The 92nd Street Y will present some of the greatest names in jazz as part of the 2025/26 Tisch Music concert season, which begins on Wednesday, November 12. The focus of the series is on improvised music with a perspective on what jazz’can be, blurring genres, exploring new sounds and creating great music in real time.
THE TISCH MUSIC 2025/26 JAZZ CONCERT SCHEDULE IS:
RICH RUTH
Water Still Flows
Wed, Nov 12, 7:30 pm
Rich Ruth, the recording project of Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist Michael Ruth, makes immersive instrumental songs that thread the line between adventurous and meditative. Hear him in music from his album Water Still Flows and more, and his exploratory compositions combining spiritual jazz, synth-infused post-rock, and cosmic ambient sounds, and influences from Keith Jarrett and John Coltrane to Indian classical to create a sound world all his own.
HENRY THREADGILL, VIJAY IYER, DAFNIS PRIETO TRIO
Fri, Nov 14, 7:30 pm
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, saxophonist and flutist, and NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill has spent his life reimagining the jazz landscape. A groundbreaking innovator with his own unique musical universe, at 81, Threadgill continues to push boundaries – including as part of this genre-blurring all-star trio with fellow jazz legends, MacArthur “genius” grant recipients, and musician-composers pianist Vijay Iyer and percussionist Dafnis Prieto. The trio has yet to record together, and their performances are rare.
ARTURO SANDOVAL
Wed, Feb 4, 7:30 pm
Ten-time Grammy Award-winning Cuban American jazz legend Arturo Sandoval is celebrated for his intoxicating blend of Cuban rhythms and modern jazz. The trumpeter/pianist/composer defected to the US more than 30 years ago with the help of his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, and his legacy includes a lifelong commitment to bridging cultures through music – he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama. A consummate musician and irrepressible entertainer, Sandoval joins us with his sensational septet for a night of the fiery, virtuosic music-making that is his signature – and that leaves audiences electrified.
MAKAYA McCRAVEN
In These Times
Fri, Apr 24, 7:30 pm
Drummer, producer, and composer Makaya McCraven creates music Pitchfork heralded as “a genuinely new development in the fertile interzone between hip-hop and jazz.” He joins us with an ensemble of stellar musicians for a performance of music from his brilliant 2022 album In These Times, plus new material. In These Times was met with universal acclaim upon its release, commanding spots on many “year’s best” lists, including being named one of The New York Times’ best jazz albums of the year alongside Cécile McLorin Salvant and others. DownBeat named McCraven one of 25 performers who could “shape jazz for decades.”
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