Beat the summer heat and get 20% off tickets* with code JJSKINT to 92nd Street Y’s 30th annual Jazz in July Festival. Come early, stay late—mix and mingle with fellow jazz enthusiasts over cocktails and snacks at the bar.
Tue, Jul 22nd, 8 pm
Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust
Jazz in July kicks off as the songs of singular American composer
Hoagy Carmichael are launched to new improvisatory heights, based on
the influence of cornet geniuses Bix Beiderbecke and Louis Armstrong.
Hear greats like “Skylark,” “Georgia on my Mind” and “The Nearness of
You.”
Wed, Jul 23rd, 8 pm
Leonard Bernstein’s New York
Be transported to the iconic Greenwich Village jazz clubs of Wonderful Town, 1950s street gangs of West Side Story
and more New York landmarks from Leonard Bernstein. Hear how jazz
influenced his musical songwriting, whether it’s “Something’s Coming,”
or “Lucky to Be Me” or “The Wrong Note Rag.”
Thu, Jul 24th, 8 pm
The Man with the Horn: Music of Miles Davis
Experience the essential, indubitably cool sounds of Miles Davis, the
embodiment of jazz. Gold standard musicians highlight Davis’s
repertoire—“My Funny Valentine,” “Autumn Leaves”— as well as the songs
he wrote—such as “Donna Lee,” “All Blues” and “Solar.”
Tue, Jul 29th, 8 pm
Dick Hyman, Bill Charlap, Christian Sands: Three Generations of Piano Jazz
Three top jazz pianists on one stage—in a special evening of
heart-racing virtuoso playing and bonus conversations between Bill
Charlap and featured artists. Dick Hyman wrote the book on piano jazz.
He is joined by Charlap and twice Grammy®-nominated Christian Sands.
Expect piano solos and duos, and trios with the band as they perform
repertoire raning from songwriter Duke Ellington to jazz piano giants
Fats Waller and Bud Powell.
Wed, Jul 30th, 8 pm
Cécile McLorin Salvant with the Bill Charlap Trio: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan
Now is the time to hear singer Cécile McLorin Salvant, on fire with a
2014 Grammy® nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album, a Thelonious Monk
Competition win and plaudits including two New York Times
profiles. With Bill Charlap and his trio, she pays tribute to one of her
primary influences, jazz great Sarah Vaughan, with American Songbook
classics including “April in Paris,” “Body & Soul” and “Lullaby of
Birdland.”
Thu, Jul 31st, 8 pm
I Won’t Dance: The Fred Astaire Songbook
Fred Astaire proved to be a jazz master, using his innate sense of
rhythm and swing to collaborate with songwriting legends from Gershwin
(“Nice Work if You Can Get It”) to Berlin (“Puttin’ on the Ritz”) and
others to introduce some of their biggest hits.
Get tickets today! 92Y.org/JazzInJuly
And use code JJSKINT or call 212.415.5500
*Valid thru June 30, 2014. Subject to availability; not valid on prior
purchased tickets and cannot be combined with any other offer.
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