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...

The Vermont Jazz Center is pleased to present on September 17th, 2022 at 8:00 PM, the Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet featuring Mr. Akinmusire on trumpet along with Sam Harris on piano and Tim Angulo on drums (bassist TBA). This is a...