The Greater Madison Jazz Consortium’s Spring “InDIGenous Jazz” Concert Series to Launch on March 10th at Madison’s Central Library...

What started as an idea from Madison’s jazz musician community became a reality on Friday, May 23rd. Madison’s first...

July 19th was a beautiful night of live music on Madison’s near-west side. Strollin’ Monroe St featured six venues...

Since relocating to Madison in summer 2013, Paul Dietrich has become one of the area’s most active trumpet players....

The Journey: A Deathly Odyssey Teaches David Cooper about Music and Life. For virtuoso trumpeter David Cooper, the horn...

Here’s a chance to hear an evening of great and wonderfully-diverse music and support the work of the Jazz...

Sims, Maggie and Jeff bring their Gypsy Jazz and Americana repertoire to Dave Wallner and Anne Katz’s living room...

Following his well-received performance with The Bad Plus last October at the Wisconsin Union Theater, Grammy-nominated saxophonist Joshua Redman...

Madison Jazz Society opens its Winter-Spring season with the fifth edition of its bi-annual “Jazz Stars of the Future”...

After a one-year hiatus, Madison Music Collective’s popular “Jazz on a Sunday” series returns for a full season at...

Friday Feb  12 Harmonious Wail Alfonso Ponticell and Swing Gitan Jack Soref Trio Saturday Feb 13 Harmonious Wail Joscho...

Here’s a way to score the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for your special valentine and support the Jazz Consortium...

Where would our local jazz community be without WORT 89.9 FM?  For sure, it’d be a much greater struggle...

The Jazz Consortium has chosen the City of Verona (Friday, 5/20), Main Street in Downtown Madison (Friday, 7/22), and...

Sharón Clark appears regularly as a featured soloist with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and has headlined the Duke...

Madison Music Collective opens its Winter-Spring “Jazz on a Sunday” season with jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer Greg Abate....

Master trumpeter Mike Davison performs and teaches Cuban music worldwide.  Prior to his campus concert on 2/24, Professor Davison...

2016 Spring Concert – An opportunity to hear jazz performed by young artists from New Orleans!! Formed in 2009, Tuba...

This marks the 23rd year of UW bass Professor Richard Davis’ Foundation for Young Bassists. As part of the Foundation’s...

Last month, we announced that Milwaukee guitar legend Manty Ellis and Fox Cities-based vocalist Janet Planet will be performing...

The Jazz Consortium launches its third season of InDIGenous concerts that showcase music composed and performed by our community’s...

Continuing the Jazz Consortium’s Spring season of original music concerts, bassist Ben Ferris’ band will present a body of...

The Jazz Consortium’s popular free Strollin’ series of live music festivals returns for its third year with its successful...

This band is dedicated to the soulful, swinging 1960s tradition of the Hammond B3 Organ quintet with music composed...

With its annual free year-end party, MJS invites the community to help celebrate the Society’s achievements during 2015-16 and...

Produced by Madison Music Collective in the Memorial Union’s Frederic March Play Circle, local jazz musicians and enthusiasts present...

Day 2 of this Madison Music Collective series (again in the Memorial Union’s Frederic March Play Circle) http://www.madisonmusiccollective.org/. includes three...

Set to turn 13 years of age three days after his performance at the Isthmus Festival, pianist Joey Alexander...

Produced by the Wisconsin Union Theater and held on the UW Memorial Union Terrace (or in Shannon Hall, if...

After a well-attended and well-received 5/20 event in Verona, the Consortium’s Strollin’ “jazz crawl” series returns to Downtown Madison....

Back for another year at Art in the Barn in bucolic southwestern Fitchburg, with 6 bands and 15 hours...

Eleven bands. Seven hours of continuous live music. Five different venues in Middleton’s “walkable” downtown area east and west...

Madison Jazz Society’s Fall season kicks off with this award-winning group of young musicians who play jazz standards from...

Madison Music Collective kicks off its Fall “Jazz on a Sunday” (JOAS) series with an edgy trio led by...

This popular series of free concerts showcasing music composed and performed by local (and occasionally regional) musicians returns for...

Under the direction of Professor Johannes Wallmann, the Mead Witter School of Music’s student big band gives its first...

This concert is a double-bill of two Madison-based trios. Playing all the saxophones as well as clarinet, and a...

For its first performance of the Fall semester, the UW Blue Note Ensemble (directed by Professor Johannes Wallmann) will...

These internationally-renowned musicians are touring in support of their new album, “Aziza,” http://exclaim.ca/music/article/dave_holland_chris_potter_lionel_loueke_eric_harland-jane_mallett_theatre_toronto_on_june_25. Sample their music at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QsnTbZavaA. Chris...

New York City-based pianist O’Doherty, http://cailimusic.com/, and alto saxophonist Davis, http://www.carolinedavis.org/, will be touring the Midwest with their quartet...

These two UW student ensembles launch the 2016-17 series of concerts in the intimate second floor space at Tandem...

Get ready for some groove-oriented jazz, fusion and funk as the Madison-based sextet Nuggernaut will deliver the third of...

Formerly directed by the now-retired Professor Richard Davis, this self-managed collective of student vocalists and instrumentalists presents its second...

This concert, by two UW student ensembles, could well be the start of your busy Friday evening jazz triple-header....

The Fall “InDIGenous Jazz” series wraps up with a rare performance by Madison expatriate pianist Tim Whalen’s 9-piece little...

Madison Jazz Society wraps up its Fall concert series with the Iowa-based River City Six, https://www.facebook.com/Fans-of-the-River-City-6-Jazz-band-106178126101049/?ref=page_internal, making their third...

Madison Jazz Society has organized this wonderful tribute to the late Doc DeHaven, the iconic trumpeter-bandleader-educator who passed away...

The culminating event in this annual day-long festival is a concert featuring all the participating high school jazz bands...

Madison Music Collective’s “Jazz on a Sunday” Fall season wraps up with a concert by this world-class touring band...

As part of the build-up to Madison Opera’s February production of “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird,” http://www.madisonopera.org/performances-2016-2017/charlie-parkers-yardbird/, Madison Music Collective presents...

Here’s a chance to hear an evening of great and wonderfully-diverse music and support the work of the Jazz...

2/3-4: MID-WINTER MIDWEST GYPSY SWING FEST. As usual, the mid-winter edition of this year’s Fest is a two-evening indoor...

In what is bound to be one of the year’s most celebrated jazz events, Madison Music Collective takes another...

 In another outreach program associated with Madison Opera’s production of “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird,” UW Professor Les Thimmig presents a...

The third year of this Jazz Consortium series launches with this acoustic instrumental quintet that’s primarily influenced by legendary...

Madison Jazz Society wraps up its Spring concert series with a trad jazz quartet led by clarinetist-saxophonist Kim Cusack....

Trumpeter and UW Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble Director Eric Siereveld’s doctoral dissertation is all about the soulful, swinging 1960s tradition...

Madison Music Collective wraps up its stellar “Jazz on a Sunday” Winter-Spring season by presenting a high-energy trio led...

Bassist Linda Oh, http://lindaohmusic.com/about/, a star on New York City’s legendary jazz scene, will be conducting a weeklong residency...

Presented by Madison Jazz Society, this year’s Fest features performances by the Bria Skonberg Quintet, Bob Schulz’ Frisco Jazz...

Madison’s eminent and beloved trio Harmonious Wail, www.wail.com, teams up with the trio led by Argentina-born guitarist Gonzalo Bergara,...

In the Spring season’s final InDIGenous Jazz concert, iconic Madison-based percussionist Tony Castañeda presents a program of original compositions...

2017 marks the 30 thanniversary year of our community’s longest-running jazz festival.  Produced by the Wisconsin Union Theater, the...

Along with the ticketed headline concert by the great trumpeter Terence Blanchard, the Festival’s second day includes the world...

One of the great voices in jazz history, vocalist Mary Stallings is returning to Madison to headline the Greater...

As part of their jazz on Fridays offerings, this week Gerri DiMaggio and the World Jazz Unit will perform...

Patrick Sheng is a jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator currently serving as the Director of Instrumental Jazz Studies at...

Alison Margaret, Madison’s popular jazz singer, arranger, composer, and pianist will light up the Wisconsin Union Terrace with her...

The Greater Madison Jazz Consortium and Middleton Community Development Authority Present “Strollin’ Middleton” on Friday Evening, September 8th. By...

At ART IN THE BARN 5927 Adams Rd, Oregon, WI 53575 Friday, September 15 Harmonious Wail Anouman Joscho Stephan...

John Raymond and Real Feels is a jazz trio based in New York City. Featuring unique bass-less instrumentation and...

The Ben Ferris Trio will perform at the UW Memorial Union Terrace at 5pm. Ben Ferris, Madison’s popular bassist,...

Madison based Immigré is comprised of ten local musicians who deliver a worldly jazz-rock sound. Produced by the Wisconsin...

The Breakwater will host the opening of the MJS’s 2017-18 jazz series with the West End Jazz Band. The...

Co-produced by the Madison Music Collective, Wisconsin Union Theater and the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium, the Fall 2017 InDIGenous...

Wynton Marsalis has been described as the most outstanding jazz musician and trumpeter of his generation. This electrifying, one-night-only...

Internationally renowned Zvonimir Tot is a Chicago-based jazz guitarist, composer and arranger with a style deeply rooted in the...

The all student Blue Note group is a small jazz ensemble performing music from the post-bop jazz period of...

Dave Stoler, one of the busiest keyboardists in Madison, will present a body of new works with his quartet...

In their second Fall “Jazz on a Sunday” concert, the Madison Music Collective will present “the Bill Evans of...

The UW Jazz Composers group is a small jazz ensemble focused primarily on student compositions.  The all student Blue Note...

The UW Jazz Orchestra workshops and performs music ranging from classic big band repertoire to contemporary and cutting-edge concert...

Closing its 2017 fall concert series, the Madison Jazz Society presents Kevin Van Ess & Talk of the Town....

The Greater Madison Jazz Consortium, co-sponsoring with the Madison Music Collective and Wisconsin Union Theater, will highlight two local...

The band that refuses to be put into a box, the Bumper Jacksons blend roots jazz, country swing, and...

The Jazz Standards Ensemble is a small jazz group performing music from the classic jazz repertoire.  The Contemporary Jazz...

Co-sponsored by the Madison Music Collective and the Madison Jazz Society, this concert will take place at the First...

This 18-member ensemble of outstanding local musicians performs trumpeter Dietrich’s new GMJC-commissioned suite, “Forward.”  This suite is inspired by...

The all student Afro-Cuban group is a small jazz ensemble performing music of the Latin-American jazz diaspora, with an...

UW’s Black Music Ensemble is a small collection of both vocalists and instrumentalists devoted to studying the music of...

A small jazz ensemble focused primarily on student compositions directed by Les Thimmig. Tandem Press, 1743 Commercial Ave (just...

The UW and Madison Metropolitan School District High School Jazz Festival will conclude its day long festivities with an...

According to The New York Times, Brad Mehldau is “the most influential jazz pianist of the last 20 years.”...

Touring in support of his new album, “Nat ‘King’ Cole & Me,” celebrated vocalist Gregory Porter brings his glorious...

WORT 89.9 FM Community Radio is celebrating their 42nd Birthday at High Noon Saloon from 6 to 9pm. Featured...

Steeped in classical and jazz traditions, Haque’s unique command of the guitar and different musical styles combine tradition and...

Arts+Literature Laboratory brings this dynamic trio to Madison in support of their new album Platinum on Tap, released on...

New Orleans’ preeminent brass band! Formed in 1983 by the Frazier brothers, the band has evolved from playing the...

Come celebrate the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium by attending our Winter Jazz Festival at North Street Cabaret on Sunday,...

The Madison Jazz Society kicks off its 2018 spring concert series at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, 2969 Cahill Main,...

Time again to warm up a cold February weekend with some smoking hot and passionate gypsy jazz at the...

The Chicago-based trio features acclaimed saxophonist and composer Greg Ward II, bassist Dennis Carroll, and drummer Greg Artry performing...

Ken Vandermark returns to ALL with an exciting new ensemble including Paal Nilsen-Love, Terrie Ex, and Jon Rune Strom....

Spearheading the new Italian jazz scene, Hobby Horse brings their progressive/experimental/crossover repertoire to the Arts + Literature Laboratory.  Featuring...

READ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – Click the READ MORE link below. The first of four inDIGenous JAZZ concerts in the...

Capping off this year’s Conference for Young Bassists is a benefit concert honoring its founder, UW Professor Emeritus and...

Drummer Andrew Baldwin studied music at UW-Madison both within and outside of the western classical tradition with a focus...

Jazz fans will descend on State Street on Friday, June 8th, as the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium’s popular Strollin’...

The Isthmus Jazz Festival takes a fresh, new approach this year! The city-wide celebration of jazz is comprised of...

Saturday, June 23rd, 7:30 PM, THE TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH  http://artlitlab.org/events/roscoe-mitchell-trio-paal-nilssen-love-large-unit In a program that’s too big...

Gary Alderman has hosted Journeys Into Jazz on WORT FM for more than 35 years. He is a Jazz...

Middleton High School’s 7 O’Clock Saxes (4pm) will open the last concert in the 2018 Jazz at Five calendar. ...

The Madison Music Foundry student ensemble (4pm) will open the 4th week of Jazz at Five, followed by Madison’s...

Mid-point in the Jazz at Five schedule will open with the DB Orchestra (4pm) in the student set, followed...

Milwaukee’s West End Conservatory youth jazz band (4pm) opens the program followed by the the Milwaukee guitarist Evan Paydon’s...

Kicking off their 25th consecutive summer concert series, Jazz at Five will showcase Milwaukee’s youth/fusion cover band from the...

The Annual Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest is the premier acoustic, gypsy jazz music festival – held on a beautiful...

FRI, OCT 12 CAPITOL THEATER: $59.50 – $89.50 In a recording career that spans almost three decades and 23 albums,...

Location: Wisconsin Union Theater | Shannon Hall Cost: $48+ General Public General Public: $48/$53/$73; Union Member: $43/$48/$67; UW Faculty/Staff or Youth: $45/$50/$70;...

7pm This historic event will celebrate the life and legacy of world-renowned 2014 NEA Jazzmaster Richard Davis who has made an...

Saxophonist Kamasi Washington is one of the hottest new stars in jazz. Influenced by hip-hop, classical and R&B, Washington’s...

Composer Geoffrey Brady and Yid Vicious present an evening of new music exploring world folk music sources through improvisation-based...

Arts + Literature Lab, 2021 Winnebago St., Madison WI Contact: info5001@rattletickbuzz.com Admission is free to all ages. A $10...

Dave King, Minneapolis drummer in The Bad Plus, has an unexpected fondness for the jazz tradition. The Dave King...

After performing to a sold-out house at the downtown Café CODA’s grand opening, Chicago’s “Jazz Vocalist of the Year”...

Betsy Ezell Quintet will be performing a show celebrating music from the Feminine Blue writing and recording project funded...

In the fall of 2016, saxophonist Tony Barba released his first solo album, Winter’s Arms, which featured his tenor...

Darren Sterud’s New Orleans Christmas Tribute will welcome back trumpeter and vocalist Leroy Jones. Jones garnered critical acclaim as...

The Greater Madison Jazz Consortium’s Spring “InDIGenous Jazz” Concert Series to Launch on March 10th at Madison’s Central Library Concerts of fresh original music, in a great listening room, with no cover charge.  That’s what music fans will find...

Darren Sterud’s New Orleans Christmas Tribute will welcome back trumpeter and vocalist Leroy Jones. Jones garnered critical acclaim as the trumpet soloist with Harry Connick Jr and later with his own quintet and currently leads the Preservation Hall Jazz...

In the fall of 2016, saxophonist Tony Barba released his first solo album, Winter’s Arms, which featured his tenor warped and manipulated into ambient loops subtly processed by an array of electronic equipment. Since then, his solo project has...

Betsy Ezell Quintet will be performing a show celebrating music from the Feminine Blue writing and recording project funded in part by an Artistic Development Grant from the Jazz Consortium. The original jazz compositions are focused on women’s perspectives...

After performing to a sold-out house at the downtown Café CODA’s grand opening, Chicago’s “Jazz Vocalist of the Year” (and NPR Friday night jazz show host) Dee Alexander returns to Madison to deliver her unique mix of soft, sultry...

Dave King, Minneapolis drummer in The Bad Plus, has an unexpected fondness for the jazz tradition. The Dave King Trio, featuring a rhythm section of pianist Matt Mitchell and bassist Billy Peterson, investigates jazz standards with a modern interpretation....

Arts + Literature Lab, 2021 Winnebago St., Madison WI Contact: info5001@rattletickbuzz.com Admission is free to all ages. A $10 donation is suggested. On Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 3pm, Arts + Literature Laboratory hosts the premier performance of Michael...

Composer Geoffrey Brady and Yid Vicious present an evening of new music exploring world folk music sources through improvisation-based composition. The concert pays tribute to Fred Katz (1919-2013) an American cellist/pianist/composer/arranger/ethnomusicologist widely considered the first important jazz cellist, owing...

Saxophonist Kamasi Washington is one of the hottest new stars in jazz. Influenced by hip-hop, classical and R&B, Washington’s music exceeds any notions of what “jazz” music is. His first LP, The Epic, marked him as the younger generation’s...

7pm This historic event will celebrate the life and legacy of world-renowned 2014 NEA Jazzmaster Richard Davis who has made an indelible impact on the world of jazz and beyond over his five decades of performing and serving as a master...

Location: Wisconsin Union Theater | Shannon Hall Cost: $48+ General Public General Public: $48/$53/$73; Union Member: $43/$48/$67; UW Faculty/Staff or Youth: $45/$50/$70; UW-Madison Student: $15 Since bursting onto the international jazz scene in 1974, jazz guitarist Pat Metheny has been widely acclaimed...

FRI, OCT 12 CAPITOL THEATER: $59.50 – $89.50 In a recording career that spans almost three decades and 23 albums, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G has grafted elements of R&B, pop and Latin to a jazz foundation solidifying his reputation...

The Annual Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest is the premier acoustic, gypsy jazz music festival – held on a beautiful horse farm just south of Madison Wisconsin on September 14 & 15, 2018. For sponsorship / reserved seating info email...

Kicking off their 25th consecutive summer concert series, Jazz at Five will showcase Milwaukee’s youth/fusion cover band from the Skai Academy (4pm), Madison’s home-grown steel drum band Panchromatic Steel (5pm) and saxophonist Tony Barba’s instrumental R&B quartet Barbacoa (6:30pm)...

Milwaukee’s West End Conservatory youth jazz band (4pm) opens the program followed by the the Milwaukee guitarist Evan Paydon’s quartet (5pm) with the Lao Tizer Trio (6:30pm) closing the 2nd Jazz at Five evening.  Internationally-known keyboardist Tizer captivates audiences...

Mid-point in the Jazz at Five schedule will open with the DB Orchestra (4pm) in the student set, followed by Jazz Consortium Artistic Development grant award-winning jazz vocalist Betsy Ezell and her Quartet (5pm).   Milwaukee’s own trumpeter Eric Jacobson...

The Madison Music Foundry student ensemble (4pm) will open the 4th week of Jazz at Five, followed by Madison’s own jazz pianist Jon Wade and his Trio (5pm).  The Hyperion Jazz Orchestra (6:30pm) featuring Karlos Moser, former Opera Director...

Middleton High School’s 7 O’Clock Saxes (4pm) will open the last concert in the 2018 Jazz at Five calendar.  At 5pm the Waunakee Big Band will dazzle the crowd with their mix of swing, jazz and blues.   Two-time Grammy...

Gary Alderman has hosted Journeys Into Jazz on WORT FM for more than 35 years. He is a Jazz historian, collector of rare Jazz LPs, and dogged supporter of Jazz music in Madison, having volunteered countless hours to supporting...

Saturday, June 23rd, 7:30 PM, THE TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH  http://artlitlab.org/events/roscoe-mitchell-trio-paal-nilssen-love-large-unit In a program that’s too big and important for their Winnebago Street venue, the Arts + Literature Laboratory brings us a rare Madison appearance by the...

The Isthmus Jazz Festival takes a fresh, new approach this year! The city-wide celebration of jazz is comprised of music, presentations and programs at locations across Madison. Jazz on the Terrace opens and closes the festival and is FREE....

Jazz fans will descend on State Street on Friday, June 8th, as the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium’s popular Strollin’ jazz festival series comes to the 100-400 blocks. From 5:00 PM to 11pm, patrons will be able to stroll from...

Drummer Andrew Baldwin studied music at UW-Madison both within and outside of the western classical tradition with a focus on Afro-Cuban and Brazilian, as well as developing a unique voice with his jazz playing and compositions.  This performance of...

Capping off this year’s Conference for Young Bassists is a benefit concert honoring its founder, UW Professor Emeritus and NEA Jazz Master Richard Davis.  The concert will feature unaccompanied works for the solo bass and bass ensembles performed by...

READ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – Click the READ MORE link below. The first of four inDIGenous JAZZ concerts in the Spring original music series kicks off with the Jon Hoel Trio.  This inventive trio features Nuggernaut veterans Jon Hoel, tenor...

Spearheading the new Italian jazz scene, Hobby Horse brings their progressive/experimental/crossover repertoire to the Arts + Literature Laboratory.  Featuring Dan Kinzelman (winds, percussion), Joe Rehmer (bass, harmonium), and Stefano Tamorrino (drums) with each member contributing to voice and electronics....

Ken Vandermark returns to ALL with an exciting new ensemble including Paal Nilsen-Love, Terrie Ex, and Jon Rune Strom.  The music created by this lineup promises to be an electrifying and visceral inquiry of contemporary improvised music, post-punk, Tropicalia,...

The Chicago-based trio features acclaimed saxophonist and composer Greg Ward II, bassist Dennis Carroll, and drummer Greg Artry performing original compositions and a standard jazz repertoire with exciting modernity. Arts + Literature Laboratory, 2021 Winnebago St.  8pm. $12 in...

Time again to warm up a cold February weekend with some smoking hot and passionate gypsy jazz at the Brink Lounge. An all-star lineup includes Harmonious Wail, Gonzalo Bergara, Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan, Don Stiernberg, Garden City Hot...

The Madison Jazz Society kicks off its 2018 spring concert series at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, 2969 Cahill Main, Fitchburg, from 1-4 p.m. The concert features high school jazz bands from Beloit Memorial (Christopher Behrens, director), Sun Prairie, (Steve...

Come celebrate the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium by attending our Winter Jazz Festival at North Street Cabaret on Sunday, January 14 from 6-10pm. The event features performances by talented local jazz ensembles. Major Vistas will kick off the evening...

New Orleans’ preeminent brass band! Formed in 1983 by the Frazier brothers, the band has evolved from playing the streets of the French Quarter to playing festivals and stages all over the world. Their album “Rebirth of New Orleans”...

Arts+Literature Laboratory brings this dynamic trio to Madison in support of their new album Platinum on Tap, released on the Intakt label. The Chicago Reader describes the trio’s music as “seamlessly connect their abiding love and respect for jazz...

Steeped in classical and jazz traditions, Haque’s unique command of the guitar and different musical styles combine tradition and fearless innovation. He has performed and recorded with notable artists such as Howard Levy, Paquito D’Rivera, Joe Henderson, and Danilo...

WORT 89.9 FM Community Radio is celebrating their 42nd Birthday at High Noon Saloon from 6 to 9pm. Featured performers include Panchromatic Steel (whose development was supported in part by a grant from the Jazz Consortium’s Artistic Development Program)...

Touring in support of his new album, “Nat ‘King’ Cole & Me,” celebrated vocalist Gregory Porter brings his glorious and adventurous baritone to Overture Center’s Capitol Theater. Winner of “Best Jazz Vocal Album” Grammys in 2014 and 2017, Porter...

According to The New York Times, Brad Mehldau is “the most influential jazz pianist of the last 20 years.” As an improviser and spontaneous artist, his compositions are expressive and thoughtful. The first jazz musician to hold a residency...

The UW and Madison Metropolitan School District High School Jazz Festival will conclude its day long festivities with an evening concert directed by Johannes Wallmann.  Festival clinicians from the UW Jazz Studies Program will perform with the participating high...

A small jazz ensemble focused primarily on student compositions directed by Les Thimmig. Tandem Press, 1743 Commercial Ave (just east of Sherman), Madison, 5pm. Free admission.

UW’s Black Music Ensemble is a small collection of both vocalists and instrumentalists devoted to studying the music of black composers; namely, jazz composers. UW Memorial Union, Fredric March Play Circle.  8:30pm. Free admission.

The all student Afro-Cuban group is a small jazz ensemble performing music of the Latin-American jazz diaspora, with an emphasis on the rhythmic traditions of Cuba.  The Contemporary Jazz Ensemble is a small jazz group performing modern mainstream jazz...

This 18-member ensemble of outstanding local musicians performs trumpeter Dietrich’s new GMJC-commissioned suite, “Forward.”  This suite is inspired by Mr. Dietrich’s experiences as a small-town Wisconsin native who has traveled and performed widely around the state.  It is also...

Co-sponsored by the Madison Music Collective and the Madison Jazz Society, this concert will take place at the First Unitarian Society Landmark Auditorium, followed by a Q&A session. The Julliard-trained brothers are known for classic jazz and original compositions...

The Jazz Standards Ensemble is a small jazz group performing music from the classic jazz repertoire.  The Contemporary Jazz Ensemble is a small jazz group performing modern mainstream jazz repertoire from the last two decades (such as compositions by...

The band that refuses to be put into a box, the Bumper Jacksons blend roots jazz, country swing, and street blues.  Tapping into sounds from vintage 78s and its own DIY style, the group was voted 2015 Artist of...

The Greater Madison Jazz Consortium, co-sponsoring with the Madison Music Collective and Wisconsin Union Theater, will highlight two local groups presenting original music. Leading off this double-header concert is the experimental trio Nestle, which includes local bassist Rob Lundberg,...

Closing its 2017 fall concert series, the Madison Jazz Society presents Kevin Van Ess & Talk of the Town.  One of the hottest swing/Dixieland-style jazz groups north of New Orleans, this six piece Wisconsin group collectively has over 300...

The UW Jazz Orchestra workshops and performs music ranging from classic big band repertoire to contemporary and cutting-edge concert jazz music by today’s leading jazz composers. The group performs on and off campus regularly.  The all student Afro-Cuban group is...

The UW Jazz Composers group is a small jazz ensemble focused primarily on student compositions.  The all student Blue Note group is a small jazz ensemble performing music from the post-bop jazz period of the 1950s and 1960s (such as...

In their second Fall “Jazz on a Sunday” concert, the Madison Music Collective will present “the Bill Evans of the Midwest,” John Harmon and his trio.  Oshkosh native Harmon is the founder of the jazz studies program at Lawrence...

Dave Stoler, one of the busiest keyboardists in Madison, will present a body of new works with his quartet (Dave Stoler, keyboards; Chicago bassist Charles Ledvina; Milwaukee drummer Dave Bayles; and featuring Grammy winning Rich Perry on sax) at...

The all student Blue Note group is a small jazz ensemble performing music from the post-bop jazz period of the 1950s and 1960s (such as the music of Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson or...

Internationally renowned Zvonimir Tot is a Chicago-based jazz guitarist, composer and arranger with a style deeply rooted in the jazz tradition but flavored by his European origin. Free admission. 7:30 pm, Morphy Recital Hall, Mead Witter School of Music...

Wynton Marsalis has been described as the most outstanding jazz musician and trumpeter of his generation. This electrifying, one-night-only event includes classic works paired with newly arranged jazz versions and a selection from Marsalis’ own “Swing Symphony.” This versatile...

Co-produced by the Madison Music Collective, Wisconsin Union Theater and the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium, the Fall 2017 InDIGenous series will kick off with the presentation of Wallmann’s composition “Love Wins.” This new suite was inspired by the experience...

The Breakwater will host the opening of the MJS’s 2017-18 jazz series with the West End Jazz Band. The West End Jazz Band has recreated the classic music that typifies the twenties and thirties using original arrangements and instrumentation...

Madison based Immigré is comprised of ten local musicians who deliver a worldly jazz-rock sound. Produced by the Wisconsin Union Theater for the Willy Street Fair, this event benefits the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center and Common Wealth. Immigré performs Saturday...

The Ben Ferris Trio will perform at the UW Memorial Union Terrace at 5pm. Ben Ferris, Madison’s popular bassist, will be flanked by Tony Barba, saxophone, and Miguel McQuade, drums. Free admission.   More info

John Raymond and Real Feels is a jazz trio based in New York City. Featuring unique bass-less instrumentation and approach to music, the group features highly-improvised interpretations of familiar songs such as “This Land is Your Land,” “Amazing Grace”,...

At ART IN THE BARN 5927 Adams Rd, Oregon, WI 53575 Friday, September 15 Harmonious Wail Anouman Joscho Stephan Tickets Saturday September 16 Harmonious Wail RusselWelch Christine Tassant et les impostuers Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan

The Greater Madison Jazz Consortium and Middleton Community Development Authority Present “Strollin’ Middleton” on Friday Evening, September 8th. By popular demand, the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium’s Strollin’ series is returning to Downtown Middleton on Friday evening, September 8, 2017. ...

Alison Margaret, Madison’s popular jazz singer, arranger, composer, and pianist will light up the Wisconsin Union Terrace with her interpretations of acclaimed Broadway/Pop composer, Sara Bareilles. Bareilles has earned several Grammy nominations for her compositions, as well as a...

Patrick Sheng is a jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator currently serving as the Director of Instrumental Jazz Studies at Long Beach City College in Long Beach, CA. As a performer, Patrick has played all over the world as a...

As part of their jazz on Fridays offerings, this week Gerri DiMaggio and the World Jazz Unit will perform on the Union Terrace at 5pm. Gerri DiMaggio’s take on jazz is as original as it is enticing. Her music...

One of the great voices in jazz history, vocalist Mary Stallings is returning to Madison to headline the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium’s annual “Jazz Junction” fundraiser in the intimate setting of Studio 1 at Full Compass on Sunday afternoon,...

Along with the ticketed headline concert by the great trumpeter Terence Blanchard, the Festival’s second day includes the world premiere performance of a new suite (“Scenes From Lake Mendota”) by trumpeter, composer and arranger Paul Dietrich, commissioned by the...

2017 marks the 30 thanniversary year of our community’s longest-running jazz festival.  Produced by the Wisconsin Union Theater, the two-day event launches with an array of local and regional ensembles.  All performances will be on the Union Terrace (or...

In the Spring season’s final InDIGenous Jazz concert, iconic Madison-based percussionist Tony Castañeda presents a program of original compositions from his band’s album, “Mambo o Muerte,” as well as newly-written music by band members Anders Svanoe and Louka Patenaude,...

Madison’s eminent and beloved trio Harmonious Wail, www.wail.com, teams up with the trio led by Argentina-born guitarist Gonzalo Bergara, http://sroartists.com/artists/gonzalobergara/, for a rich evening of contemporary acoustic music influenced by European gypsy musicians and that embraces the sounds and...

Presented by Madison Jazz Society, this year’s Fest features performances by the Bria Skonberg Quintet, Bob Schulz’ Frisco Jazz Band, the Vache-Coots-Trick Trio, and the piano duo of Stephanie Trick and Paolo Alderighi. All four bands will perform at...

Bassist Linda Oh, http://lindaohmusic.com/about/, a star on New York City’s legendary jazz scene, will be conducting a weeklong residency on the UW campus, including performances with School of Music student ensembles as well as high school students in the...

Madison Music Collective wraps up its stellar “Jazz on a Sunday” Winter-Spring season by presenting a high-energy trio led by Chicago-based guitarist John Moulder, with organist and fellow Chicagoan Vijay Tellis-Nayak and Lawrence University Professor Dane Richeson on percussion....

Trumpeter and UW Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble Director Eric Siereveld’s doctoral dissertation is all about the soulful, swinging 1960s tradition of the Hammond B3 Organ quintet.  With support from the Jazz Consortium’s Artistic Development Grant Program, Eric’s lecture will address...

Madison Jazz Society wraps up its Spring concert series with a trad jazz quartet led by clarinetist-saxophonist Kim Cusack.  Best known for his 40+ year tenure with the Original Salty Dogs Jazz Band and his association with James Dapogny’s...

The third year of this Jazz Consortium series launches with this acoustic instrumental quintet that’s primarily influenced by legendary Roma Gypsy Jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.  Well-known for covers of vintage jazz classics and Gypsy Jazz-style renditions of tunes from...

 In another outreach program associated with Madison Opera’s production of “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird,” UW Professor Les Thimmig presents a talk about Parker and the history of bebop, and demonstrates on saxophone the innovations that he brought to the music....

In what is bound to be one of the year’s most celebrated jazz events, Madison Music Collective takes another upward step in the stature of their “Jazz on a Sunday” series with this amazing quartet of jazz luminaries performing...

2/3-4: MID-WINTER MIDWEST GYPSY SWING FEST. As usual, the mid-winter edition of this year’s Fest is a two-evening indoor affair at The Brink Lounge. The Fest schedule includes performances by four guest ensembles plus host band Harmonious Wail. Band...

Here’s a chance to hear an evening of great and wonderfully-diverse music and support the work of the Jazz Consortium, as owner Ricardo González has graciously agreed to once again host an MLK Weekend fundraiser for the Consortium at...

As part of the build-up to Madison Opera’s February production of “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird,” http://www.madisonopera.org/performances-2016-2017/charlie-parkers-yardbird/, Madison Music Collective presents a concert by one of Parker’s greatest living disciples, alto saxophonist Richie Cole, along with the 11-piece orchestra founded and...

Madison Music Collective’s “Jazz on a Sunday” Fall season wraps up with a concert by this world-class touring band that fuses Afro-Peruvian rhythms and jazz harmonies.  Formed in 2005, based in Lima Peru and New York City, and led...

The culminating event in this annual day-long festival is a concert featuring all the participating high school jazz bands (Madison East, Memorial, West and Middleton, as well as the Milwaukee High School of the Arts) and the UW Jazz...

Madison Jazz Society has organized this wonderful tribute to the late Doc DeHaven, the iconic trumpeter-bandleader-educator who passed away earlier this year.  Dave Cooper (Doc’s son-in-law) and Doc’s grandson John are serving as the concert’s musical co-directors, and musicians...

Madison Jazz Society wraps up its Fall concert series with the Iowa-based River City Six, https://www.facebook.com/Fans-of-the-River-City-6-Jazz-band-106178126101049/?ref=page_internal, making their third appearance on the MJS stage.  The group’s repertoire includes Big Band, Swing, Latin, Dixieland, New Orleans, and classics from the...

The Fall “InDIGenous Jazz” series wraps up with a rare performance by Madison expatriate pianist Tim Whalen’s 9-piece little big band.  The nonet includes many of our community’s top jazz players: saxophonists Al Falaschi, Tom Gullion, and Anders Svanoe;...

This concert, by two UW student ensembles, could well be the start of your busy Friday evening jazz triple-header.  Directed by trumpeter Eric Siereveld, the LJE focuses on music of the Latin American jazz diaspora, with an emphasis on...

Formerly directed by the now-retired Professor Richard Davis, this self-managed collective of student vocalists and instrumentalists presents its second concert of the Fall semester.  The BME is devoted to studying the music of Black composers, especially jazz composers.  8:00...

Get ready for some groove-oriented jazz, fusion and funk as the Madison-based sextet Nuggernaut will deliver the third of four concerts in the Fall “InDIGenous Jazz” series that showcases music composed and performed by our community’s finest jazz musicians....

These two UW student ensembles launch the 2016-17 series of concerts in the intimate second floor space at Tandem Press. The Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, directed by Johannes Wallmann, is a small group that performs mainstream jazz repertoire from the...

New York City-based pianist O’Doherty, http://cailimusic.com/, and alto saxophonist Davis, http://www.carolinedavis.org/, will be touring the Midwest with their quartet this month, and their Madison stop will include clinical work by the group’s co-leaders with UW students as well as...

These internationally-renowned musicians are touring in support of their new album, “Aziza,” http://exclaim.ca/music/article/dave_holland_chris_potter_lionel_loueke_eric_harland-jane_mallett_theatre_toronto_on_june_25. Sample their music at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QsnTbZavaA. Chris Potter has been called “One of the most studied (and copied) saxophonists on the planet” by DownBeat magazine, while bassist...

For its first performance of the Fall semester, the UW Blue Note Ensemble (directed by Professor Johannes Wallmann) will share the stage with the UW Jazz Standards Ensemble (directed by Professor John Schaffer). The BNE performs music from the...

This concert is a double-bill of two Madison-based trios. Playing all the saxophones as well as clarinet, and a long-time member of Tony Castañeda’s Latin Jazz Sextet, Anders Svanoe, http://www.anders.svanoe.com/, has performed with “free jazz” pioneer Roscoe Mitchell, pianists...

Under the direction of Professor Johannes Wallmann, the Mead Witter School of Music’s student big band gives its first concert of the new school year.  The UWJO performs music ranging from the classic big band repertoire to contemporary and...

This popular series of free concerts showcasing music composed and performed by local (and occasionally regional) musicians returns for its fourth season, starting with trumpeter Russ Johnson’s HEADLANDS quartet. Johnson, Director of Jazz Studies at UW-Parkside, is part of...

Madison Music Collective kicks off its Fall “Jazz on a Sunday” (JOAS) series with an edgy trio led by Matt Turner. Widely regarded as one of the world’s leading improvising cellists, Matt was last seen here in a JOAS...

Madison Jazz Society’s Fall season kicks off with this award-winning group of young musicians who play jazz standards from the 1920s & 1930s, and other tunes, in the Dixieland style. Formed in 2011 as part of a “Jazz Combo”...

Eleven bands. Seven hours of continuous live music. Five different venues in Middleton’s “walkable” downtown area east and west of Parmenter Street and south of University Avenue. And no cover charges. These are the makings “Strollin’ Middleton,” the last...

Back for another year at Art in the Barn in bucolic southwestern Fitchburg, with 6 bands and 15 hours of music, and hosted as usual by Harmonious Wail, the late-summer edition of this semi-annual Fest runs for two nights...

After a well-attended and well-received 5/20 event in Verona, the Consortium’s Strollin’ “jazz crawl” series returns to Downtown Madison. “Strollin’ Main Street” offers 7 hours of continuous and stylistically varied live jazz from 5:00 PM until Midnight, with no...

Produced by the Wisconsin Union Theater and held on the UW Memorial Union Terrace (or in Shannon Hall, if bad weather), Day 1 includes free performances by three local ensembles and a headline performance by the Chicago Yestet.  June...

Set to turn 13 years of age three days after his performance at the Isthmus Festival, pianist Joey Alexander has already built an impressive resume: nominated for two Grammy awards (including “Best Instrumental Jazz Album” for his debut CD,...

Day 2 of this Madison Music Collective series (again in the Memorial Union’s Frederic March Play Circle) http://www.madisonmusiccollective.org/. includes three more free programs presented by local jazz musicians and enthusiasts. 2:15-3:30 PM:   JAZZ PERFORMANCE: BEHIND THE SCENE.  Through discussion, demonstration,...

Produced by Madison Music Collective in the Memorial Union’s Frederic March Play Circle, local jazz musicians and enthusiasts present a free series of illuminating music conversations, films, lectures and performances. http://www.madisonmusiccollective.org/. Three programs kick of Day 1 of “Jazz...

With its annual free year-end party, MJS invites the community to help celebrate the Society’s achievements during 2015-16 and enjoy live music by The Craig Mason Combo, performing a wide range of jazz styles from the early 20th century...