Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro

Jazz Generations Initiative presents ANCIENT ENTRY The Bamboula Jazz Cohort is a collective of New Orleans musicians invited annually by Jazz Generations Initiative (JGI) co-founder Dr. Courtney Bryan to collaborate around the multigenerational and interdisciplinary aspects of jazz in curating, producing, and composing work that honors the opportunity to converse intentionally around a wide variety of topics spanning: healing, democracy, creolit, and more. Tonights concert introduces the first B

Mitch Woods*Happy Hour Concert Series* featuring Mitch WoodsBorn in Brooklyn in 1951, Mitch Woods is an American boogie-woogie, jump blues, and jazz pianist and singer. His musical journey began at age eight when he was captivated by boogie-woogie piano. By his mid-teens, he was forming bands in Greenwich Village. In 1970, Woods moved to San Francisco, where he formed Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s in 1980, reviving the jump blues style of the 1940s and 1950s. The band released their debut album

Fred Wesley & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra Fred Wesley is a legendary trombone master whose powerful, soulful playing helped define the sound of funk and modern jazz. Best known for his work as the musical director for James Brown and as a key collaborator with George Clinton in Parliament-Funkadelic, Wesley blends virtuosic technique with deep groove and sharp musical wit. His improvisational skill, tight arrangements, and commanding tone have made him one of the most influential trombonists of hi

Thais Clark with the Young Bucks OrchestraBorn and raised in New Orleans Seventh Ward, Thais Clark is a high-energy performer with a deep-rooted passion for the bawdy numbers popularized by blues legends Ma Rainy and Bessie Smith. Regarded as a New Orleans vocal legend, this dynamic singer-dancer can present each song like no one else, having more than 30 years of experience performing before audiences at home and around the world. Thais performed in the New Orleans-born, hit Off-Broadway musica

Trumpet Mafia From its organic beginnings in 2013 as a group of trumpeters getting together at bandleader, composer and educator, Ashlin Parkers New Orleans apartment to share practice techniques, the Trumpet Mafia has grown into an international collective of creative excellence. Their unexpected arrangements mix traditional jazz and hip-hop. Since 2016, the rotating assembly of horn players has performed energetic takeovers both in street pop-ups and at numerous festivals in New Orleans and ab