Jazzmobile is once again presenting Jazz Greats, Masters, Legends and Emerging Artists for a 3 hour evening of great music - presented during National Jazz Appreciation month. WINARD HARPER, MUSIC DIRECTOR LIST IN FORMATION | LINE UP SUBJECT TO CHANGE NAT ADDERLEY, JR., Piano T.K. BLUE, Sax ANDREA BRACHFELD, Flute RONNIE BURRAGE, Drums TED CHUBB, Trumpet MARION COWINGS, Vocals VINCE DUPONT, Bass BRUCE EDWARD, Guitar GIVETON GELIN, Trumpet GENE GHEE, Sax DAVID F. GIBSON, Drums GHANNIYYA GREEN, Vocals ROLAND GUERRERO, Percussion PHILIP HARPER, Trumpet BARRY HARRIS, Piano CRAIG HARRIS, Trombone LAFAYETTE HARRIS, JR., Piano PATIENCE HIGGINS, Sax JAY HOGGARD, Vibes BERTHA HOPE, Piano CURTIS LUNDY, Bass DANNY MIXON, Piano ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE, Vocals JOEY MORANT, Trumpet JEREMY PELT, Trumpet LONNIE PLAXICO, Bass JUSTIN ROBINSON, Sax BENNY RUBIN, JR., Sax BOBBY SANABRIA, Drums BILL SAXTON, Sax CYNTHIA SCOTT, Vocals DARNELL "JAY" STARKES, Bass CHARISA THE VIOLINDIVA, Violin BRIANNA THOMAS, Vocals ELI YAMIN, Piano ALYSON WILLIAMS, Vocals

Hailed as a Virtuoso and Intensely Soulful by the New York Times and Spellbinding by the New Yorker, and Incredibly Rich Sound by the CBC, Kinan Azmeh is one of Syria's rising stars. His utterly distinctive sound across different musical genres is now fast gaining international recognition. Born in Damascus, Kinan was the first Arab to win the premier prize at the 1997 Nicolai Rubinstein International Competition, Moscow. He has appeared as soloist with the Bavarian radio orchestra, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the NDR big-band, the Kiev Camerata, the Knights Orchestra, the Izmir State Opera Orchestra, the Corasara Orchestra, the Osnabruck Symphony, the Morgenland Festival Orchestra, the Qatar Philharmonic , the New Juilliard Ensemble and the Syrian Symphony Orchestra among others, and has shared the stage with Yo-Yo Ma, Marcel Khalife, Aynur, Daniel Barenboim, Jivan Gasparian, Zakir Hussein Francois Rabbath, Simon Shaheen, Solhi-al-Wadi, Calefax Reed Quintet, and members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. Video: Kinan Azmeh: The Wedding from Suite for Improvisor and [...]

The program opens with a screening, from 4:00–5:00 p.m., of the 2015 Carol Bash film Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band. The filmmaker and journalist will be on hand following the movie for a conversation with jazz historian Loren Schoenberg, a senior scholar at The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, from 5:00–5:00 p.m., and the event will conclude with a performance from 6:00– 7:00 p.m. by The Bertha Hope Quintet in partnership with the National Jazz Foundation. Bertha Hope, a 2018 recipient o the National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s Legends of Jazz Award, is a recording artist, bandleader, and educator whose work has some overlaps with Williams’ own career. Hope’s own collaborations include global tours with Nat Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, and Eddie Henderson. The concert thus provides the audience with a direct link through a century of jazz performance and performers.                

For the fifth annual “Make Some Noise” concert, Barnard College and Summer on the Hudson (NYC Parks & Riverside Park Conservancy) welcome back some of the standout artists from over the years. This free concert celebrating women and music features unforgettable performances by student and alumnae musicians from New York City colleges and universities in a lovely setting. Bring a blanket, or borrow one of our chairs, and hear from up-and-coming women artists reinventing pop, jazz, funk, and more. These anniversary performances take place 5:30–9 PM; stop by anytime! #MakeSomeNoise Rain or shine. (Rain location at Barnard College.) Information events@barnard.edu