Trumpet player and composer Terell Stafford has been leading the jazz and instrumental studies programs at Temple University in addition to his own projects. His personal delivery of a virtuosic vocabulary draws in listeners at every turn. Bassist and composer Rodney Whitaker transmits an express...

Hosted by beloved vocalist Catherine Russell, the daughter of long-time Louis Armstrong associate Luis Russell, this family-friendly concert explores the musical styles of New Orleans—the birthplace of jazz.

Moderated and DJ’ed by renowned bassist and composer Christian McBride, this conversation between Wynton Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard in the Appel Room captures the duo's long, shared history, from New Orleans to Art Blakey's band to their current roles as leaders of two of the world's foremos...

In this recent May 2024 performance, award-winning multi-instrumentalist and film composer Christian X. M. McGhee leads his 10-piece string orchestra and band The Xtet at Dizzy’s Club, premiering his debut album and BMI commission, A Winged Resilience. Signaling McGhee’s creative poise and burgeo...

Dizzy's club welcomes rising star alto saxophonist Sarah Hanahan to celebrate the release of her debut album Among Giants (OUT NOW). The saxophonist, composer, and rising band leader features the same all-star, intergenerational quartet featured on the record for an energetic evening full of blis...

The feel and sound of MONK’estra captures the spirit of Thelonious Monk’s singular style with its off-beat melodies, humor, strange beauty and unbounded swing in fresh arrangements that have an eye to the future infused with contemporary harmonies, unstoppable grooves, flavored with hints of New ...

Acclaimed guitarist Stéphane Wrembel brings his Django New Orleans project to Dizzy's to celebrate his first time ever in the club.

Originally recorded November 4, 2021.

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Stéphane Wrembel – guitar
Bria Skonberg – trumpet, vocals
Daisy Castro – violin
Nick Driscoll – clarinet, soprano ...

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis offers a truly unique celebration of master educator, composer, and musical thinker Leonard Bernstein. Grammy Award-nominated composer and arranger Richard DeRosa, whose significant talent is recognized from Broadway to industry-leading ja...

This March, pianist Isaiah J. Thompson's first live album—The Power of the Spirit—is coming out on Blue Engine Records. "A young musician and composer with a mature touch and rare combination of talent, creativity, humility and honesty” (NPR), Thompson is an emerging, generational talent who has ...

Downbeat's 3x nominated "Rising-Star Alto Saxophone" artist, Alexa Tarantino is a NY-based jazz saxophone and woodwind artist, composer and mentor. Watch now as she takes on the Dizzy's stage with a renowned supporting band performing songs from her original albums Clarity and Firefly.

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A saxophonist for many of jazz's greats (including McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard and more), Azar Lawrence brings the seven-piece Azar Lawrence Experience to Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club. The Experience encompasses Azar's music, art and spirituality; in this performance, the g...