ARS Nova Workshop at Winter Jazzfest

Ars Nova Workshop will bring the spirit of Philadelphia to NYC’s most celebrated jazz event with the Ars Nova Workshop Stage at Winter JazzFest, presenting a stellar all-star line-up for the festival’s 20th anniversary during the WJF Manhattan Marathon, on Friday, January 12 at Nublu.

Over the past two decades, Winter Jazzfest has cemented a reputation as a hotbed of cultural discovery, presenting new and exciting sounds and scenes throughout New York. Ars Nova Workshop could make the identical claim for the Philly scene, making a collaboration between the two a natural fit. For this year’s festival, ANW will present six acts representing the innovative and wide-ranging music that it has presented over its own 20-plus year history. The evening will kick off with the explosive trio Bark Culture, and continue with bassist Anthony Tidd’s genre-fusing band Sanity featuring poet Ursula Rucker; the ever-shifting band Ghost Horizons led by 99 year-old Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen; the ground-breaking poet, singer and songwriter Saul Williams; Black Buttafly, aka keyboardist/singer Kayla Childs and her soulful band; and Charlie Hall’s Get Up With It, the electrifying Miles Davis tribute ensemble led by the War on Drugs drummer.