City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
Thomas Wendt and a multi-generational band pay homage to Norman Granz, jazz promoter, visionary, and advocate for equal treatment of musicians in Jim Crow–era America.
Saxophonist and composer Patrick Breiner takes to the stage with Antonio Croes and Mark Micchelli with sounds of the melodica, piano, saxophone, clarinet, and bass clarinet, in this Henry Threadgill–inspired jazz concert.
Pittsburgh-based alto saxophonist Yoko Suzuki returns to City of Asylum with a powerhouse ensemble of musicians to perform new arrangements of “Queen of the Organ” Shirley Scott’s music.
New year, new Thursday Night Jazz performances from Jazz Legacy Fellow Roger Humphries! Don’t miss the kick-off to City of Asylum’s 2026 jazz season.
Rich Zabinski, Rick Matt, Howie Alexander, and Benjamin May celebrate the birthday of bebop jazz legend Benny Golson.
Etta Cox, eight-time winner of “Best Jazz Vocalist,” brings her Broadway chops and unparalleled vocal performance to the Alphabet City stage for a night of transformed jazz favorites.
Lifelong guitarist Mila Shadel, accompanied by Joe Sheehan, Anton DeFade, and James Johnson III, fills the air with love and jazz in this Valentine’s Day celebration concert.
Yoko Suzuki, Max Leake, Eli Namay, and Roger Humphries, legendary jazz musicians in the local Pittsburgh scene, breathe new life into John Coltrane’s iconic album.
Spanish composer and musician Laura González Flores, also known by her “B-Side” LauraB, takes to the Alphabet City stage for her second-ever North American tour to share her latest, most intimate and personal project.
Vocalist and composer AurallaurA (Laura Chu Wiens) launches her sophomore album, "The Critique of Capital: An Engaging Revue," a confident, cabaret-like romp through jazz, world music, and other genres.
Six-time Jazz Poetry Month headliner James Brandon Lewis takes to the stage with his punk-jazz fusion band, the Messthetics, to herald in another month of poetry and improvisational jazz collaboration at City of Asylum.
