This Season Pass entitles the holder to 1 ticket to all sets of the 13 performances of the Spring 2018 Jazz Series.
Percussionist and composer Susie Ibarra presents her DreamTime Ensemble featuring cellist Yves Dharamraj, violinist Jennifer Choi, multi-instrumentalist Jake Landau, vocalist Claudia Acuna, and electronics artist Yuka C. Honda.
Pianist Manuel Valera performs with his trio featuring bassist Hans Glawischnig and drummer EJ Strickland.
Trumpeter and composer Josh Lawrence performs with his group Color Theory featuring saxophonist Caleb Curtis, drummer Anwar Marshall, bassist Luques Curtis, pianist Orrin Evans, keyboardist Adam Faulk, and trombonist Brent White.
Jen Shyu presents a solo work for voice, Taiwanese moon lute, Korean percussion, piano, and dance.
Legendary bassist Mario Pavone performs with his Dialect Trio featuring pianist Matt Mitchell and percussionist Tyshawn Sorey.
SONGS FOR PETRA presents the music of renown composer John Zorn and the lyrics of Grammy Award Winner Jesse Harris, performed by Petra Haden (vocals, violin), Jesse Harris (guitar, vocals) and The Julian Lage Trio: Julian Lage (guitar), Jorge Roeder (upright bass), and Eric Doob (drums).
Guggenheim Fellow and flutist Jamie Baum performs with her Septet + featuring trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, saxophonist Sam Sadigursky, French hornist Chris Komer, guitarist Brad Shepik, pianist John Escreet, bassist Zack Lober, and drummer Jeff Hirshfield.
Jason Kao Hwang's Sing House performs featuring percussionist Andrew Drury, bassisst Ken Filiano, pianist Chris Forbes, and trombonist Steve Swell.
Clarinetist Ben Goldberg's new quintet performs which features guitarist Mary Halvorson and drummer Tomas Fujiwara from Goldberg's other group The Out Louds and adds Michael Formanek on bass and Ellery Eskelin on saxophone.
Trombonist Samuel Blaser's Trio performs featuring guitarist Marc Ducret and drummer Peter Bruun.
Joseph Daley's Tuba Trio with percussionist Warren Smith and multi-reedist Scott Robinson performs. Special guests include reedist Bill Cole, kora player and vocalist Althea SullyCole, and trombonist Craig Harris.
Legendary composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith presents the Second Annual CREATE Festival in New Haven, CT, a two-day celebration and exploration of his inventive and unclassifiable music that will feature world or US premiere performances of four new suites. Taking place Saturday, April 7 and Sunday, April 8, 2018 at Firehouse 12, 45 Crown Street, New Haven, CT, the festival will include performances by five separate ensembles over two evenings and include an exhibit of Smith’s Ankhrasmation Symbolic Language Scores. Performances take place at 7 p.m. each evening; exhibition walk-through on Sunday at 3 p.m. A full schedule of events is below. Tickets are $30 for each of the concerts; $55 for both. There is no charge for the exhibit.
Mary Halvorson's Code Girl featuring Amirtha Kidambi, Adam O'Farrill, Michael Formanek, and Tomas Fujiwara perform in celebration of the release of their eponymous album on Firehouse 12 Records.
Saxophonist and composer Allen Lowe will perform his suite entitled Black, Brown, and Beige, Yellow, Trans, and Queer: My Country 'Tis of This which is a response to the current political situation in the USA and the question of what it means to be American.
Keith Harkin (of Celtic Thunder) will be hitting the road to support a new Live Album & DVD! He’ll be touring during his favorite time of the year St. Patrick's Day.
Saxophonist Marty Ehrlich's new quartet Philosophy of a Groove performs featuring James Weidman on piano, Jerome Harris on acoustic bass guitar, and Ben Perowsky on drums.
