2025 NYC
Winter Jazzfest
Jazz Talks
Thursday, January 9
Makaya McCraven Live Interview
by Leo Sidran (The Third Story)
Winter Jazzfest 2025 artist-in-residence Makaya McCraven is interviewed in front of a live audience by The Third Story podcast host Leo Sidran. They discuss the multiple ensembles McCraven will lead, the 10th Anniversary of his landmark album In the Moment, and his plans for future projects.
Moxy Hotel - Factory Loft, 145 Bowery NYC | 4:00 PM
FREE with RSVP
Friday, January 10
Strata-East Rising: Charles Tolliver Live Interview by Angélika Beener (Angélika Beener, Host, Milestones: Celebrating the Culture podcast)
Label founder Charles Tolliver discusses the legacy of the Strata-East Records, the upcoming landmark concerts, and the next steps as he celebrates the label’s relaunch.
Moxy Hotel - Factory Loft, 145 Bowery NYC | 4:00 PM
FREE with RSVP
Saturday, January 11
“An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to
reflect the times”- Nina Simone
Featuring panelists aja monet, Amaro Freitas, Arooj Aftab, Samora Pinderhughes, and moderated by Terri Lyne Carrington
Drummer, composer and founder of the Berklee Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice Terri Lyne Carrington moderates this conversation with artists and musicians who center social justice in their creative work.
Sound Mind Center, 202b Plymouth Street Brooklyn | 10:00 AM
FREE with RSVP
Saturday, January 11
Nurturing Children & Creativity
Featuring Adi Oasis, Surya Botofasina, Martha Redbone, Kim Kalesti and Sarah Elizabeth Charles
This Is A Movement joins NYC Winter Jazzfest to present a conversation on how parenting impacts artistic practice and process for professional musicians. We have invited musicians whose lives and work range broadly and offer a dynamic exploration of lived experience that is ever-present but often overlooked. Our guests will share their personal experiences with family planning, pregnancy, birthing, parenting and how it has influenced their outlook and work. All are encouraged to listen and ask questions at the end of this dialogue, to provide guidance, and to imagine collective solutions and support systems for our Jazz, Black American, and Improvised Music communities.
Sound Mind Center, 202b Plymouth Street, Brooklyn | 12:00 PM
FREE with RSVP
Sunday, January 12
New Concepts in
Jazz Interpretation
Featuring Ayana Contreras (KUVO, Denver), Yunie Mojica (Make Jazz Trill Again, NYC), JJ Lopez (KRTU – San Antonio), and Emma-Jean Thackray (BBC 6, J-Wave, London), moderated by Matt Fleeger (KMHD, Portland, OR)
What does it mean to talk about jazz in 2025? What does it take to help new audiences wade into a genre that’s over 100 years old and has been in a near-constant state of evolution since its inception? Join us for a panel discussion featuring some of the most dynamic voices presenting jazz in media today. This discussion will go beyond traditional media such as radio and podcasting to talk about dynamic new concepts in audience development and new methods for presenting, mixing and talking about the music, and finally engaging new audiences where they live.
Moxy Hotel - Factory Loft, 145 Bowery, New York, NY | 3:00 PM
Free with RSVP
sunday, january 12
A Love Supreme at 60: John Coltrane's Enduring Music & Message
Featuring panelists Melissa Aldana, James Brandon Lewis, Kassa Overall, Tomoki Sanders; and moderated by Ashley Kahn
Journalist and producer Ashley Kahn hosts a pre-show panel of today's top improvisers, representing various musical generations, to speak on Coltrane's personal anthem, its lasting impact, and the first time they encountered it. Together they will help explain why this album — of his numerous recordings — continues to be revered and studied, both within and far outside the jazz circle.
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn | 6:00 PM
(This is a pre-show panel included with a ticket purchase to IMPRESSIONS: Improvisatory interpretations on “A Love Supreme”)