The 23rd Annual NYC Winter Jazzfest 2027 | January 12th-19th, 2027
Collective Radiance: NYC Winter Jazzfest 2027 Announces
Manhattan and Brooklyn Marathon Lineups For January 15 and 16
Stages Programmed with Jazz Communities from Across the Country.
Individual Shows Include:
Collective Radiance Concert feat. Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble and more; William Parker 75th Birthday Celebration; Artwork Records Night; Collective Resonance Concert feat. BDA w/ Toribio & Bring Dat Jazz orchestra, Irreversible Entanglements and more; From The Mountain Top feat. William Parker; Kweku Sumbry Reimagines Elvin Jones’ Puttin’ It Together; Spirits of Coltrane with Ravi Coltrane and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
NYC Winter Jazzfest 2027: January 12-19, 2027
In Manhattan and Brooklyn
Full Festival and Marathon Passes on sale at winterjazzfest.com
Tickets Are On Sale Now
23rd season theme: Collective Radiance
On January 10, 2027, bassist, composer and poet William Parker turns 75. Two days later, NYC Winter Jazzfest opens its 23rd edition on stages across Manhattan and Brooklyn, and the festival will mark Parker’s birthday with a series of performances through January 19. Ravi Coltrane and Michelle Coltrane will host Expressions, a Coltrane 100 celebration that ends with a two-part concert. Jazz communities from Portland, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. will send artists who carry their home scenes with them, in a first wave that also spans experimental music, soul and global traditions.
Collective Radiance
This year’s theme, Collective Radiance, starts from a simple idea: what an individual community of musicians and listeners generate together is larger than any single one and nurtures a strong combined ecosystem. Winter Jazzfest has always reflected New York. In 2027 it opens its stages to the jazz communities that sustain the music in cities across the country, and invites artists who bring their home scenes with our audiences.
Portland’s Cosmic Tones Research Trio arrives through a new partnership with KMHD Jazz Radio. Chicago is represented by the Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble in their NYC debut and by Kahil El’Zabar, who appears with David Murray. From New Orleans come Davell Crawford and Victor Campbell; from Los Angeles, Jimetta Rose, Dave Harrington, and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson; from Philadelphia, the Sun Ra Arkestra; and from Washington, D.C., The Messthetics.
Each scene has its own elders, its hallowed halls, and its own way of marking the music in the community. Representing these separate communities together in New York in January, when presenters from around the world are in town for APAP, is how we assemble and celebrate together. In the coldest season, during these uncomfortable times, we create a warm and welcoming place for collective communal joy.
Manhattan and Brooklyn Marathon Schedules Announced, January 15 and 16
MANHATTAN MARATHON, FRIDAY JANUARY 15:
LPR
5:30 PM – Doors open
6:00 PM – Julius Rodriguez – From the Bench to the Throne
7:15 PM – Donny McCaslin
8:30 PM – Melanie Charles and The Jazz Baddies
9:45 PM – The Greyboy Allstars
11:00 PM – Marc Ribot’s Hurry Red Telephone
12:15 AM – Chad Taylor’s Matape
City Winery
6:00 PM – Doors open
6:30 PM – Cheryl Durongpisitkul
7:45 PM – Gretchen Parlato
9:00 PM – Andrew Cyrille Quartet
10:15 PM – Steven Bernstein ResoNation Trio
11:30 PM – Dafnis Prieto Sí o Sí Quartet
City Winery Loft
6:00 PM – Doors open
6:15 PM – Alan Braufman
7:30 PM – Candice Hoyes
8:45 PM – Jeremy Cunningham
10:00 PM – Allison Miller BOOM TIC BOOM
11:15 PM – Linda Sikhakhane
DROM
5:30 PM – Doors open
6:00 PM – Skylar Tang
7:15 PM – Patricia Brennan & Sylvie Courvoisier
8:30 PM – Marta Sanchez
9:45 PM – Melissa Aldana
11:00 PM – Elijah Fox
12:15 AM – Zohar & Adam (extended set)
Zinc Bar
6:00 PM – Doors open
6:45 PM – Sounds of April & Randall
8:00 PM – Hannah Marks Quartet
9:15 PM – Mathis Picard
10:30 PM – Zheniia
11:45 PM – Samir LanGus Quartet
D’Addario Stage at Nublu
6:30 PM – Doors open
7:00 PM – Adam Schatz Civil Engineering
8:15 PM – Elsa Nilsson Band of Pulses
9:30 PM – The Cosmic Tones Research Trio
10:45 PM – George Burton
12:00 AM – Billy Mohler
1:15 AM – Dave Harrington’s Pranksters East
Bitter End – Paris Jazz Stage
6:00 PM – Doors open
6:30 PM – Antoine Boyer & Yeore Kim
7:30 PM – Sarah Lancman
8:30 PM – No(w) Beauty
9:30 PM – Gildaa
10:30 PM – Harold Lopez Nussa
11:30 PM – Léa Maria Fries
Nightclub 101 – Where Flowers Grow Stage
6:30 PM – Doors open / Jadalareign (DJ)
7:30 PM – Janel Leppin Ensemble Volcanic Ash
8:45 PM – Blacks’ Myths
10:00 PM – Mayan Space Station
11:00 PM – Open Jam – Hosted by Trae Crudup (Downstairs)
11:15 PM – Val Jeanty + Cassie Watson Francillon present KaFou
12:30 AM – Melissa Almaguer Trio
BROOKLYN MARATHON, SATURDAY JANUARY 16:
The Ballroom at Arlo Williamsburg
6:00 PM – Doors open
6:45 PM – Lau Noah x Adam Neely
8:00 PM – William Parker & Marc Ribot
9:15 PM – KatzPascale
10:30 PM – Brandee Younger Trio
11:45 PM – Nate Mercereau’s Fantastic Thoughts w/ Carlos Niño & Austin WIlliamson
Brooklyn Bowl
6:00 PM – Doors open
6:15 PM – Sam Fribush Organ Trio
7:30 PM – TBA
8:45 PM – The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis
10:00 PM – Sun Ra Arkestra
11:15 PM – Gary Bartz NTU Troop
12:30 AM – The Nth Power
Superior Ingredients
6:30 PM – Doors open
7:00 PM – Sparklmami
8:15 PM – aja monet
9:30 PM – Stetson Fox & Dunn
10:45 PM – SHABAKA
12:00 AM – Knats
1:15 AM – Yoni Mayraz
Loove Annex – Fully Altered Stage
6:00 PM – Doors open
6:30 PM – Virginia MacDonald
7:45 PM – Lux Quartet
9:00 PM – Simon Moullier
10:15 PM – Nasheet Waits / Eric Revis / David Virelles
11:30 PM – Pan Amsterdam
Baby’s All Right
6:30 PM – Doors open
7:15 PM – Roni Kaspi
8:30 PM – Telemakus
9:45 PM – Ben Williams presents Continuum: The Music of Jaco Pastorius
11:00 PM – Ashley Henry
12:15 AM – Dezron Douglas
1:30 AM – Dolphin Hyperspace
Williamsburg Music Center
6:00 PM – Doors open
6:45 PM – TBA
8:00 PM – Next Jazz Legacy
9:15 PM – Williamsburg All Stars ft. Gerry Eastman
10:30 PM – Joe Dyson
11:45 PM – Emilio Modeste
Jolene at Moxy Williamsburg
9:00 PM-4:00 AM – Soul Summit
Cafe Erzulie – JGI Stage
10:00 PM – Doors open
10:30 PM – Late4dinner & The Family feat. Authentic Intelligence, Safa, SAFA, Chloe Hogan, AL SKRATCH, Qaasim The Strongest, Hrlum , Kai the Universe, Zora Imani, Ajai Kasim, Vanessa Camacho
12:00 AM – THE CIRCLE feat. Peter Collins, Hosted by Avangelia and Bobby Hall III
1:15 AM – CLASSICNEWWAVE + Mtali Banda
NYC Winter Jazzfest’s Marquee Concerts
COLLECTIVE RADIANCE
Featuring: Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble / Jimetta Rose presents METTASUN / Victor Campell / aja monet
Date: January 12, 2027
Venue: Roulette
Timing: 6:00 PM Doors, 6:30 PM Show
Pricing: $45 Advance Standing GA, $50 Advance Balcony Seated GA, $55 Day of Show
The theme of this year’s Winter Jazzfest, Collective Radiance, revolves around the belief that a community of musicians and listeners creates something greater than the sum of its parts, a shared energy that sustains the whole ecosystem around it. While Winter Jazzfest has always reflected the New York City jazz scene, in 2027 we open our stages to the communities that sustain the music in cities across the country, inviting artists to bring the energies of their spaces to New York audiences. This evening celebrates music communities whose shared commitment to the arts radiate far beyond their birthplaces, as vital elements of healthy collective live-music ecosystems.
Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble (Chicago)
Chicago artist Damon Locks founded the Black Monument Ensemble in 2015. The multigenerational group of singers, dancers, and instrumentalists blend free jazz, gospel, electronics, sampling, and spoken word in an immersive live experience. Making their NYC debut, they bring music from acclaimed International Anthem albums including Where Future Unfolds and Now. The group will feature Angel Bat Dawid, Dana Hall, Arif Smith, and other TBA.
Jimetta Rose presents METTASUN (Los Angeles)
A South Central Los Angeles native raised on church choirs, Jimetta Rose is a singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer whose warm, spiritual voice has shaped LA’s soul, jazz, and hip-hop scenes. Mettasun is her solo opus, inspired by the interplanetary mythologies of Sun Ra and dedicated to Arkestra vocalist June Tyson. Through her interpretations of Sun Ra classics like “Sleeping Beauty” and “Springtime Again,” she adds her voice to the Afrofuturist tradition, offering a jazz- and gospel-tinted vision of radical hope and Black joy.
Victor Campbell (Cuba, New Orleans)
Born in Camagüey, Cuba, pianist Victor Campbell trained at the National School of the Arts and moved to New Orleans in 2019. He has since absorbed the city’s many musical styles into his own virtuosic, joyful voice, blending Havana and New Orleans. Chucho Valdés has predicted he will revolutionize Cuban jazz piano.
aja monet (NYC, Miami, Los Angeles)
Brooklyn-born poet and lyricist aja monet calls herself a “surrealist blues poet.” The youngest ever winner of the Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam, she earned a Grammy nomination for her debut album when the poems do what they do. Her new album, the color of rain, co-produced with Justin Brown and Meshell Ndegeocello, moves between jazz, soul, hip-hop, and R&B with guests including Georgia Anne Muldrow and Novena Carmel. Rather than reciting over fixed arrangements, she works in close conversation with the music, adjusting her phrasing and cadence as the compositions shift. A longtime community organizer and co-founder of Smoke Signals Studio, an arts collective in Miami, she carries on the tradition of poets working alongside social movements for change.
This evening is presented in association with Jazz Generations Initiative and Dada Strain
William Parker’s 75th Birthday Celebration
Featuring William Parker, Hamid Drake, SHABAKA / Wadada Leo Smith & Sylvie Courvoisier / Black Cherry & Shamanic Principal (William Parker, Hamid Drake, Patricia Nicholson Parker, Val Jeanty, Shahzad Ismaily)
Date: January 13, 2027
Venue: Roulette
Timing: 7:00 PM Doors, 8:00 PM Show
Pricing: $55 Advance Seated GA, $65 Day of Show Seated GA
Born in the Bronx and shaped by the Lower East Side of the early 1970s, William Parker has spent five decades building communal infrastructure in New York, from his years in bands led by Cecil Taylor and David S. Ware to being an integral presence over the last 40 years as a teacher and mentor to the creative music communities of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. The Village Voice once called him “the most consistently brilliant free-jazz bassist of all time,” and his widely acclaimed, far-ranging recorded output as a leader now runs past 40 albums for AUM Fidelity and his own Centering Records alone. For the kick-off birthday celebration, Parker appears in trio with longtime friend and drummer Hamid Drake and multi-instrumentalist SHABAKA; Black Cherry, his percussion and African-instruments duo with Drake is here expanded with the presence of Patricia Nicholson Parker, Val Jeanty and Shahzad Ismaily. In between the two, we feature the duo of trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and pianist Sylvie Courvoisier. Smith will give the world premiere of a brand new composition for his momentous occasion. Says Parker, “This year at the Winter Jazzfest, I’m looking forward to celebrating my 75th year by bringing different aspects of sound, movement, text, historical recollection, and future exploration with old and new creative friends.”
William Parker also appears at Winter Jazzfest with Mayan Space Station, in a duo with Marc Ribot, and leading our special tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., From The Mountaintop on Monday January 18th.
Artwork Records Night 03.
Featuring Lakecia Benjamin / Sullivan Fortner / Tyreek McDole / Davell Crawford / Georgia Heers
Date: January 14, 2027
Venue: LPR
Timing: 6:00 PM Doors, 6:30 PM Show
Pricing: $35 Advance, $40 Week of Show, $45 Day of Show
Winter Jazzfest showcases the independent label Artwork Records bringing together artists whose work spans generations and traditions, from New Orleans piano to fearless contemporary saxophone to a new wave of jazz vocalists. It’s an evening of music from the label’s established figures and rising voices.
Lakecia Benjamin
New York-born alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Lakecia Benjamin grew up in Washington Heights and has worked with Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Prince, and The Roots. A multiple-time GRAMMY nominee, she made her Artwork Records debut in 2026 with We Dream, a cinematic, poem-driven album featuring Terence Blanchard, Chris Potter, Black Thought, and Kassa Overall.
Sullivan Fortner
GRAMMY-winning pianist, composer, and bandleader Sullivan Fortner is a New Orleans native known for his imaginative, deeply rooted playing. His 2025 trio album Southern Nights earned his fifth career GRAMMY nomination, and his sixth album, Leave That In There, was just released in August 2026.
Tyreek McDole
Haitian-American baritone Tyreek McDole, a Florida native, won the 2023 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, joining past winners including Samara Joy. His debut album Open Up Your Senses (2025) mixes originals, spirituals, and freedom songs, and he approaches performance as a space for healing and reflection. His new album CHROMA releases this coming November.
Davell Crawford
Known as the “Piano Prince of New Orleans,” Davell Crawford has performed professionally since age seven. He is the grandson of “Jock-A-Mo” songwriter James “Sugar Boy” Crawford and the godson of Roberta Flack. A singer and pianist, he draws on gospel, R&B, and traditional jazz, carrying forward the lineage of Professor Longhair, Fats Domino, and James Booker.
Georgia Heers
South Carolina-born vocalist and composer Georgia Heers studied at Oberlin and The Juilliard School and now lives in Harlem. She has performed at Dizzy’s Club, Mezzrow, and the Kennedy Center, and appeared in the Broadway production of Good Night, and Good Luck. A Chamber Music America grantee, she is dedicated to exploring music across the African diaspora and its healing power.
MANHATTAN MARATHON
Date: January 15, 2027
Venues: LPR, City Winery, City Winery Loft, Zinc Bar, The Bitter End, Drom, Nightclub 101, Nublu
Timing: 6:00 PM – 3:00 AM
Pricing:
Single Day Pass – $85 Advance, $95 Day of show
Two Day Pass – $145 Advance, $175 Day of show
Two Day VIP Pass – $255 Advance, $275 Day of show
Full Festival Pass – $555 Advance, $575 Day of show (All 8 days, Jan 12-19)
On January 15, 2027, Winter Jazzfest’s iconic Manhattan Marathon once again transforms Lower Manhattan into a living map of sound, with music coursing through LPR, City Winery, City Winery Loft, Nublu, DROM, Nightclub 101, The Bitter End, and Zinc Bar. Expect opportunities for new music discovery all night as you journey between our constellation of participating venues.
BROOKLYN MARATHON
Date: January 16, 2027
Venues: Brooklyn Bowl, The Ballroom, Superior Ingredients, Love Annex, Baby’s All Right, Williamsburg Music Center, Cafe Erzulie, Jolene
Timing: 6:00 PM – 4:00 AM
Pricing:
Single Day Pass – $85 Advance, $95 Day of show
Two Day Pass – $145 Advance, $175 Day of show
Two Day VIP Pass – $255 Advance, $275 Day of show
Full Festival Pass – $555 Advance, $575 Day of show (All 8 days, Jan 12-19)
On January 16, 2027, Winter Jazzfest’s exciting Brooklyn Marathon once again transforms Williamsburg into a living map of sound, with sound waves pulsing through Brooklyn Bowl, The Ballroom, Superior Ingredients, Baby’s All Right, Loove Annex, Williamsburg Music Center, Jolene, and Cafe Erzulie. Expect opportunities for new music discovery all night as you journey between our constellation of participating venues.
COLLECTIVE RESONANCE
Featuring BDA w/ Toribio & Bring Dat Jazz orchestra / Irreversible Entanglements / Blacks’ Myths / Dave Harrington x Kalia Vandever / DJ Tara / Caroline Davis +more TBA
Date: January 17, 2027
Venue: Good Room, Bad Room
Timing: 7:00 PM
Pricing: $35 – $55
Collective Resonance is a joyous evening of live music and dance. When bodies move together, the energy in the room forms a constellation of sound, ideas, and creative spirit that burns all at once. As the evening’s birthday boy Cesar Toribio likes to say, “Bring Dat Ass” for an all-nighter celebration of community, improvisation and rhythm, unfolding in two adjacent rooms. In the Bad Room, saxophonist/composer Caroline Davis brings her inventive and lyrical voice, as well as a special way to interact with deep electronics; then Dave Harrington’s guitar and Kalia Vandever’s trombone intertwine in hypnotic, textured soundscapes that drift through ambient groove. Meanwhile, the Good Room hosts Blacks’ Myths with a surprise guest, in a one-of-a-kind collaboration that blurs the line between jazz and hardcore; before the fearless collective Irreversible Entanglements pushes fiery grooves and a truth-to-power delivery that pulls the whole room into their orbit. Between sets, the mighty DJ Tara keeps the energy moving with specially chosen selections. And to cap off the evening, Toribio & Bring Dat Jazz Orchestra provide a mix of DJ rhythms and live instrumentation that is sure to keep the party moving into the late hours. Do expect special guests to pop in throughout the night.
This evening is presented in association with Dada Strain
FROM THE MOUNTAINTOP…
Featuring William Parker, Alicia Hall Moran, Anne Marie Sandy, Juan Pablo Carlette, gabby fluke-mogul, James Brandon Lewis, Taylor Ho Bynum, Steve Swell, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Ellen Christi, Eri Yamamoto, Diego Hedez, Isaiah Parker and Surprise Guests TBA
Date: January 18, 2027
Venue: LPR
Timing: 7:00 PM Doors, 8:00 PM Show
Pricing: $40 Adv standing GA, $45 DOS standing GA, $65 VIP seated
“Flower In a Stained Glass Window,” is one of William Parker’s deeply affecting works brought forth by the essence of Dr. Martin Luther King. Here, the vision is of MLK as a seminary student, looking through a stained-glass window, hearing the words of Mahatma Gandhi, Henry Stephens Salt and Henry David Thoreau; the message being social and political justice and equality for all human beings. Imagine it is April 4,1968. A dying Dr. King’s spirit leaves his body. On the way home, it encounters Tasunke Witko the Lakota Sioux leader who was rushing to the scene to bring Dr. King back to life through music, sounds, and movement. Instead of reminiscing about the past they talk about how revolution must come from within. Freedom cannot be handed out. It is already inside of us.
Parker has pulled together a characteristically large-tent group of idiosyncratic performers ranging from the operatic singers Alicia Hall Moran and AnnMarie Sandy to Argentinian drummer Juan Pablo Carletti to veteran New York singer & sound artist Ellen Christi to Cuban trumpeter Diego Hedez. His cast of musical associates will bring “Flower..” and other works for Dr. King to life in an extended and mixed program including interludes of spoken word, poetry and small and large ensembles.
Take Two: Kweku Sumbry Reimagines Elvin Jones’ Puttin’ It Together
With Immanuel Wilkins and Henry Fraser
Co-presented with Pique-nique
Date: January 18, 2027
Venue: Public Records
Timing: 7:00 PM Doors, 7:45 PM Show
Pricing: $35 Advance, $45 Day of show
Pique-nique and Winter Jazzfest present drummer, percussionist and composer Kweku Sumbry, reimagining Elvin Jones’ 1968 Blue Note debut Puttin’ It Together in the centennial year of one of the most influential drummers in jazz. Part of the “Take Two” deep-listening series, the evening begins with an uninterrupted playback of the album. Sumbry and his trio then give it a live reinterpretation, connecting the dots between record culture and live music culture.
Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Sumbry began studying West African drumming at age four. Like Jones, whose playing was famously polyrhythmic, he carries the language of the djembe orchestra onto the drum kit. He is joined by bassist Henry Fraser and saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, whose quartet Sumbry has anchored across a string of acclaimed Blue Note albums and a GRAMMY nomination. The record’s three-way dialogue will be met by a partnership already years deep.
We pay homage to Elvin Jones in his centennial year with Puttin’ It Together, the record that opened a new chapter after his years at the heart of the John Coltrane Quartet. A spare trio with Coltrane bandmate Jimmy Garrison on bass and Joe Farrell on reeds and flutes, it launched Jones’ run as a Blue Note bandleader, and decades later he still counted it among his favorites.
SPIRITS OF COLTRANE
Ravi Coltrane’s improvisations from Interstellar Space, Stellar Regions, and Expression with a cast of musical allies, artists TBA
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson’s ‘Ananta: Spirit of Coltrane’ with Morgan Guerin, Justin Brown, Joel Ross, aja monet, Ravi Coltrane, Gary Bartz, Brandee Younger plus more artists TBA
Date: January 19, 2027
Venue: Roulette
Timing: 7:00 PM Doors, 8:00 PM Show
Pricing: $55 Advance Standing GA, $65 Advance Seated Balcony GA, $65 Day of Show Standing GA, $75 Day of Show Seated Balcony GA
A centennial tribute to John Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane leads an extended set of improvisations informed by music from the three posthumous releases of Coltrane’s final period in 1967. In the last months before his death, John Coltrane’s sound was both free-form and spiritual, built on texture, energy, and long-arc improvisations.
Interstellar Space is the most radical of the three. Over four pieces named for planets (Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn), Coltrane and Rashied Ali improvise with no bass, no piano, and no fixed harmonic framework. Coltrane works from small melodic cells and sketches rather than conventional tunes, pushing the tenor into screaming overtones and rapid-fire runs. Ali doesn’t keep time so much as swirl around him, with rolling, cymbal-heavy polyrhythms that act as a second voice. It’s intense and meditative. Stellar Regions is a quartet session recorded about a week before Interstellar Space, and it was unreleased for decades. It’s more accessible than the duets. The pieces have a loose structure, with spiritual-sounding themes, a driving rhythm section, and Alice Coltrane’s shimmering, harp-like piano harmonies. Jimmy Garrison’s bass gives grounding, and the music alternates between searching, ecstatic playing and passages of lyricism. Expression is the most varied. It includes the title track and “Ogunde,” with a dense, turbulent energy, and “To Be,” a long and haunting duet in which Coltrane plays flute alongside Pharoah Sanders on piccolo. That track has a hushed, almost ritual quality, with a mood from the fire of Interstellar Space. Overall, the album blends free-jazz abandon with a prayerful quality, and it’s often heard as a farewell.
ANANTA: Spirit of Coltrane sees composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist Miguel Atwood-Ferguson honor a lifelong influence during the year of Coltrane’s 100th birthday. Atwood-Ferguson debuts a live version of this project in NYC, balancing respect for the original compositions with the voices of today’s contemporary and improvised music community. The collective includes Justin Brown, Morgan Guerin, Joel Ross, an original composition by Miguel and by poet aja monet, plus special guests Brandee Younger, Gary Bartz, and Ravi Coltrane. Drawing on Atwood-Ferguson’s three-decade connection to Coltrane, ANANTA reaches beyond jazz toward “cosmic music” designed to connect, uplift and empower.
This show was conceived in partnership with the Coltrane family and The John & Alice Coltrane Home and is the closing event of this festival’s “Expressions” series (details below).
Expressions: A Celebration of the Coltrane Legacy
Ravi Coltrane and Michelle Coltrane will host a series of immersive listening events around Alice Coltrane works, a first look at the future and vision for the two preservation Homes in New York and Philadelphia, and a book-signing of a new photographic retrospective of John Coltrane’s life and music. Expressions will culminate with Spirits of Coltrane, a two-part concert for Coltrane 100 with Miguel Atwood-Ferguson performing music from his new album & Ravi Coltrane leading improvisations.
From Then Until Now
NYC Winter Jazzfest began in 2005 at the Knitting Factory on Leonard St., with the inaugural mission of highlighting music that deserved wider attention while the APAP conference was in town. To a large degree, that mission remains. But over the years it has grown to focus on artists with meaningful messages—serving as a beacon for racial and gender justice, climate action, immigration, mass incarceration, and other urgent issues that affect so many of us.
The overarching goal is clear: to grow the audience for jazz through a broad programming vision that reflects the diversity of New York’s scene, presenting the widest spectrum of what jazz can be. That mission continues in January 2026, as Winter Jazzfest once again supports a host of fearless and creative musicians while pushing boundaries and imagining new possibilities for our music scene and our world.
About NYC Winter Jazzfest
Praised by The New York Times, The New Yorker, NPR and countless other outlets, NYC Winter Jazzfest has become a creative home for pathbreaking artists from New York and around the world, and a pivotal destination for arts leaders, hardcore fans, and new listeners alike. The festival has grown from its humble beginnings into a citywide event featuring as many as 150 groups and 600+ artists across 20 stages in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Founded by New York concert impresario Brice Rosenbloom, Winter Jazzfest is the definitive all-inclusive jazz gathering, offering a “state of the union” of the music in all its forms—from avant-garde to post-bop, party bands to ambient electronics, jazz-funk to global fusions. Attendees regularly travel from across the U.S. and abroad, making it one of the most anticipated destination festivals on the international calendar—often referred to as jazz’s answer to SXSW.
2027 Festival Partners
About D’Addario
D’Addario is the world’s largest manufacturer of musical instrument accessories. Family owned and operated since its founding in 1973, the company is headquartered in Farmingdale, New York, where it still makes the strings that carry its name. Its family of brands includes D’Addario Fretted, D’Addario Orchestral, D’Addario Woodwinds, Evans Drumheads, Promark Drumsticks, and Puresound, and its products reach musicians in more than 120 countries. Through the D’Addario Foundation, the company has supported music education and community music programs since 1979. Learn more at daddario.com.
About Qobuz
Founded in 2007, Qobuz is an independently-owned music platform and a pioneer in high-quality sound, standing out as a unique alternative in the streaming market. Available in 26 countries across Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, and Japan, it is aimed at all those seeking an authentic and fulfilling musical experience. With more than 100 million tracks in lossless quality — CD, Hi-Res (24-bit/up to 192 kHz), DXD, and DSD — Qobuz offers the richest Hi-Res catalog on the market, recognized by the world’s leading hi-fi brands. It stands out for its commitment to preserving original recordings, in addition to its human touch with unique editorial content, expertly curated playlists, liner notes, and more. Since 2021, Qobuz Club (https://community.qobuz.com/) has brought together an international, online community of audiophiles and music lovers. In 2025, Qobuz became the first music platform to publish its average per-stream payout rate — US$0.01873, officially verified and the highest on the market to date — reaffirming its commitment to a fairer and more sustainable streaming model. Qobuz is Hi-Res Audio certified by the Japan Audio Society (JAS).
About KMHD
Member-supported KMHD Jazz Radio has been part of Portland’s music scene since 1984, broadcasting Jazz Without Boundaries on 89.1 FM and at kmhd.org. Licensed to Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham and operated by Oregon Public Broadcasting, KMHD presents the full history of recorded jazz and its related styles, keeping the music thriving in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
About The John & Alice Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, NY and Coltrane House Philadelphia
The John & Alice Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, NY and Coltrane House Philadelphia are two landmark projects dedicated to preserving the places where John and Alice Coltrane lived, created, and changed the course of American music. The John & Alice Coltrane Home is being transformed into a center for public engagement and discovery, honoring the family home where John Coltrane composed A Love Supreme and where Alice Coltrane’s musical and spiritual journey flourished. Coltrane House Philadelphia is being restored and reimagined as a public cultural site, illuminating the formative years in which John Coltrane developed his singular musical voice. Together, the two Homes tell a remarkable American story of artistic achievement, family, community, and the enduring power of music.
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