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...

Alumni Happenings March 1 –  March 14, 2023   Congratulations to 2001 Vail Jazz Workshop trumpet alum Chief Adjuah (aka Christian Scott), who has received the 2023 Doris Duke Artist Award for jazz! The...

Alumni Happenings Feb 15 –  Feb 28, 2023   Congratulations to 1997 Workshop alum Robert Glasper (piano), for bringing home a 2023 Grammy Award in the Best R&B Album category, for his recently released...

Alumni Happenings Feb 1 –  Feb 14, 2023   2014 piano alum Isaiah J. Thompson has a number of upcoming performances with guitarist John Pizzarelli: as a trio at Rowan University in Glassboro NJ...

Alumni Happenings Jan 18, 2023- Jan 31, 2023   1999 saxophone alum Lakecia Benjamin’s 2020 album, Pursuance: The Coltranes – a tribute to John and Alice Coltrane – received rave reviews from critics and...

Alumni Happenings Dec 28, 2022- Jan 17, 2023   1997 piano alum Robert Glasper hosts and performs in the Blue Note at Sea Cruise, leaving Ft. Lauderdale FL and sailing January 13-20. The cruise...

Alumni Happenings Dec 14- Dec 27, 2022   2002 Workshop alum Sullivan Fortner (piano) is featured playing Hammond B3 on a new holiday single, “O Holy Night,” just released by 2023 Grammy-nominated vocalist Samara...

Alumni Happenings Nov 30- Dec 13, 2022   Congratulations to 2023 Grammy nominees Terrace Martin (1997 saxophone), Robert Glasper (1997 piano), and Ambrose Akinmusire (2000 trumpet)! Martin’s Drones was nominated for Best Progressive R&B...