Where The Future Is Present.

Our Programs

RESIDENCY COMMISSIONS

The Jazz Gallery has a strong track record of nurturing compositional talent, having commissioned new work annually since 2002, which grants talented composers and bandleaders the resources to work on large-scale projects that will have enduring and transformative effects on their creative development. We encourage each artist to think outside their standard compositional toolbox and create something they may not otherwise have experimented with.

MENTOR SERIES

Mentorship has always been a key theme in jazz history. Most of today’s great jazz musicians were raised through informal channels and gained invaluable experience working alongside their heroes. Future generations of great jazz will depend on the continuation of this community-minded mentoring tradition that is, unfortunately, becoming less common as jazz education has become more formalized in conservatory and university settings. Our Mentor Series pairs a veteran of the art form with a younger musician, who then work together performing throughout the North-east at several venues.
 

DEBUT SERIES

Continuing our commitment to supporting young artists, our Debut Series has helped provide a platform artists who have not led groups on our stage, and in many cases within NYC, before. This group of artists reflects the current landscape of the jazz scene in NYC and beyond in terms of nationality, race, and gender, with its diversity indicative of the elasticity and expansive nature of jazz. Each artist brings ongoing creative projects to the stage, and use their dates as opportunities to showcase their work before our eager audiences.