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jazz percussionist Makaya McCraven

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Boundary-pushing jazz percussionist Makaya McCraven plays two nights in Orlando

‘Organic beat music’ from a master

by Matthew Moyer February 24, 2026February 25, 2026

Chicago-based producer, percussionist and experimental jazz artist Makaya McCraven is coming to Judson’s Live.

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Jazz giant Robert Glasper plays an eye-popping three nights in Orlando this week

Four recent albums of music to choose from

by Matthew Moyer November 19, 2025November 19, 2025

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NYC musicians Compass Trio play an entrancing intersection of Spanish and Indian sounds at Timucua

‘Mesmerizing music that’s at once ancient and progressive’

by Bao Le-Huu January 8, 2025February 5, 2025

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Doomed jazz legend Chet Baker gets a birthday party at Stardust Video, and Bongus will do the crashing

Return of the cool … and the freeform freaks

by Bao Le-Huu December 18, 2024January 17, 2025

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College Park JazzFest bebops and swings all over Edgewater Drive this weekend

Golden Flower, Brown Bag Brass Band and more feature

by Matthew Moyer November 7, 2024July 21, 2025

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You betta not miss Maurice ‘Mobetta’ Brown’s Orlando show at Judson’s Live

An electric collision of bebop and hip-hop

by Bao Le-Huu August 28, 2024March 25, 2025

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Orlando’s Thomas Milovac Quartet plays two adventurous sets at Judson’s Live

Expect the unexpected

by Bao Le-Huu June 6, 2024January 24, 2025

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Jazz-guitar giant Pat Metheny comes to Orlando’s Steinmetz Hall this weekend

If he doesn’t play anything from ‘Zero Tolerance for Silence,’ we riot

by Matthew Moyer March 20, 2024April 4, 2025

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Orlando jazz musician Gerald Law II releases emotionally heavy new live album on Bandcamp

Music for healing from a local jazz heavyweight

by Bao Le-Huu December 7, 2023December 6, 2024

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College Park JazzFest to liven up Edgewater Drive with swinging sounds this weekend

Get hip to the sounds of College Park this weekend

by Grayson Keglovic November 1, 2023November 11, 2024

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Winter Park venue Blue Bamboo Center puts out SOS fundraising request after rent apparently tripled

Don’t let the music stop

by Matthew Moyer August 22, 2023December 5, 2024

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Vaunted jazz trumpeter Theo Croker plays the Orlando Museum of Art this weekend

The art of jazz in an art museum

by Bao Le-Huu August 16, 2023June 6, 2024

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Bynx Jazz Fest showcases new faces in Central Florida jazz this weekend

by Matthew Moyer May 6, 2022August 16, 2023

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Timucua Arts Foundation to kick off ‘Month of Jazz’ event series at the end of March

by Matthew Moyer March 16, 2022October 9, 2024