
Jazz Power Initiative Presents: Zollar Systems
Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam presents: James Zollar and Zollar Systems
Jazz Power Community Concerts engage, inspire and empower diverse communities through intergenerational performances of jazz music, dance and theatre.
Since 2017, Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam at National Jazz Museum in Harlem and Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center has been bringing together singers, musicians, dancers, spoken word artists and audiences of all ages to experience the power of jazz, community, and swing. Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam features a veteran artist performance followed by an invitation to special guests from younger generations to join the jam. Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam takes place on the third Wednesday of each month from 7-9 p.m. at Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center at 530 West 166th Street, and the third Saturday of each month from 2-4 PM at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem located at 58 West 129th Street in Manhattan. Past performers include Catherine Russell, Evan Christopher, Ari Roland, Claire Daly, Charenee Wade, Yasser Tejeda, Ray Anderson, Max Pollak, Mickey Davidson and Shireen Dickson.
Since 2022, Jazz Power Initiative’s Intergenerational Jazz Power Festival has been bringing together multiple jazz and Latin jazz bands, with performances encompassing music, theatre and dance, offered free to the general public. Veteran performing artists, alongside emerging artists and our very own youth program students, showcase new and classic jazz compositions. Ranging from NYC Palladium-era salsa big bands, and the classic vocal arrangements created by jazz greats Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, to our Jazz Power musicals written for young performers, as well as newly commissioned jazz music, the Intergenerational Jazz Power Festival brings multidisciplinary collaborations by outstanding performing jazz and Latin jazz artists to the Northern Manhattan community at no cost. Since 2023, the festival has been held at the Northern tip of Manhattan in Inwood Hill Park overlooking the Hudson River.