This 31st annual event will pay homage to the late great Randy Weston, NEA Jazz Master, pianist, composer, bandleader, teacher, activist, ambassador and scholar, who was the headline performer at Staten Island JAZZ Festival 25. The line-up includes Sun Ra Arkestra, Winard Harper & Jeli Posse, Danny Mixon Quartet, Antoinette Montague, Leopoldo Fleming Afro Caribbean Jazz Ensemble, Sylvester Scott, Karlus Trapp, Darrell Smith, Earl Sauls, Rudy Mwongozi, Kiane Zawadi and Jeannine Otis playing in the historical Music Hall. Prior to…

New York City’s jazz trio, Sound Underground, draws on a broad array of influences from Cool Jazz, Americana, folk and avant-garde to create a unique and deeply personal sound. David Leon, Saxophone; Alec Aldred, Trumpet; Jonah Udall, Guitar. All About Jazz hailed the trio as “a fresh sound... capable of grabbing a listener's attention and holding it indefinitely.” Tickets - $15-$25

Vocalist René Marie has forged a reputation as one of the top singers in current jazz, and also as a versatile arranger, composer, and theater performer. Guided and tempered in jazz traditions laid down by Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, and other jazz leading ladies, she borrows various elements of folk, R&B, classical and country to create a captivating hybrid style. Prices vary from: General Public - $15 | WP community + senior citizens - $12 | Non-WP students - $8…

Big Band Jazz Concert with Full Count Big Band and Guest Carrie Jackson at the Bickford Theatre of the Morris Museum. The Full Count Big Band has been entertaining New York and New Jersey audiences for more than a decade with an eclectic mix of music. In this program, they will feature Jazz vocal stylist and recording artist, Ms. Carrie Jackson with music from some of the most famous Jazz and Big Band musicians, band leaders and arrangers including Count…

Murray Low is a keyboard wizard with dazzling Latin jazz technique. Aaron Germain is a gifted electric and acoustic bassist. Along with fiery drummer Jon Krosnick, these musicians are making some of the most electrifying swinging, funky Latin jazz in the country as the trio “Charged Particles”. For this concert, they will be joined by vocalist Rocio Guitard. Born in Spain and educated in Germany before moving to Bay Area, Rocio is truly an international singer, fluent in many languages…

Flutist and vocalist Rebecca Kleinmann kicks off her CD release on October 26, 2018 at 8pm at the Sound Room: 2147 Broadway in Oakland’s uptown. Recently returned from recording in Brazil and in Seattle with Latin Grammy nominated pianist Jovino Santo Neto, Kleinmann melds her rich inspiration from travels into her new album Intuição Verdadeira, which translates to “True Intuition”. Tickets are $20 with doors opening at 7:30pm. Kleinmann’s Intuição Verdadeira is named for one of the three tunes on…