Dick Hyman & Friends Thursday, May 10th at 8PM NEA Jazz Master Dick Hyman Jay Leonhart Wycliffe Gordon (photo) Ken Peplowski Chuck Redd Jack Kleinsinger’s “Highlights in Jazz” is New York City’s longest running jazz concert series. Subscribe to “Highlights…
The Millennials Meet the Masters Thursday, March 22 at 8PM Millennials Peter & Will Anderson Dominick Farinacci Masters NEA Jazz Master Ron Carter NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb Steve Turre George Cables Jack Kleinsinger’s “Highlights in Jazz” is New…
Salute to Russell Malone Thursday, June 21st at 8PM With NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath, Houston Person, Willie Jones III, Gene Bertoncini, Lewis Nash, Jeremy Pelt, Steve Nelson, Luke Sellick and the Guest Of Honor: Russell Malone. Jack Kleinsinger’s “Highlights…
Centennial of Joe Bushkin Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 8PM; $50 / students $45 (on sale Sept.) Harry Allen Eric Comstock Wycliffe Gordon Steve Johns Nicki Parrott Ken Peplowski Ted Rosenthal Warren Vache Spike Wilner Musical Director – Bob Merrill…
45th Anniversary Gala Thursday, February 22 at 8PM Bucky Pizzarelli Trio Allan Harris Jack Kleinsinger’s “Highlights in Jazz” is New York City’s longest running jazz concert series. Subscribe to “Highlights in Jazz” – $180 (save $20) – one ticket to…
Scenes through the Cinema Lens event Born in March, 1919, Nat King Cole had an especially intriguing career. Starting out as a rhythm and blues performer with a trickster’s manner, Cole crossed over to a white audience with “Straighten Up…
Scenes through the Cinema Lens event Choice moments in cinema history when stars who can act and sing are presented at their most glamorous. We’ll see distinguished jazz singers like Abbey Lincoln, Peggy Lee, and Billie Holiday, all of whom…
Scenes through the Cinema Lens event Moderator Krin Gabbard's father was eleven years old when he first saw Frankenstein’s monster in James Whale’s 1931 film. He was terrified. It may be safe to assume that today's eleven-year-olds are pretty blasé…
Scenes through the Cinema Lens event The first jazz recordings were made by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band in 1917. Today we’re much more likely to be celebrating the birthdays of three great jazz artists, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, and…
Scenes through the Cinema Lens Presents Trumpet Stories April 18, 2017 at 7:30PM; FREE This program features great jazz trumpet soloists such as Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Lee Morgan. We will also sample the strange…
