Jazz Congress 2024

Jazz Congress is North America's leading conference for jazz musicians, professionals, and fans. Watch some of the best panels from 2024 and register for 2025's Jazz Congress—to be held Jan. 8-9 at Jazz at Lincoln Center—at jazzcongress.org!

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  • Jazz Congress 2024: Eddie Palmieri – His Life and Legacy

    NEA Jazz Master and Grammy-winner Eddie Palmieri has been a groundbreaking pianist, composer, and bandleader for more than 60 years, creating his own style of jazz and salsa music. This lively roundtable conversation with Mr. Palmieri, fellow musicians, along with print and radio personalities is...

  • Jazz Congress 2024: (Re)considering Innovation, Transformation, and Genius

    This panel of multi-dimensional artists and educators will address the current shift in narrative regarding jazz and gender and will discuss ideas on how to further transform the culture, challenging rigid concepts of genius, leadership, and innovation. Thoughts will be presented on how the commu...

  • Jazz Congress 2024: Leading Your Own Organization

    Hear from five entrepreneurs on the joys and challenges of launching and creating your own non-profit organization to support and present jazz music and education programming in distinct markets across the United States. Moderated by Gene Dobbs Bradford, who helped create what Jazz St. Louis is t...

  • Jazz Congress 2024: Winter Jazz Fest 20th Anniversary

    After over 100 years, the music we call jazz is still thriving, expanding, and influencing music and culture globally. In a dynamic conversation with three artists from around the world and across the diaspora of Black American Music, we will explore the universality of this music, examining past...

  • Jazz Congress 2024: Wayne Shorter Tribute

    Join us as we celebrate the life, wit and wisdom of Wayne Shorter through shared stories and conversation with an all-star cast of friends, fellow musicians and collaborators.
    Moderator: Terri Lyne Carrington
    Panelists: Jon Fine, Marcus Miller, John Patitucci, esperanza spalding, Buster Williams