2026 Lineup / Modern Jazz

Three-time Grammy Award nominee Gretchen Parlato is among the most captivating jazz vocalists of her generation, known for her intimate, Brazilian-inflected sound and her long collaboration with drummer Christian Euman and bassist Alan Hampton. Her albums Flor and Lean In earned Grammy Award noms and international acclaim.

New Jazz Underground is an innovative trio merging traditional jazz with hip-hop, pop and Afro-Latino influences. The Juilliard graduates went viral during lockdown with living room performances, building 100k+ YouTube subscribers and earning the 2023 DCJazzPrix Winner title.

Three-time Grammy Award nominee Gretchen Parlato is among the most captivating jazz vocalists of her generation, known for her intimate, Brazilian-inflected sound and her long collaboration with drummer Christian Euman and bassist Alan Hampton. Her albums Flor and Lean In earned Grammy Award noms and international acclaim.

New Jazz Underground is an innovative trio merging traditional jazz with hip-hop, pop and Afro-Latino influences. The Juilliard graduates went viral during lockdown with living room performances, building 100k+ YouTube subscribers and earning the 2023 DCJazzPrix Winner title.

Surrealist Blues Poet aja monet works in the business of goosebumps and heart-gut-telling truths. The youngest recipient of the Nuyorican Grand Slam Poetry title, she earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album in 2024 and an NAACP Image Award nomination for her poetry collection my mother was a freedom fighter.

Surrealist Blues Poet aja monet works in the business of goosebumps and heart-gut-telling truths. The youngest recipient of the Nuyorican Grand Slam Poetry title, she earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album in 2024 and an NAACP Image Award nomination for her poetry collection my mother was a freedom fighter.

Visionary-Steel is a six-piece jazz ensemble from Western Melbourne blending musical references from around the world into the modern jazz idiom. Led by Berklee graduate and international composer Martin Case, the group features vocalist Emma Sidney, whose singing critic Leon Gettler called “joyous innovation.”