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The Global Jazz Studies program at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music offers robust programming, from internationally-renowned guests to inventive concerts of genre-defying mixes featuring our stellar faculty.

Every Fall, Winter and Spring we offer a three-day jazzfest, featuring our student ensembles. These concerts showcase students under faculty direction performing in everything from small combos to big band, from Afro-Latin jazz to contemporary and experimental works.

Our concerts are free and open to the public. We welcome you to come and experience UCLA Jazz.

Concert Dates

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EXPLORE ALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS
EXPLORE ALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS
Coltrane at 100: Symposium
Oct 9 Fri
2:00pm
Free
jazz, lectures-symposia
Coltrane at 100: Symposium
On the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth year, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s global jazz studies program will celebrate this giant of the saxophone, this jazz innovator
Lani Hall Learn More
Coltrane at 100: Meditations / Infinity
Oct 10 Sat
7:00pm
Free
jazz
Coltrane at 100: Meditations / Infinity
Eclectic jazz musicians come together to honor John Coltrane: jazz innovator, spiritual icon of the Black Arts Movement and patron saint of the avant-garde. Regina Carter-Garnett. Frank Lacy. One extraordinary
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
Fall Jazzfest, Concert 1
Nov 22 Sun
7:00pm
Free
jazz
Fall Jazzfest, Concert 1
UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
Fall Jazzfest, Concert 2
Nov 23 Mon
7:00pm
Free
jazz
Fall Jazzfest, Concert 2
UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
Fall Jazzfest, Concert 3
Nov 24 Tue
7:00pm
Free
jazz
Fall Jazzfest, Concert 3
UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
Winter Jazzfest, Concert 1
Mar 4 Thu
7:00pm
Free
jazz
Winter Jazzfest, Concert 1
UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
Winter Jazzfest, Concert 2
Mar 5 Fri
7:00pm
Free
jazz
Winter Jazzfest, Concert 2
UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
Winter Jazzfest, Concert 3
Mar 6 Sat
7:00pm
Free
jazz
Winter Jazzfest, Concert 3
UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
An Evening with the String Queens
May 6 Thu
7:00pm
Free
jazz
An Evening with the String Queens
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is proud to present an evening of string jazz, from The String Queens. The String Queens is an award-winning, genre-defying string trio celebrated
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
Spring Jazzfest, Concert 1
May 23 Sun
7:00pm
Free
jazz
Spring Jazzfest, Concert 1
UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
Spring Jazzfest, Concert 2
May 24 Mon
7:00pm
Free
jazz
Spring Jazzfest, Concert 2
UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
Spring Jazzfest, Concert 3
May 25 Tue
7:00pm
Free
jazz
Spring Jazzfest, Concert 3
UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and
Schoenberg Hall Learn More

Jazz in the Headlines

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Album Drop: Gretchen Parlato, "The Wise Ones"
Album Drop: Gretchen Parlato, "The Wise Ones"
Gretchen Parlato, global jazz studies faculty, just dropped her new album “The Wise Ones” with Edition records. Reuniting with Robert Glasper, Gerald Clayton, Mark Guiliana and long-time collaborator Alan Hampton,
Gretchen Parlato: The Wise Ones review – snappy grooves and languid covers from always-arresting jazz singer
Gretchen Parlato: The Wise Ones review – snappy grooves and languid covers from always-arresting jazz singer
From The Guardian: Hearing Gretchen Parlato’s spellbinding version of the Herbie Hancock song Butterfly was unforgettable when the eloquent LA-born singer’s star glimmered into view in the 2000s.
Tamir Hendelman Trio Releases New Music Video
Tamir Hendelman Trio Releases New Music Video
Tamir Hendelman, continuing lecturer of Jazz Piano, just released a new music video recorded at ConcertLab in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The Tamir Hendelman Trio features Sylvain Fournet-Fayas on bass and Germain Cornet on
Tamir Hendelman on Robert Miller Podcast
Tamir Hendelman on Robert Miller Podcast
The Follow Your Dream podcast with Robert Miller features Tamir Hendelman in this episode of his podcast connecting world-class artists in peer-to-peer interviews.
Meiji University Hosts UCLA Jazz Musicians
Meiji University Hosts UCLA Jazz Musicians
Meiji University hosted UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty performing Latin jazz at its Surugadai on March 21. Featured faculty included Regina Carter-Garnett, Clayton Cameron, Nick DePinna, Abhiman Kaushal,
Album Drop: "Spring" by Tamir Hendelman
Album Drop: "Spring" by Tamir Hendelman
The new album by jazz pianist Tamir Hendelman and vocalist Lauren Sutton has been praised for reminding listeners that “jazz at its finest often resides in simplicity: two musicians,one piano,
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