The 2025-26 Jazz Roots season honors jazz legends and celebrates artists shaping the genre today.
On February 12, Grammy-winning singer Samara Joy will perform songs from her latest album, Portrait. The season continues February 20 with Grammy winner Terence Blanchard, The E-Collective and Turtle Island Quartet performing the Malcolm X Jazz Suite. On April 17, percussion icon Sheila E. lights up the stage with hits from her groundbreaking career. The season comes to a close May 8 with Emmet Cohen's Live From Emmet’s Place, as pianist Emmet Cohen and his trio deliver a Harlem Renaissance-style jam session with surprise guests.
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April 17 at 8 p.m.
An Evening With Sheila E.
Grammy winner Sheila E., known as the Queen of Percussion, is a music luminary whose career includes being the first female percussionist honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
May 8 at 8 p.m.
Emmet Cohen's Live From Emmet's Place
Live From Emmet’s Place is the touring version of Emmet Cohen’s live-streamed series, which brought world-class jazz into homes during the pandemic. Cohen and his trio re-create the series onstage with a living room-style jam session complete with top-tier musicianship and surprise guests. Inspired by Harlem rent parties, the show invites audiences to feel as if they’re in Cohen’s New York apartment.
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