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A jazz kit played with sticks and mano, an upright bass tattooed with comely women, jaunty Caribbean-influenced acoustic guitar, and a beautiful blonde siren with, yes, a trumpet. Do you wanna dance yet? Jenny will lure you in with her bluesy no-nonsense voice.

Founded in 2009, the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (ICYOLA) is a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that transforms the lives and minds of young people in inner-city Los Angeles through high quality music education.

La Santa Cecilia exemplifies the modern-day creative hybrid of Latin culture, rock, and world music. The group draws inspiration from all over the world, utilizing Pan-American rhythms including cumbia, bossa nova, rumba, bolero, tango, jazz, and klezmer music.

Night at the Movies! is a concert inspired by Svetlana’s chart-topping record (#1 on the Billboard US Traditional Jazz Charts). The concert showcases innovative jazz interpretations of iconic movie soundtracks (American classics, French New Wave, European Cinema, contemporary Academy Award® winners, and beloved animated films).

Martha Wainwright is beginning again. The beguiling performer and songwriter returns with Love Will Be Reborn, released in August. Wainwright’s fifth studio album follows recent years of loneliness and clarity in search of optimism and joy.

From Kampala, Uganda, Jon Muq is a vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who makes soul-filled pop music celebrating the magic of human connection, love, and the world’s many wonders.

Jaques Morelenbaum is a cellist, composer, arranger, and musical producer. Gaia Wilmer is a saxophonist, composer, arranger, and music producer. Trem das Cores is a celebration of Caetano Veloso: the Brazilian singer-songwriter and an important figure in Brazilian culture and in Morelenbaum’s and Wilmer’s lives.

As the music that not only forms the foundation of modern jazz, but continues to inform its trajectory, African and Afro-diasporic music will take center stage in this program. Listen as Joshua Jenkins and his ensemble perform works by Lionel Loueke (Benin), Joshua Uzoigwe (Nigeria), Sakésho (French Caribbean), and others.

Shannon Gunn’s Saffron Ensemble—including strings, synth, rhythm section, and trombone—premiered at the 2022 Jazz and Freedom Festival in Washington, D.C. The ensemble performs Shannon Gunn’s originals and arrangements, combining traditional and free jazz in a synth-infused setting.

Ebban and Ephraim Dorsey are 20- and 21-year-old saxophonists, composers, bandleaders, and rising stars in the contemporary jazz scene. The multi-talented siblings have been playing together since they were nine and 10.

Eliot Seppa is well known as one the most sought-after bassists in the D.C. area in jazz, R&B, gospel, musical theater, and more. Through years of experience in so many diverse musical situations, he has developed a band sound that is eclectic and uniquely his own.