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UW student jazz ensembles.

Tandem Press and the UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program are pleased to present the Tandem Press Friday Jazz Series, featuring students from the UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program under the leadership of Johannes Wallmann, the John and Carolyn Peterson Chair in Jazz Studies, along with Dan Cavanagh, […]

Featuring Vel Phillips Memorial High School, Madison West High School, Waunakee High School, Middleton High School, and UW Jazz Orchestra

Arun Luthra & Emma Dayhuff, directors Jazz Composers Group Hudson Treinen, tenor saxophone Alex Gallatin, violin McGregor Farah, guitar Dan VanZeeland, piano Ethan Feiges, bass Michael Plumridge, drums & cymbals Creative Music Collective Noah Joque, trumpet Cole Pecor, guitar Jake Artang, piano Alex Feucht, bass Ian Dutter, drums & cymbals

Nick Moran, director Resistance Music Ensemble Avery Brutosky, vocals Isabelle Travanty, violin Josh Mayer, guitar Ryan Logan, piano Heide Lillegard, bass Christiaan Hajos, drums Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble Noah Schmedding, alto saxophone Thomas Wieland, tenor saxophone Michael Trottier, trombone Rishit Khare, guitar Henry Blaney, piano Jan Grzywacz, bass Maddox Neumann, drums & cymbals Trevor Maliboski, percussion […]

The Fall 2024 edition of the UW Blue Note Ensemble performs music that pianist/composer Herbie Hancock recorded as a bandleader in the 1960s, including hits such as "Watermelon Man" and "Cantaloupe Island" as well as lesser-known master pieces from Taking Off, My Point of View, Empyrean Isles, Maiden Voyage, and Speak Like a Child. The […]

DiMaggio’s sultry mix of Brazilian melodies and jazz standards is as original as it is enticing. Her emotional engagement honors the traditions of Jazz and Latin rhythms. Gerri and her band are celebrating the recent release of their new recording Caravan. LISTEN  Gerri DiMaggio: Album Excerpts

Samora Pinderhughes is a composer, pianist, vocalist, filmmaker, and multidisciplinary artist known for deep examinations of sociopolitical issues and the skilled use of art as activism. The New York Times called him “… one of the most affecting singer-songwriters today, in any genre,” while Forbes cut to the chase calling him “a magical being.” It’s […]

Known for an impressive ability to cross stylistic boundaries, instrumentalist, Broadway composer, bandleader, and educator Branford Marsalis continues to thrill audiences with his unwavering creative integrity. The NEA Jazz Master, GRAMMY Award winner and Tony Award nominee is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead. […]