Chucho Valdés

Chucho Valdés

Chucho Valdés, winner of seven Grammy and five Latin Grammy Awards, will perform at the 12th John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. The Cuban born pianist, composer, and arranger is the most influential figure in modern...
Candy Dulfer

Candy Dulfer

Candy Dulfer, the contemporary saxophone powerhouse, is coming to the 12th John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival. She will perform with Dave Koz and the Summer Horns which includes Eric Darius and vocalist Maysa on Saturday, September 2, 2023. CANDY...
Eric Darius

Eric Darius

Eric Darius will bring his dynamic saxophone playing to the 12th John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. He will perform with Dave Koz, Maysa and Candy Dulfer as the Summer Horns. Eric Darius was born in Livingston, New Jersey,...
Festival Host’s Career Archived for Library of Congress

Festival Host’s Career Archived for Library of Congress

Dyana Williams, co-host of the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival, is one of 39 Black female radio broadcast pioneers who are having their careers documented and archived in the Black Women in Radio-The Distinguished Inaugural 30 – Library of...
Maysa

Maysa

Maysa is the kind of singer who takes hold of a song and with it, enraptures her audience as she delivers lyrics, phrases, melodies and harmonies in a way that only she can. The brilliant vocalist will perform with Dave Koz and the Summer Horns at the 12th John...