modern jazz

Visionary composer, improvisor, and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey brings his modern reimaginings of music from the American Songbook to Jazz in July. Performing with several of his closest collaborators, including Aaron Diehl on piano, Yasushi Nakamura on bass, and the superb Warren Wolf on vibes, the quartet of musicians explores the beauty and nuance of the American… Continue reading Tyshawn Sorey Trio and Warren Wolf

This star-studded triple bill in Central Park features the first-ever Pakistani Grammy winner, an Indian film music superstar and Tunisia’s voice of the Arab Spring. Like many children of the diaspora, Arooj Aftab straddles the old world and the new, studied and trained in modern sounds but carrying the spirit and tradition of her ancestral… Continue reading Arooj Aftab at Central Park