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...
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...
The Vail Jazz Party Brings in Big Name Performers Over Labor Day Weekend Passes and tickets are on sale for the premier Labor Day Weekend event VAIL, Colo. – May 23, 2023– The event...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Vail Jazz Festival Returns in Full Bloom Performances will include the return of the headliner series under the Jazz Tent, free club-style concerts at the Tavern, and free Sunday afternoon concerts on the Solaris...
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...