Visionary Cuban pianist and composer Villafranca brings us an ambitious and culturally enlightening program. Leading an all-star band, Villafranca examines a wide range of jazz written with great reverence to Africa. Exploring jazz's deep, unifying roots in Africa, Villafranca incorporates musica...

Trio da Paz comes back to Dizzy’s Club to revive the tradition of their summer residency. Formed in 1990 by three of Brazil’s most in-demand master musicians—guitarist Romero Lubambo, bassist Nilson Matta, and drummer Duduka da Fonseca—Trio da Paz embodies the infectious spirit of jazz-oriented B...

Pianist, vocalist, and composer Michele Rosewoman has consistently brought together the most inventive voices in jazz and has used her New Yor-Uba ensemble to fuse the worlds of contemporary jazz and Cuban folkloric music for over 38 years. Rosewoman has performed with renowned jazz and Latin art...

Called the “female João Gilberto,” Rosa Passos is a living legend. A prolific, distinct vocalist and guitarist with a playful yet sophisticated style, her four sold-out shows in the Appel Room with Kenny Barron in 2016 were a season highlight at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Now, before her March 24-25...

Grammy Award–winning drummer and composer Dion Parson has now been leading the stellar 21st Century Band for 21 years. Together with saxophonist Ron Blake (of the legendary Saturday Night Live Band), Parson formed 21st Century Band in 1998 to showcase the music of the U.S. Virgin Islands. It has ...

Chick Corea was quoted in a 2019 Billboard interview as saying, “That [Latin] flavor, I find, is mostly in everything I do; it’s a part of me.” As we celebrate jazz icon Chick Corea, who tragically passed away in February 2021, in Rose Theater for two nights, Cuban pianist Elio Villafranca will d...