Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Elvin Bishop and Grammy-winning harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite have over 100 years of professional musicianship between them. They are among the most famous bluesmen in the world and are both Blues Hall of Famers. Although they've known each other since the early 1960s, they did not make an album together until 2020's [ITALICS]100 Years of Blues, on which they trade licks and vocals on 12 rootsy, spirited songs. At their Jazz Roots concert, expect a night of lived-in, front porch-style music and conversation.

Over the past three decades, 11-time Grammy Award winner Christian McBride has fronted ensembles that span and synthesize straight-ahead and experimental jazz, funk, soul, Latin, hip-hop and rhythm and blues. His celebrated groups include Inside Straight, Christian McBride Big Band, Ursa Major, Christian McBride’s New Jawn, The Christian McBride Trio and A Christian McBride Situation.

Several of those paths converged on Without Further Ado, Vol. 1, the Christian McBride Big Band's 2025 album, which won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble. For the first time, the 17-piece band shared the spotlight with a host of guest vocalists, including Sting, Samara Joy, Dianne Reeves, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Jeffrey Osborne and Antoinette Henry. The album includes covers of songs by The Police, Cole Porter, Carole King and others.

The bass-playing McBride and his band are likely to perform music from that recording and the group's previous three albums, which feature jazz standards and McBride originals, at this larger-than-life concert.