Enjoy an evening with Wynton Marsalis protégé Jumaane Smith, an acclaimed trumpeter, vocalist and composer celebrating the origins of jump blues and jazz in “Louis! Louis! Louis!” featuring original works and timeless classics from Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima and Louis Jordan. In his career spanning nearly 20 years, Smith toured and recorded with Michael Bublé, performed in...

The Rialto presents a double-header of Afro-Cuban music superstars, with Act One featuring pianist Harold López-Nussa’s distinctive combination of classical, folkloric and popular elements while also embracing jazz improvisation of ritmo, and Act Two featuring Grammy-nominated percussionist master Pedrito Martinez, who has recorded or performed with legends including Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John and...

Enjoy a free lunch and concert featuring multi-instrumentalist Klimchak, who is known for his compositions for dance, theatre and live solo performances that usually incorporate improvisation and playing over 100 instruments in a single show. Klimchak composed scores for over 50 stage productions worldwide including Georgia Shakespeare, where he’s been an artistic associate since 1997....

Enjoy a free lunch and concert featuring Atlanta-based drummer Mario Fogg, who provides rhythm in many different genres ranging from jazz, gospel and funk to second line, Latin, Afro-Cuban and R&B. Advance registration is requested.

Enjoy a free concert and lunch featuring internationally acclaimed 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra, and eight-piece horn driven klezmer-funk-jazz-rock ensemble performing original compositions and arrangements combining West African influenced rhythms with Eastern European klezmer melodies. The 4th ward A.K.O. features a range of eclectic styles from horn-centric dances, Highlife grooves, New Orleans second line stomps, head...

Fresh from their recording debut for which they shared a 2024 Grammy Award for best arrangement, instrumental and vocals for “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning” with songwriter Jacob Collier, the all-female jazz ensemble säje includes an extraordinary quartet of creators who are composers, arrangers and vocalists with impressive individual careers. The brainchild...

Enjoy a free lunch and concert featuring the Chamber Cartel, a band of gifted Atlanta musicians hailed as ‘darlings of the music scene’ dedicated to finding rare, wonderful, imaginative and beautiful contemporary chamber music. Advance registration is requested via https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/feed-your-senses-presents-the-chamber-cartel.

Nominated for three Grammy Awards, clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader Anat Cohen is known for her acclaimed Latin jazz and world music recordings as well as her large jazz ensemble album “Triple Helix.” The Israeli native-turned-New Yorker will be joined by GSU’s Jazz Band for a lively night of memorable music.