City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
Join us for the regional premier and unreleased screening of “TROPICAL MALADY,” a film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, hosted by ReelQ. This program includes an exclusive interview with the film’s directors and some of the subjects involved in the making of the film. Film synopsis: ‘Winner of the Special Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film... more →
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 with English translations An ethno-rock jazz fusion trio who weaves the sounds of North Macedonia throughout their sharp rhythms and electric sounds. This concert was... more →
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A virtual only performance
Formed in Tallinn, Estonia in 2021, Slow Motion Orchestra is made of esteemed jazz musicians, who'd played together in various iterations for decades, searching for a new creative outlet. The Orchestra's music fuses jazz, electronics, and instrumental, with a concert played in one continuous take.
A virtual only performance.
In August 2021 Thumbscrew lived on Sampsonia Way for a fourth residency at City of Asylum. The opportunity for intensive, collaborative, undistracted time to work on new music yielded a striking collection of tunes. The residency culminated in a video-recorded concert debuting new music—and the video of new songs premiers at Jazz Poetry 2021. as part of their fourth residency at City of Asylum, developing new songs for a 10-year anniversary album. The video recording of the first-ever performance of new songs premiers at Jazz Poetry 2021. It's a special "sneak peak" of musical genius.
Jure Pukl first performed in Pittsburgh as the Impossible Four Quartet in Jazz Poetry 2019. It marked the first performance of a Slovenian jazz group in Pittsburgh, and their 3-day gig lead to 3 days of sell out concerts and delighted audiences. Jure returns to the Pittsburgh stage, this time streamed live from his home in Slovenia. Featuring a quartet live on the stage at the Max Jazz Club in Velenje Slovenia and beamed to an audience gathered at Alphabet City, and an audience at home.
In-person tickets for this event are SOLD OUT. You can still join us live via livestream by clicking the "watch online" button above.
Our annual Freedom to Create Keynote features two distinguished authors: Nobel Prize-winning author and activist Wole Soyinka and author Richard Wiley.
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.
Reading and discussion with 2020 Drue Heinz Winner, Joanna Pearson. Joanna will read from her award-winning collection You Know it All and be joined in conversation by Clare Beams (The Illness Lesson).
