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John Coltrane - Tribute

1 concert

Melissa Aldana

1 concert

Melissa Aldana, born in Santiago, Chile, is a tenor saxophonist who began playing at 6 and performed in Santiago jazz clubs as a teen. A Berklee grad who moved to NYC, she became the first female and South American to win the 2013 Thelonious Monk Jazz Saxophone Competition.

Jeff Tain Watts

1 concert

Pittsburgh-born Jeff "Tain" Watts is a Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and composer, celebrated for his dynamic, polyrhythmic drumming and hard-swinging grooves. A Guggenheim Fellow, he is known for extensive collaborations with Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Michael Brecker, and McCoy Tyner. Watts' influential recordings include "Blue, Vol. 1" and "Citizen Tain".

Joe Lovano

6 concerts

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Grammy-winning saxophonist Joe Lovano is a celebrated post-bop improviser known for blending traditional bop with modal and free jazz. Rising to prominence in the 1990s through acclaimed Blue Note releases, he has collaborated with jazz icons like Hank Jones and Paul Motian.

Nduduzo Makhathini

Nduduzo Makhathini is a multi-award-winning musician and scholar from Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. A jazz bandleader with 11 albums, he’s signed to Blue Note Records and has collaborated with Wynton Marsalis, Richard Bona and Black Coffee.