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Workshop Alumni Happenings June 9 – June 22, 2023

Alumni Happenings June 9 – June 22, 2023   Guitarist Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye trio, now with Chris Fishman (2014) at the piano, has a busy touring schedule the next couple of weeks: They’ll be...

Workshop Alumni Happenings May 26 – June 8, 2023

Alumni Happenings May 26 – June 8, 2023   On “Gabriel,” the recently released single by 2011 bass alum Daryl Johns, he plays not only bass but also drums, guitar, piano, and synthesizer. Check...

Workshop Alumni Happenings May 12 – May 26, 2023

Alumni Happenings May 12 –  May 26, 2023   Performances   The May 12 DACAMERA premiere of drummer Kendrick Scott’s “Unearthed,” an evening-length work inspired by the Sugar Land 95 (the 95 African Americans...

Workshop Alumni Happenings April 28 – May 11, 2023

Alumni Happenings April 28 –  May 11, 2023   Congratulations to 2014 Vail Jazz Workshop alum Isaiah J. Thompson, who just won the prestigious 2023 American Pianists Award for jazz, presented by the American...

Workshop Alumni Happenings April 14 – April 27, 2023

Alumni Happenings April 14 –  April 27, 2023   Several Workshop alumni are getting the appreciation they deserve this April during Jazz Appreciation Month. 2014 alum Christian McGhee (drums) won the BMI Future Jazz...

The Search for Vail Jazz Artistic Director Begins

The Search for Vail Jazz Artistic Director Begins In this period of imagination, planning, and growth, identifying the long-term Artistic Director to help lead Vail Jazz is a top priority. To that end, the...

Workshop Alumni Happenings March 29 – April 13, 2023

Alumni Happenings March 29 –  April 13, 2023   The Vail Jazz Workshop has been so successful in cultivating the talents of new generations of jazz musicians that three of its alumni will headline...

Workshop Alumni Happenings March 15 – March 28, 2023

Alumni Happenings March 15 –  March 28, 2023   Saxophonist/flutist Charles Lloyd celebrates his 85th birthday on March 18 at the Jazz at Naz Festival, with Gerald Clayton (2002) on piano in Lloyd’s Ocean...