The 92nd Street Y announces a new annual festival, Summer Fest, running from Tuesday, July 11 to Thursday, July 27 in celebration of 92NY’s 150th anniversary. The festival launches with three weeks focusing on jazz and its far-reaching influence. Complete festival details are as follows:
AN EVENING WITH NORM LEWIS - Tue, Jul 11, 7:30 pm
Tony, Emmy, and Grammy-nominee Norm Lewis kicks off the summer music season in a program spanning jazz, Broadway, songbook standards and blues. Renowned for his work in musical theater, film and television, and roles in Les Misérables, Porgy and Bess, Sweeney Todd and more, Lewis highlights the influence of jazz on the American Songbook.
CALEB TEICHER & VERONICA SWIFT - Thu, Jul 13, 7:30 pm
Modern tap and swing-dancer Caleb Teicher and vocalist Veronica Swift expand the idea of what a jazz-rooted art form can be. In this collaboration, Swift and band and Teicher and dancers blend standards, bebop, tap and Lindy Hop for an exploration of rhythm in all its possibilities. Co-presented with Harkness Dance Center.
ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA with the VIJAY IYER TRIO – Sun, Jul 16, 5 pm
Composer and pianist Vijay Iyer with his trio – drummer Tyshawn Sorey and bassist Linda May Han Oh – and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra present the New York premiere of Emergence, Iyer’s suite of the music four-time Grammy nominee Danny Elfmanof. Also on the program: Paul Chihara’s reimagings for strings of four classic Ellington songs.
BILL CHARLAP TRIO with special guests DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER and NICHOLAS PAYTON – Tue, Jul 18, 7:30 pm
Dee Dee Bridgewater teams with Grammy-winning trumpeter Nicholas Payton and the Grammy-winning Bill Charlap Trio – Peter Washington on bass, Kenny Washington on drums – to open the 2023 Jazz in July season. They bring the artistic alchemy of their collaborations to spontaneous storytelling and improvisation to this opening concert.
BILL CHARLAP, AARON DIEHL, ISAIAH J. THOMPSON & CAELAN CARDELLO with NORIKO UEDA and CARL ALLEN – Thu, Jul 20, 7:30 pm
The present and future of jazz piano convenes on the stage that has hosted legends of the art form from Thelonious Monk to Hank Jones to Chick Corea. They will perform in solo, trio and two-piano configurations, with the rhythm team of bassist Noriko Ueda and drummer Carl Allen.
JOHN SCOFIELD with BILL CHARLAP, SCOTT COLLEY and BILL STEWART – Tue, Jul 25, 7:30 pm
Guitarist John Scofield has been a force in jazz for 50 years, playing with artists from Miles Davis to Charlie Haden and Charles Mingus to Herbie Hancock. He joins Charlap with bassist Scott Colley and drummer Bill Stewart to bring his distinctive sound, stylistic diversity and improvisation to post-bop and funk-edged modern jazz guitar.
BILL CHARLAP, solo piano – Wed, July 26, 7:30 pm
Bill Charlap has collaborated with countless giants of jazz on the 92Y stage since his first Jazz in July appearance more than 35 years ago. This solo piano concert is Charlap’s first at 92NY, performing jazz and songbook standards in the intimate space of the newly renovated Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center.
JAZZ IN JULY ALL-STAR JAZZ PARTY – Thu, Jul 27, 7:30 pm
Bill Charlap, John Pizzarelli, Renee Rosnes, Steve Wilson, Ken Peplowski, Jeremy Pelt, Nicole Glover, David Wong, and Dennis Mackrel join for a constellation of stars and a night of music that will only happen once and only on the 92Y stage.
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92Y is located at 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
