2026 Jazz Heroes

It’s Christpher Coles generosity of his time, knowledge, and spirit that makes him the Northeast Ohio region’s 2026 Jazz Hero.

Brenda Hopkins Miranda is a pianist, composer, educator, and scholar who has played an essential role enriching Puerto Rico's cultural...

Con Chapman has been an incredibly prodigious author, with over five dozen books, plays, and novels in his bibliography.

Dave Robinson’s weekly “Jazz Gumbo” radio show – just one of the many and varied ways he serves the traditional...

For almost twenty years as the host and producer of Jazz Sunday on WCBE, he’s treated jazz as more than...

Alex Nauman is a consummate guitarist, but his true talents lay in helping fill the ocean and making sure the...

Chris and Paul Romaine have built an educational institution responsible for nurturing hundreds of aspiring jazz musicians.

Bill Martinez is a San Francisco immigration attorney who has spent the past half century figuring out avenues to break...

Celebrating the overlooked jazz legacy of Indiana, Indianapolis bassist Brandon Meeks has turned his band into a vehicle for musical...

The president and program director of South Bend, Indiana’s WETF-FM, Brent Banulis oversees a 24-hour jazz radio station with a...