May 31, 2026 | Artists, Blog, Saturday, Upcoming Performances
Lao Tizer has built a career by refusing to recognize musical boundaries. The Colorado-bred, Los Angeles-based keyboardist, composer, and bandleader has emerged as one of contemporary jazz’s most adventurous voices, blending jazz, world music, rock, funk, soul, and...
Mar 26, 2025 | Artists, Past Performances
Snarky Puppy, the five-time Grammy® Award-winning collective will bring their boundless, category-defying sound to the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival on Saturday, August 30, 2025 in High Point, NC. Their music is a mosaic of genres: jazz, funk,...
Mar 26, 2025 | Artists, Past Performances
Lizz Wright will showcase her inimitable and soul-searing vocals on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025 at the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival. The New York Times touted her voice as, “a smooth, dark alto possessed of qualities you might associate with...
Mar 26, 2025 | Artists, Past Performances
Three-time Grammy® Award winner Meshell Ndegeocello – the singer, songwriter, spoken word artist, and musician who plays bass, keyboards, drums and guitar – has joined the lineup of the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival. She will perform on Saturday,...
Jun 26, 2024 | Artists, Past Performances
Over the course of crafting a 25-album catalog and architecting nearly 40 Billboard No. 1 singles as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer, Brian Culbertson has charted his own unique course in music. Label him jazz and he makes a funk record. Call him an...
