She’s received Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three albums, and in 2020 she received the MacArthur Fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award, two of the most coveted recognitions in art.

Stacey Kent is a jazz singer in the mold of the greats.

"Delfeayo is, in many ways, the most fun of the Marsalises. He's the family trombonist. And record producer. And he seems to be the family wise guy too."

— Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News

NEA Jazz Master, native Memphian, Memphis Music Hall of Fame inductee and legendary jazz musician.

Highly expressive, emotional, and sincere

Season 28 Opening Night!!

Over the course of a multifaceted career spanning four decades, Memphis native and jazz giant Dee Dee Bridgewater has ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists.

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, “the king and queen of the banjo” (Paste Magazine), have a musical partnership like no other. Whether at home, on stage, or on record, their deep bond, combined with the way their distinct musical personalities and banjo styles interact, makes theirs a picking partnership unlike any other on the planet.

Kurt Elling’s voice is instantly recognizable, embracing listeners with his warm, rich baritone and navigating the full span of his four-octave range as a virtuoso instrumentalist and a compelling storyteller. Featuring Danilo Pérez.

Fueled by the belief that classic jazz feeds the heart and soul, the Hot Sardines are on a mission to make old sounds new again and prove that joyful music can bring people together in a disconnected world.

Featuring Clint Holmes, Take 6, Nnenna Freelon and Kirk Whalum!

After 30 albums and 10 million copies sold, you can enjoy this blend of jazz, R&B, funk, and pop from the very people who made jazz mainstream.  

A pioneering bass virtuoso from the streets of Philadelphia with a lifetime of awards and accomplishments, Stanley Clarke will show us how he changed the “brand” of bass players in music.

Eliane Elias comes to us with over 30 albums and multiple Grammy awards to her credit, and a powerful style that combines an alluring voice and virtuoso piano.

Starring Cécile McLorin Salvant featuring Melissa Aldana, Yasushi Nakamura, Bria Skonberg, Christian Sands & Jamison Ross! A Star-Studded Evening. Monterey Jazz Festival holds the distinction of being...

Vocal Mastery. Winner of the 2015 Thelonius Monk International Vocal Jazz Competition and the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition...

A Jazz Test of Time. At the forefront of jazz music for more than three decades, jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch has earned countless awards...

Our Fifth Marsalis at GPAC. NEA Jazz Master Ellis Marsalis is a father figure of modern jazz — in quite a few ways. As a pianist, he was among...

Legendary Memphian. The iconic Charles Lloyd — jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, arranger and native Memphian… 

The French-Dominican vocalist Cyrille Aimée returns to GPAC this season, gracing the main stage after showstopping performances in GPAC's Jazz in the Box series... 

The leader of ¡Cubanismo!, Jesús Alemañy, was a trumpeter for Sierra Maestra, one of Cuba's leading son groups, from the age of 15...

In addition to being one of the principal innovators of modern jazz guitar, John Scofield is also a creative artist of an even rarer sort: a stylistic chameleon that has forged a consistent, rock-solid aesthetic identity...

An artist whose music is at once timeless yet utterly of its time, Gregory Porter solidified his standing as his generation's most soulful jazz singer-songwriter with the recent release of Take Me to the Alley...

Join us for an evening of outstanding contemporary jazz with the Rippingtons, a Grammy-nominated contemporary jazz group...

Stacey Kent began her musical career as an interpreter of American standards, bringing her own unmistakable, intimate and emotionally intelligent style to a vast repertoire.