Fly Higher: Charlie Parker @ 100 - canceled

Tri-C JazzFest Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square|Cleveland, OH, Cleveland, OH

Artemis - canceled

ArtistsThe Isley Brothers featuring Ronald and Ernie Isley Dee Dee Bridgewater and the Memphis Soulphony Femi Kuti & The Positive Force Artemis featuring Renee Rosnes, Anat Cohen, Ingrid Jensen, Nicole Glover, Noriko Ueda & Allison Miller Lean on Me: José James Celebrates Bill Withers Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Incognito Azar Lawrence Experience The Lao Tizer Band featuring Eric Marienthal, Tita Hutchison, Gene Coye, Ric Fierabracci, Munyungo Jackson & Jeff Marshall The LAUSD/Beyond the Bell All-City Jazz Big Band

Playboy Jazz Festival|Hollywood Bowl|Hollywood, CA, Hollywood, CA

Ravi Shankar Centenary Celebration featuring Anoushka Shankar and special guest Phillip Glass - postponed to date TBA

As a performer on sitar, composer and teacher, Ravi Shankar contributed to the worldwide spread of Indian music and culture. His wife, Sukanya Shankar, and daughter, sitarist Anoushka Shankar, have curated this concert in honor of his centenary in 2020. The program celebrates his life and legacy with an evening of his music featuring Anoushka joined by many of his disciples.PerformersAnoushka Shankar, SitarPhilip Glass, PianoVishwa Mohan Bhatt mohan veenaTarun Bhattacharya santoorPartho Sarothy sarodShubhendra Rao sitarGaurav Mazumdar sitarBikram Ghosh tablaTanmoy Bose tablaBarry Phillips celloAditya Verma sarodRavichandra Kulur fluteSanjeev Shankar shehnaiAshwani Shankar shehnaiBC Manjunath mridangamPratik Shrivastava sarodPirashanna Thevarajah mridangam, ghatam, morsingKenji Ota tanpuraNick Able tanpuraIndrani Mukherjee vocalsSudakshina Alagia vocals 

Carnegie Hall|New York, NY, New York, NY

Fly Higher: Charlie Parker @ 100 - canceled

Fly Higher brings a septet of stars for a centennial tribute to jazz legend and bebop pioneer Charlie ("Bird') Parker. Considered "one of the finest saxophonists going" (Pitchfork), Rudresh Mahanthappa partners with three-time Grammy-winning drummer, composer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington to lead a stunning lineup for the project: Charenée Wade (vocals), Adam O'Farrill (trumpet), Kris Davis (piano), Larry Grenadier (bass) and Kassa Overall, (DJ). Honoring Parker’s musical legacy but looking beyond it, their concert tracks the impact of an artist whose innovations as a player and composer changed the path of jazz—and powerfully influenced the evolution of new music that would become pop, rock and hip hop.

Coolidge Auditorium|Library of Congress, Washington DC , Washington DC

Artemis - canceled

For 25 years, the Kennedy Center has paid tribute to legendary jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981). On May 8, the Kennedy Center celebrates the 70th Birthday of an artist who performed at the first Williams Festival in 1996, host and NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater. Join Dee Dee as she takes the stage to perform with a select group of her closest friends in a birthday bash not-to-be missed. On May 9, the Festival continues with the featured supergroup, Artemis, with Renee Rosnes, Noriko Ueda, Allison Miller, Melissa Aldana, Ingrid Jensen, and Anat Cohen. Celebrate the life and work of Mary Lou Williams—who blazed a trail by overcoming industry gender and racial discrimination with a fearless devotion to musical innovation and creativity. A full line-up will be announced at a later date.

Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival: Silver Anniversary|The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Terrace Theater|Washington DC, Washington DC

Joyce and George T. Wein Shape of Jazz Series: Theo Croker & Big Brother - canceled

Dynamic trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Theo Croker leads a new big-band project, featuring some of the most important contemporary musicians in jazz. His acclaimed albums Escape Velocity, AfroPhysicist, and his 2019 release Star People Nation form the basis of this program, along with fresh interpretations of works from jazz masters past and present.

Zankel Hall @ Carnegie Hall|New York, NY, New York, NY

Artemis - canceled

All-female supergroup Artemis is comprised of six leading musicians hailing from four different continents. Performing bold takes on jazz standards and striking originals by the group’s members, the sextet brings a stunning level of passion, power and sensitivity to every concert.Jazzmeia Horn opens:With her Grammy®-nominated debut album, A Social Call, following a Thelonious Monk Competition victory, Jazzmeia Horn is “without a doubt among the jazz world’s most exciting young vocalists … her sound is explosive and bright and rich, catnip for audiences looking for boldness that’s still traditional” (Billboard).

Symphony Center|Orchestra Hall|Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL

Artemis - canceled

Dimitriou's Jazz Alley|2033 6th Ave.|Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA

Artemis - canceled

Dimitriou's Jazz Alley|2033 6th Ave.|Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA

Artemis - canceled

Kuumbwa Jazz Center| Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz, CA

Artemis - canceled

Assembled by pianist, composer, and founding SFJAZZ Collective member Renee Rosnes, Artemis is a true all-star superband of modern jazz masters, each a major bandleader and composer. Named for the Olympian goddess of the hunt and the wild, this superlative sextet is an international affair, with members hailing from the U.S., Canada, Israel, Chile, and Japan.A veteran of work with Joe Henderson, J.J. Johnson, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Bobby Hutcherson, Rosnes is among the most accomplished pianists in jazz, having led 17 albums as a bandleader including her 2018 live quintet session Beloved of the Sky. Santiago native Melissa Aldana was the winner of the 2013 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition and has recorded four albums, most recently 2019’s quartet date Visions inspired by the work of Frida Kahlo. One of the great post bop trumpeters to rise in the late 20th century, Vancouver-born Juno Award-winner Ingrid Jensen has led 10 albums and collaborated with Terri Lyne Carrington, Dr. Lonnie Smith, the Vienna Art Orchestra, and Maria Schneider. Anat Cohen is the most celebrated clarinetist of her generation, winning the DownBeat Critics Poll for seven consecutive years. She’s recorded seven diverse sessions under her own name and four with her brothers Avishai and Yuval as the 3 Cohens. Bassist Noriko Ueda won third annual BMI Foundation Charlie Parker Jazz composition prize and is a member of the DIVA Jazz Orchestra. New York-based drummer Allison Miller is a masterful musician and composer who leads the celebrated band Boom-Tic-Boom and has worked with artists including Ani DiFranco, Natalie Merchant, and Virginia Mayhew. She’s led eight recordings including her latest, Glitter Wolf.

SFJAZZ Center|Miner Auditorium|San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA

Artemis - canceled

Assembled by pianist, composer, and founding SFJAZZ Collective member Renee Rosnes, Artemis is a true all-star superband of modern jazz masters, each a major bandleader and composer. Named for the Olympian goddess of the hunt and the wild, this superlative sextet is an international affair, with members hailing from the U.S., Canada, Israel, Chile, and Japan.A veteran of work with Joe Henderson, J.J. Johnson, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Bobby Hutcherson, Rosnes is among the most accomplished pianists in jazz, having led 17 albums as a bandleader including her 2018 live quintet session Beloved of the Sky. Santiago native Melissa Aldana was the winner of the 2013 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition and has recorded four albums, most recently 2019’s quartet date Visions inspired by the work of Frida Kahlo. One of the great post bop trumpeters to rise in the late 20th century, Vancouver-born Juno Award-winner Ingrid Jensen has led 10 albums and collaborated with Terri Lyne Carrington, Dr. Lonnie Smith, the Vienna Art Orchestra, and Maria Schneider. Anat Cohen is the most celebrated clarinetist of her generation, winning the DownBeat Critics Poll for seven consecutive years. She’s recorded seven diverse sessions under her own name and four with her brothers Avishai and Yuval as the 3 Cohens. Bassist Noriko Ueda won third annual BMI Foundation Charlie Parker Jazz composition prize and is a member of the DIVA Jazz Orchestra. New York-based drummer Allison Miller is a masterful musician and composer who leads the celebrated band Boom-Tic-Boom and has worked with artists including Ani DiFranco, Natalie Merchant, and Virginia Mayhew. She’s led eight recordings including her latest, Glitter Wolf.

SFJAZZ Center|Miner Auditorium|San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA