April Events 2026
Celebrating National Jazz Appreciation Month
and International Jazz Day
April is National Jazz Appreciation Month. Yeah, that's a thing.
And, each April 30th is International Jazz Day! Yeah, that's a thing, too.
Here at Jazz Arts Project, we celebrate jazz year-round with world-class performances and transformative music education programs for area youth. And each April we try to do some special events. This year we present three of our ever-popular jazz café nights on succeeding Wednesdays, and then our annual gala performance and fundraiser on April 29th.
April 8
April 15
April 22
Leonieke Scheuble
Mariel Bildsten
Lezlie Harrison
SAVE THE DATE
April 29th, 2026 7:00PM
Gala performance & Fundraiser
Proceeds benefit
Jazz Arts Project's
Music Education Programs
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Join us to celebrate our 20th anniversary. A fun evening combining the culture and panache of Havana in its heyday, with the rhythms of the Afro-Cuban Latin diaspora. A fundraiser and fitting tribute as part of UNESCO's International Jazz Day. Performances to include: Arturo O'Farrill Afro-Cuban ensemble, La Manga (an all female Latin Percussion Ensemble), and our own Jazz Arts Academy Allstars. Classic Cars, Cuban flair, cuisine, and more surprises!
Performing artists
and the 2026 Jazz Arts Hero Awards go to:
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Arturo O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Ensemble
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La Manga Afro-Latin Percussion Group
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Jazz Arts Academy Allstars
Adam Rechnitz Arturo Ofarrill
Dress Code:
Guests are warmly encouraged to embrace the spirit of the heyday of 1950's Havana Cuba by dressing in their finest colorful fiesta dresses or guayabera shirts, panama hats, or sugar cane tycoon iconic suits.
A very special Thank you to our sponsors and underwriters
April Jazz Café 2025
Celebrating National Jazz Appreciation Month
Jazz Appreciation Month (fondly known as "JAM") was created Initiated by the Smithsonian Institute and established by an act of Congress in order to recognize and celebrate the
extraordinary heritage and history of jazz for the entire month of April. JAM is intended to stimulate and encourage people of all ages to participate in jazz - to study the music, attend concerts, listen to jazz on radio and recordings, read books about jazz, and more.
Here at Jazz Arts Project, we celebrate jazz year-round with world-class performances and transformative music education programs for area youth. And each April we try to do some special events including these café nights and our annual gala performance and fundraiser on International Jazz Day April 30th.
Stéphane Wrembel
April 9th 7pm
Stephane Wrembel
Stephane is quite simply one of the finest guitar players in the world. He has headlined Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Lyon Opera House, Montreal Jazz Festival, and Django Reinhardt Festival among many others.
Bruce Williams Quintet
April 16th 7pm
Bruce Williams
Bruce has toured the globe with the World Saxophone Quartet, Jimmy Scott, Frank Foster, Cecil Brooks III, Count Basie Orch., Duke Ellington Orch., Lincoln Center Jazz Orch., and Roy Hargrove and many others.
Behn Gillece Quintet
April 23rd 7pm
Behn Gellice
Behn enjoys a distinguished reputation as a virtuosic vibraphonist and prolific composer. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Milt Jackson and Gary Burton, Gillece has dedicated himself to pushing the boundaries of artistry.
20 years ago as a newly formed organization we produced a quant summer series that we called Summer Jazz Café. We transformed an intimate theater space into a cozy candle lit performance space hired the best professional musicians we could find and hoped for the best. Not knowing if anyone would attend we did our best to make the music, the atmosphere and even the delectable treats offered for sale to be elegant, affordable, and inviting. Over the ensuing years we experienced sold out audiences time and time again. People like quality music and ambiance it turns out. Who knew?
With these café nights in April, we are beginning to fulfill some patrons requests that we continue these events into the rest of the year. This April, thanks to the generosity of some dear friends and supporters we are testing the waters. As we celebrate the official Jazz Appreciation Month, lets see if it is possible to sustain in a new venue and a new time frame… enjoy!
And dont miss....
April 30th, 2025 6:30PM
Celebrating
Gala performance & Fundraiser
The Jazz Age: A Roaring 20's event
Join us to celebrate our 20th year. A fun and elegant evening combining the glamor of the roaring '20s' and the rhythms of the Jazz Age. A fundraiser and fitting tribute as part of UNESCO's International Jazz Day. Performances to include: with The Anderson Brothers Rip Roarin' 1920's Orchestra with special guest Warren Vaché, The Eddie Allen Quintet, The Sunken City Sax Quintet, and our own Jazz Arts Academy Allstars.
Proceeds benefit Jazz Arts Project's Music Education Programs
A very special Thank you to our sponsors and underwriters