2023 Jazz Heroes

A singer & songwriter with an MBA and an affinity for community service, 2023 Jazz Hero Eugenie Jones founded the...

Trumpet player, composer, producer, and now 2023 Jazz Hero Freddie Jones, can’t remember the day he didn’t want to be...

After 20 years on North Carolina Jazz Festival board, 2023 Jazz Hero Sandy Evans is stepping down but she is...

2023 Jazz Hero Charlie Young III brings deep knowledge, virtuoso chops and keen purpose to everything he does.

2023 Jazz Heroes Fred Haas and Sabrina Brown spend their lives sharing through performance, teaching and building musical communities.

When the AACM was being born in Chicago in 1965 trumpeter and 2023 Jazz Hero Frederick J. Berry was helping...

2023 Jazz Hero Ed Linehan is in his fifth and final year as President and Managing Director of the Jazz...

Jazz fans, musicians, and listeners to 2023 Jazz Hero and radio host Jesse 'Chuy' Varela programs following him for more...

As executive director of the Bronx Arts Ensemble, 2023 Jazz Hero Judith Insell, has transformed the cultural outreach organization.

2023 Jazz Hero Homer Jackson is director of the Philadelphia Jazz Project, and an an interdisciplinary artist.