WRTI Picks for Jazz Appreciation Month Concerts

Looking to get out and hear some amazing jazz in our region during Jazz Appreciation Month? If you're not sure how to choose between so many great concerts and events available, we've done all the work for you! Here are our picks for celebrating jazz on the town in Philadelphia and beyond. Have fun!

April 1^st

• Hiromi
• Annenberg Center Live, 8 PM

April 2^nd

• Sherrie Maricle & Fiveplay
• Berks Jazz Festival, 9:30 PM

April 3^rd

• Joey Alexander
• Berks Jazz Festival, 7:30 PM (and on April 22nd at Exit Zero Jazz Festival, Cape May)

April 4^th

• South Philly Big Band
• Chris’ Jazz Café, 8 PM

• Uhadi All-Stars of Johannesburg Jazz
• World Cafe Live, 5:30 PM, FREE!

April 5^th

• US Navy Commodores
• Berks Jazz Festival, 7 PM

April 6th

• Brandywine Valley Saxophone Choir
• Jazz Bridge at Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 7:30 PM

April 7th

• Chelsea Reed Jazz Quartet, Jazz It Up Philly
• Fine Palate Restaurant, 6 PM
• Fresh Cut Orchestra
• Collingswood Community Center, 7:30 PM

April 8^th

• Dave Burrell, Fire Museum Presents
• Philadelphia Argentine Tango School, 8 PM

April 9^th

• Dr. Lonnie Smith
• Annenberg Center Live, 8 PM

April 10^th

• Jazz Up, Down and Around
• South Jazz Parlour,  3 PM – 10 PM

April 11h

• Monday Night Jam Series
• Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts, 7:30 PM

April 12^th

• Jam Session with Leon Jordan, Jr.
• South Jazz Parlour, 7 PM

April 13^th

• Wendy Simon, Jazz Bridge Concert, Center City
• Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, 7:30 PM

April 14^th

• Vince Ector, Jazz Bridge Concert, Willingboro, NJ
• Foster’s Military Lodge, 7:30 PM

April 15^th

• Buster Williams, Jazz of the '60s, Art After 5
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, 5 PM

April 16^th

• Bill Charlap
• Chris’ Jazz Café, 8 & 10 PM

April 17^th

• Larry McKenna
• Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration, Mount Airy, 4:30 PM

April 18^th

• Monday Jazz Jam
• World Café Live, Upstairs, 5:30 PM

April 19^th

• Brad Mehldau Trio
• World Café Live, Downstairs,  8 PM

April 20^th

• Najwa Parkins, Jazz Bridge Concert, Roxborough
• Ridge Avenue United Methodist Church, 7:30 PM

April 21^st

• Kendrah Butler, Uptown Prestents Concert
• Sprout Music Collective, West Chester, 6:30 PM

April 22^nd

• Jackie Ryan
• Chris’ Jazz Café,  8 PM

April 23^rd

• Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton
• Annenberg Center Live, 8 PM

April 24^th

• Joanna Pascale
• Exit Zero Jazz Festival, Cape May, 3:30 PM

April 25th

• Go Go Penguin
• World Café Live, 8 & 10:30 PM

April 26^th

• Philly Blues Review with Travis McDaniel Blues Band, Jazz It Up Philly
• The Vesper Club, 7:30 PM

April 27^th

• Vince Ector
• South Jazz Parlour, 7 PM

April 28^th

• Jazz Sanctuary – Jazz and Joe – Various Artists
• Gloria Dei - Old Swedes Church, 7:30 PM

April 29^th

• Center City Jazz Festival Kickoff, Arts After 5
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, 5 PM

April 30^th

• Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band
• Center City Jazz Festival, Franky Bradley's, 5:30 PM

• The Outsiders Improvised & Creative Music Festival 2016, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and friends
• The Philadelphia Clef Club, 7 pm to midnight