City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
*Please note there are two ways to view this performance: in person at the Sampsonia Way Tent or live-streamed online via City of Asylum @ Home. Both options are free but advanced registration is required. To join us at the tent, click "Attend in-person" aboveTo tune-in from home, click "Watch online" above About the performance:... more →
In honor of Juneteenth, 1Hood Media will host an outdoor celebration of black art in Pittsburgh at the Sampsonia Way Tent. Hosted in collaboration Mikael Owunna, Larry Ossei-Mensah, Orange Barrel Media and the Pittsburgh Glass Center. Join us for an afternoon of music, performances, a visual art fair, and free food.4-8pmFree to attend and no... more →
Vocalist Kathy Connor is featured singing her repertoire of off-the-beaten-path American songbook standards along with hand picked Jazz compositions from many eras. Kathy's son, Tony DePaolis, will play bass along with pianist Clifford Barnes.
Join us for an evening of global freedom music with the award-winning revolutionary jazz ensemble The Afro Yaqui Music Collective performing from their 2021 album, Maroon Futures. The Afro Yaqui Music Collective is a postcolonial big band which imagines a world where many worlds fit. Their music draws from mainstream jazz, the avant-garde, and traditional forms... more →
This is a virtual-only event streamed on City of Asylum’s virtual platform, City of Asylum @ Home. Norihide Nakajima Quintet Run time: 90 minutes Country of origin: Japan Language: Japanese with English translations This concert marks the first time Jazz Poetry reaches Japan! A concert filmed for fans in Pittsburgh inside the top jazz club in... more →
This is a virtual-only event streamed on City of Asylum’s virtual platform, City of Asylum @ Home. Vlatko Stefanovski Trio Run time: 120 minutes Country of origin: North Macedonia Language: Macedonian... more →
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Salsamba Latin Jazz Quintet fuses authentic Latin-American rhythms with the harmonic and melodic sophistication of contemporary American jazz. Based in Pittsburgh, Salsamba performs at clubs, festivals, and colleges throughout the United States.
Celebrate the launch of Deanna Witkowski's new biography on Mary Lou Williams, Music for the Soul, and celebrate the tunes of this masterful Pittsburgh musician.
Pianist-composer-jazz historian and Mary Lou Williams' scholar, Deanna Witkowski offers a poignant portrait of the pioneering jazz pianist-composer. We'll hear Deanna play Williams' tunes and read passages of the biography.
Aimée Allen Trio: Strings and C(h)ords with Tony Romano and François Moutin
Aimée Allen brings her trademark soulful originals and lyricism to life with world-renowned bassist François Moutin and multi-dimensional guitarist Tony Romano. They make nine strings and two vocal cords sound like much more, with rich sonic landscapes and passionate, adventurous explorations of jazz improvisation and musical storytelling. The repertoire will include new arrangements of standards and old and new compositions. The trio provides a warm, dynamic, rhythmic experience like no other.
The 3rd concert in a series of Geri Allen performances by Yoko Suzuki, a former student and colleague of Geri Allen. This concert features all-new arrangements of Geri's Work with unique instrumentation. These songs are rarely heard and the concert reveals Geri’s genius and the complex puzzle of her work.
This program features music written by Jewish composers as well as music that expresses the powerful human ability to move forward, and create great art, after tragedy. The program also features remarks from Rabbi Myers of the Tree of Life Congregation as well as literary readings, to honor the memory of those whose lives were taken at the Tree of Life Synagogues.
