Lincoln Center: The City of Jazz. NPR radio appearances include Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland, Making the Music with Wynton Marsalis, Jazzset, and the Jazz Piano Christmas Special. Weiss was a 1989 prizewinner in the Thelonious Monk Institute's International Piano Competition.

Showtimes are at 7:00 pm & 8:30 pm. Tickets: $30 in advance / $35 at the door. For more info, visit https://www.zincjazz.com.

"Weiss is a vital talent with something important to say" – All About Jazz

Acclaimed jazz pianist Michael Weiss brings his trio to the Zinc Bar for a splendid evening of jazz piano. He’s supported by Paul Sikivie on bass and Aaron Kimmel on drums.

Since arriving in New York in 1982, pianist, composer, arranger, and educator Michael Weiss has forged a formidable career working in the bands of jazz legends Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Slide Hampton, Frank Wess, George Coleman, Jimmy Heath and the Heath Brothers, Charles McPherson, Jon Hendricks, Lou Donaldson, and the Junior Cook/Bill Hardman Quintet. Weiss' fifteen-year association with Griffin yielded four recordings and annual tours in the USA and around the world. He has also performed with Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Clark Terry, Clifford Jordan, Gary Bartz, Phil Woods, Pepper Adams, Joe Lovano, Ron Carter, David Newman, Gerry Mulligan, Nancy Wilson, Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, Wynton Marsalis, and other high-profile jazz recording artists. Weiss also has substantial big band experience: With the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Weiss logged nearly 700 engagements and two recordings over a 25-year span. He has also toured with the Mingus Epitaph Orchestra and Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.

As a bandleader, Weiss has headlined at the Village Vanguard, Detroit Jazz Festival, Detroit Symphony Hall, Smithsonian Institution, and major New York venues such as Merkin Concert Hall, the Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Birdland, Bradley’s, Iridium and Sweet Basil. Reviewing his Vanguard debut, the New York Times wrote that Weiss "demonstrated a strong sense of leadership and organization" exhibiting "sensitivity and logic, along with crisp control." Television appearances include CBS-TV’s Nightwatch with Charlie Rose and PBS’ Live From Lincoln Center: The City of Jazz. NPR radio appearances include Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland, Making the Music with Wynton Marsalis, Jazzset, and the Jazz Piano Christmas Special. Weiss was a 1989 prizewinner in the Thelonious Monk Institute's International Piano Competition.

Showtimes are at 7:00 pm & 8:30 pm. Tickets: $30 in advance / $35 at the door. For more info, visit https://www.zincjazz.com.

Monthly Jazz Jams return live at Flushing Town Hall the second Wednesday of every month! Open to professional jazz musicians, graduate students studying jazz, music educators and serious hobbyists, Louis Armstrong Legacy Monthly Jazz Jams invites musicians to perform at Flushing Town Hall. All are welcome, regardless of instrument (vocalists, too!). Our Steinway baby grand and drum kit are available at each Jam. House Band and Jam Sessions are led by Carol Sudhalter, with Joe Vincent Tranchina, Scott Neumann, and Eric Lemon. Don't play, but love jazz? Come listen! $10/FREE for Members, Students, & Jamming Musicians

As jazz becomes more cerebral and gnarly by day, trumpeter and singer Wayne Tucker chases a sound closer to the heart. This instinctive, emotive approach…

WBGO's Gary Walker chats with jazz pianist and composer George Cables