Jazz in July Festival 2015

31st Annual Jazz In July Festival!

Bill Charlap, who “unashamedly entertains and unabashedly swings,” according to DownBeat, begins his second decade as the festival’s artistic director.
He now invites us to a reunion of old friends—some of the true titans of jazz—and brilliant new stars of the next generation, beginning with his predecessor, mentor and friend, Dick Hyman.

Bill and Dick’s All-Star Jazz Party
Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 8 pm
92Y heats up on opening night! Join two generations of jazz as they blaze through your favorite American Songbook classics and swing standards.

Duke Ellington: Drop Me Off In Harlem
Wed, Jul 22, 2015, 8 pm
“It Don’t Mean a Thing,” “Prelude to a Kiss,” “Sophisticated Lady” — Edward Kennedy Ellington was American music royalty.

Piano Icons: From Jelly Roll to Oscar
Thu, Jul 23, 2015, 8 pm
Jelly Roll Morton claimed he “invented” jazz. True? Well, he and other keyboard giants—from ragtime pioneer Scott Joplin to swinging virtuoso Oscar Peterson—enriched the form like nobody else.

Swing A Song Of Sinatra
Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 8 pm
No one sang like Sinatra, and no one sings Sinatra like Kurt Elling.
Featuring Kurt Elling, Bill Charlap, Harry Allen, Warren Vaché, Peter Washington, Kenny Washington.

Jazz & Sondheim, Side by Side
Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 8 pm
Know your Sondheim? Not till you’ve heard piano duo Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes’ stunning jazz treatments of his masterpieces—from groundbreaking shows like Company, Follies and Sweeney Todd.

Benny, Basie & Bucky!
Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 8 pm
Guitar icon Bucky Pizzarelli, clarinet marvel Ken Peplowski and ace drummer Dennis Mackrel are the living personification of the swinging legacy of Count Basie and Benny Goodman.