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Skidmore Jazz Institute

2023 Concert Series

The Skidmore Jazz Institute is sponsored, in part, by The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, Stewart’s Shops/Dake Family and The Howard Bayne Fund.

For a printed copy of this year’s schedule click here.

Todd Coolman by Pete CocoSkidmore Jazz Institute Faculty All-Stars

Sunday, June 25, 11:30 am at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Presented by the Skidmore Jazz Institute in partnership with the Saratoga Performing Arts Center as part of the Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival (Absolutely Live Entertainment) Tickets available here .

Skidmore Jazz Institute Faculty All-Stars Centennial Celebration of Wes Montgomery, Tito Puente & Dexter Gordon featuring Clay Jenkins (trumpet), Jimmy Greene (saxophone), Michael Dease (trombone), Dave Stryker (guitar), Bill Cunliffe (piano), Todd Coolman (bass) and Dennis Mackrel (drums).

 

John ClaytonJohn and Gerald Clayton Quartet

Grammy Award-winning bassist and composer John Clayton and his son, Blue Note recording artist and pianist Gerald Clayton.

Tuesday, June 27, 8 pm at the Arthur Zankel Music Center; tickets available here.  

 

 

 

Dennis Mackrel

Skidmore Faculty All-Stars

Thursday, June 29, 8 pm at the Arthur Zankel Music Center; tickets available here.

Skidmore Jazz Institute Faculty All-Stars featuring Clay Jenkins (trumpet), Jimmy Greene (saxophone), Michael Dease (trombone), Dave Stryker (guitar), Bill Cunliffe (piano), Todd Coolman (bass) and Dennis Mackrel (drums).

 

 

Miguel Zenon

Miguel Zenon Quartet

Grammy Award Nominee, Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone) is joined by Luis Perdomo (piano), Hans Glawischnig (bass), and Varun Das (drums).

Wednesday, July 5, 8 pm at the Arthur Zankel Music Center; tickets available here.

 

 

Mike Rodriguez

Skidmore Faculty All-Stars

Thursday, July 6, 8 pm at the Arthur Zankel Music Center; tickets available here.

Skidmore Jazz Institute Faculty All-Stars featuring Mike Rodriguez (trumpet), Steve Wilson (saxophone), Steve Davis (trombone), Mimi Fox (guitar), Bill Cunliffe (piano), Todd Coolman (bass) and Dennis Mackrel (drums).

 

 

Robert Pinsky

Poetry & Jazz²: An Evening with Robert Pinsky, Todd Coolman & Bill Cunliffe

Friday, July 7, 8pm at Caffe Lena; tickets available here.

Join us for an evening with former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, and Grammy Award-winning musicians Todd Coolman (bass) and Bill Cunliffe (piano). Co-sponsored by the New York State Summer Writers Institute.

 

 

 

 

SJI Student Concert

Jazz Institute Students

Fridays, June 30 and July 7, 1 pm at the Arthur Zankel Music Center; Free and open to the public; Livestream for June 30 available here and July 7 here

 

 

 

 

Click here for a list of the Institute's former Guest Artists.