Featured Performances @ the 15th Annual John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival
Jonathan Butler
Guitarist, singer/songwriter Jonathan Butler’s music has had a major impact in the gospel arena as it has within the contemporary jazz world. He will perform with saxophonist Gerald Albright on Saturday, September 2, 2017 for the first day of the Coltrane Jazzfest....
Eddie Palmieri
Eddie Palmieri is a bandleader, arranger and composer of salsa and Latin jazz. The exciting octogenarian and 10 time Grammy Award winner will perform at the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. Known as one of the finest...
Special EFX
Special EFX have five of the most daring musician in contemporary jazz, including Special EFX co-founder Chieli Minucci, seven time Grammy nominated alto saxophonist Eric Marienthal, renowned bassist Gerald Veasley, world rhythms innovator, Lao Tizer and American Idol...
Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra is an unlikely story of a group with humble beginnings in Buffalo, NY who has continued to reach an international audience over forty years, resulting in sales of over 10 million albums and having played over five thousand shows on five continents. They...
Branford Marsalis & Joey Calderazzo
It’s been a couple of years since Branford Marsalis visited backstage during the Coltrane Jazzfest. Finally, he is going to perform with Joey Calderazzo at the 7th Annual John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. Branford is the...
Robert Randolph
Many musicians claim that they “grew up in the church,” but for Robert Randolph that is literally the case. The renowned pedal steel guitarist, vocalist and songwriter led such a cloistered childhood and adolescence that he heard no secular music while growing up....
Matthew Whitaker
Matthew Whitaker is the 15 year-old music prodigy, who many compare to Stevie Wonder. He has taken the music world by storm since winning Showtime at the Apollo a couple of years ago. Whitaker will perform Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 at the 7th Annual John Coltrane...
Alexis Morrast
Hear her voice, without seeing the person and you’d never suspect that you were listening to a teenager who is still in high school! The voice, the song list, the stage presence are astonishing. Sixteen-year-old Alexis Morrast will perform Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017 at...
Coltrane Jazz Youth Workshop
It’s a tradition. The group that opens the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival each year is the Coltrane Jazz Youth Workshop. They will perform on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 to kick of the 7th annual Coltrane Jazz Festival in High Point, NC. The...
Esperanza Spalding
Exclusively this fall, Esperanza Spalding will present a jazz concert not to miss. She is joining forces with jazz greats and friends Leo Genovese, Dan Blake, and Francisco Mela to perform a selection of original compositions, very specifically selected for only The...
Kenny G
In a recording career that spans almost three decades and 23 albums, Grammy® Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G has grafted elements of R&B, pop, and Latin to a jazz foundation solidifying his reputation as the premiere artist in contemporary jazz. Since the early...
Gregory Porter
Gregory Porter’s body of work consists of four albums, one of which won’t be officially released until May. Two of those albums have been Grammy nominated and one, LIQUID SPIRIT, won the 2014 Grammy Award for best jazz vocal album. This has all happened in a four-year...
Eric Gales
Eric Gales grew up in a musical family with four brothers, two of them who learned to play the guitar upside down and left handed in the same fashion that Eric does. Eric’s brother Eugene Gales played bass in the Eric Gales Band and his brother Jimmy King had a...
The Latin Jazz All Stars
The Latin Jazz All Stars are a phenomenal ensemble that features the current masters of Afro Cuban, Salsa, Brazilian, and Latin Jazz. Steve Turre, Pete Escovedo, Nestor Torres, Sammy Figueroa, Elio Villafranca, Yunior Terry, Diego Lopez, Guido Gonzales & Jorge...
Dee Dee Bridgewater and Ramsey Lewis – The Soul Of Jazz
Dee Dee Bridgewater and Ramsey Lewis – The Soul of Jazz bring together two great jazz recording artists for one unforgettable performance. Three time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter and Tony Award winning actress, Dee Dee Bridgewater enjoys a well-earned yet...
2016 NC Coltrane All Star Band
The 2016 NC Coltrane All Star Band will be Performing Live with the 2016 NC Coltrane All Star Band at The John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival in High Point NC
Lalah Hathaway
A classically trained vocalist, she is the daughter of the pre-eminent singer and composer Donny Hathaway. Lalah has said of herself that she was born a musician - she, never had a choice to be anything else. Hathaway has released 16 studio albums that combined the...
Earl Klugh
A guitarist and composer who is considered by many industry insiders to be one of the best acoustic guitar players around. He’s known for producing a gorgeous, reflective sound. The Detroit, Michigan native cites Chet Atkins as his greatest musical influence but also...