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Next Jazz Legacy at The Jazz Gallery - May 14, 2025 Next Jazz Legacy is thrilled to announce its 2025 cohort’s showcase performance at the iconic Jazz Gallery in New York City on May 14, 2025. Performing two sets, at 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM, this special concert will mark the debut performance by the newly announced fourth cohort, which includes emerging jazz artists DoYeon Kim (gayageum), Carmen Quill (upright bass), Melissa Almaguer (tap dance/feet percussion), Chanelle Ignant (guitar), April May Webb (vocals), Nora Stanley (alto saxophone), Brenda Navarrete Guzman (Afro-Cuban percussion and vocals) and Alexandra Ridout (trumpeter). Tickets start at $25, and can be purchased here. The cohort will perform two sets at 7:30 and 9:30pm. There will also be an accompanying livestream - tickets will be available for that soon. Now in its fourth year, Next Jazz Legacy (NJL) is a national apprenticeship and mentorship program led by NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington in collaboration with New Music USA that is designed to elevate emerging jazz improvisers. Funded by the Mellon Foundation, this pioneering initiative increases opportunities for musicians who will contribute to a vibrant and inclusive jazz future. This debut performance at the Jazz Gallery is particularly noteworthy as it features, for the first time in NJL's history, both a tap dancer (Melissa Almaguer) and a gayageum performer (DoYeon Kim), highlighting the program's commitment to expanding the boundaries of jazz improvisation and instrumentation. The 2025 cohort represents a dynamic fusion of backgrounds, talents, and perspectives, embodying a commitment to innovation and artistic excellence within the jazz community. These artists have been paired with master bandleaders including Melissa Aldana, Kris Davis, Billy Hart, Meshell Ndegeocello, Kassa Overall, Danilo Perez, Tyshawn Sorey, and David Virelles for year-long performance apprenticeships. Additionally, they work with creative mentors including Becca Stevens, Ellen Arkbro, Ledisi, Mark Dresser, Marquis Hill, Matthew Stevens, Susie Ibarra, and Terri Lyne Carrington. Through one-on-one mentorship sessions, in-person networking opportunities, and partnerships with top cultural institutions and events, NJL awardees benefit from a comprehensive support package that provides deep and lasting career impact. Each receives a $10, 000 unrestricted grant, a one-year performance apprenticeship, a two-track mutual mentorship program, peer-learning cohorts, a 12-week instructor-led online course from Berklee Online, and various promotional opportunities. By the end of this fourth year of the program, Next Jazz Legacy's impact will have grown to encompass the direct support of 29 emerging artists, the engagement of 87 bandleaders and mentors, 348 creative and business mentorship sessions, 1174 apprenticeship sessions, 24 cohort learning sessions, and 14 showcase performances. Next Jazz Legacy is a partnership between New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, with funding from the Mellon Foundation. More information can be found online at newmusicusa.org/program/next-jazz-legacy. The Jazz Gallery is located at 1158 Broadway, 5th floor, New York NY 10001. More information about The Jazz Gallery can be found at www.jazzgallery.org. ABOUT NEXT JAZZ LEGACY Next Jazz Legacy is a national apprenticeship and mentorship program designed to elevate emerging jazz improvisers. The mission of Next Jazz Legacy is to increase opportunities for musicians who will contribute to a vibrant and inclusive jazz future, and to create waves of lasting change that benefit the whole jazz community. Next Jazz Legacy invests in its awardees through a comprehensive support package that includes intergenerational apprenticeships and mentorship, showcases, cohort learning, and an unrestricted grant that contributes to awardees' creative and professional development. Next Jazz Legacy is a partnership between New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, with funding from the Mellon Foundation. GRAMMY-winning artist and NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington is the program's Artistic Director. Next Jazz Legacy welcomes applications from musicians of all gender and sexual identities to achieve the goal of true gender diversity in the field. ABOUT NEW MUSIC USA New Music USA is a national non-profit organization dedicated to advancing new music in all its forms. Our mission is to nurture a vibrant and inclusive community for artists and listeners by supporting the creation, performance, and appreciation of new music throughout the United States. Through responsive grant-making; skill-building; mentorship and convenings for creators from all backgrounds; and platforms designed to connect music-makers with organizations and their audiences, New Music USA works to ensure a thriving, connected, and equitable ecosystem for the music of our time. ABOUT BERKLEE INSTITUTE OF JAZZ & GENDER JUSTICE The Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice's mission is to recruit, teach, mentor, and advocate for young musicians desiring to study jazz in a safe, egalitarian and nurturing environment, with gender justice and racial justice as guiding principles. We share in the collective work to challenge systemic forms of oppression embedded in the art form. We believe a cultural transformation is needed and that the music itself will not reach its full potential until these issues are meaningfully addressed. ABOUT THE MELLON FOUNDATION The Mellon Foundation is the nation's largest supporter of the arts and humanities. Since 1969, the Foundation has been guided by its core belief that the humanities and arts are essential to human understanding. The Foundation believes that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity and that everyone deserves the beauty, transcendence, and freedom that can be found there. Through our grants, we seek to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. |
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