Jay Clayton has been key to the successful development of the Vermont Jazz Center’s vocal program. Dearly loved by her students, she combines a deep knowledge of the music with compassion for all. She swings like crazy, engenders the perfect...

Val Jeanty & the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice Featuring afternoon performances by regional high school & college groups Beginning in 2013 the Vermont Jazz Center has presented emerging artists as part of its programming. In 2017 the...

VJC pays homage to the big band era this season, uniting our in-house big band with critically acclaimed singer Amanda Carr. Carr became acquainted with the Great American Songbook through her parents who were both professional big band musicians in...

  Winner of The Downbeat Rising Star Award, Joel Ross has been taking the jazz world by storm. As Downbeat magazine says, his “playing erupts through the layers of lush arrangements like consistent currents of electricity, high-powered and full of...

George Cables is a true jazz master, revered by aficionados and peers alike for his inventive harmonic concepts and beautiful, lyrical style. He will be performing in a trio setting at the jazz center with Essiet Essiet on acoustic bass...

FOR ALL MUSIC LOVERS, not just pianists, interested in both the practical and spiritual aspects of jazz and improvised music. Together we will hear six brilliant pianists perform and discuss their relationship to music, to the jazz lineage, to structure...

Composer and pianist Eugene Uman and the original members of the Convergence Project  return to the Vermont Jazz Center for a reunion concert performing high-energy original jazz compositions . This configuration of the Convergence project, with the Takeishi brothers’ rhythm...

Nduduzo Makhathini grew up in the lush and rugged hill country of South Africa, where music and ritual practices are symbiotically linked. The area is significant historically as the site of the mid-19th century Zulu kingdom where the Zulu/African warrior code...