Stop by any Welcome Tent, the Sarah Vaughan VIP Lounge, or the Friends of the JAZZ HOUSE Tent to enter! All proceeds benefit JAZZ HOUSE...

With his illustrious career that includes hallmark stints with Miles Davis, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd, Freddie...

A true renaissance man, Christian McBride  is a 9-time GRAMMY® Award-winning bassist/composer and advocate for jazz and American music....

The JAZZ HOUSE Collective, directed by Nathan Eklund, is composed of nationally and internationally recognized jazz artists who also...

After four decades of background singing with icons like Luther Vandross, The Rolling Stones, Chaka Khan and Tina Turner, vocalist...

Upon arriving in the United States in 1994, Colombian-born Edmar Castañeda has made a name for himself as the preeminent jazz harp...

Hailed by The Wall Street Journal  as “perhaps the best young straight-ahead jazz singer of a new generation,” Brianna Thomas is poised...

Jerome Jennings  is a drummer, activist, bandleader, sideman, and Emmy Award-winning composer. Jennings has performed, toured, and...

One of the world’s preeminent jazz innovators, trombonist and seashellist Steve Turre , has consistently won both the Readers’ and...

PLAN YOUR DAY TO THE 15TH ANNUAL MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL DOWNTOWN JAMBOREE + BLOCK PARTY ON SEPTEMBER 14. Find the best way to get to the...

The MONTCLAIR STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLE , directed by Oscar Perez and composed of majors in Jazz Studies and other music majors, is dedicated...

JAZZ HOUSE Legacy , directed by Caelan Cardello is composed of an elite group of alumni of JAZZ HOUSE KiDS who are rising stars in the...

Vanessa Perea is a NYC-based jazz vocalist and recording artist. She received her Bachelors in Music, education, from New Jersey City...

Cyrus Chestnut started his musical career at age six, playing piano at the Mount Calvary Star Baptist Church in his hometown of...

Jeff Watts, the drummer they call "Tain," spent his formative years with Wynton and Branford Marsalis, and his compositional skills now...

Host Vladimir Duthiers Speaks with Founder Melissa Walker and Artistic Director Christian McBride About the Non-Profit Jazz Education Organi

2024 MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL Produced by acclaimed jazz education and performance organization JAZZ HOUSE KiDS, the Montclair Jazz...

Julian Lee has performed with critically acclaimed artists, including Wynton Marsalis , Christian McBride and Jon Batiste .  He hosted...