Jazz at the NCMA 2024, Juneteenth Joy Featuring Kirk Franklin, Amadou & Mariam, and More
RALEIGH – Expanding on individual and collective capacities to experience joy through music, the third year of Jazz at the NCMA (NC Museum of Art) celebrates the transcendent power of jazz as an art form, its African American origins, and its intersections with other musical genres.
This season’s lineup features seven Grammy Award winners and six Grammy-nominated artists. It centers on the improvisational spirit of traditional jazz with grooves of bebop, salsa, funk, soul, Latin jazz, R&B, fusion, neo-soul, and more. All Jazz at the NCMA concerts are held in the Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Theater in the Museum Park.
“The theme for our third season is ______JOY. Attendees are invited to fill in the blank and engage with joy on their terms – enjoy JOY, make space for JOY, be mindful of JOY, and reconnect with JOY are a few examples,” said Moses T. Alexander Greene, Director of Performing Arts and Film.
Jazz at the NCMA 2024 Lineup
- May 30
Brian Culbertson - June 6
Samara Joy
Superblue: Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter - June 7
An Evening with Babyface - June 27
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis - July 11
Boney James with special guests Maysa and Kenny Lattimore - July 18
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico with special guest Luciana Souza
Jazz at the NCMA 2024
Member presale: Friday, February 23
General on sale: Thursday, February 29
Juneteenth Joy: A Celebration Of Freedom And Gospel Music
Friday, June 14, 7:30 pm
Member presale: Thursday, March 7
General on sale: Friday, March 8
The NCMA will present the third Juneteenth Joy: A Celebration of Freedom and Gospel Music! This concert features 19-time Grammy-winning gospel music icon Kirk Franklin and his special guest, Stellar Award–winning songstress Maurette Brown Clark.
About Kirk Franklin
With a celebrated career spanning 30 years, Kirk Franklin continues to make a profound mark on the music industry. The songwriter, music producer, and television and film producer has successfully bridged the gap between gospel, R&B, hip-hop, and pop. There’s no doubt that Franklin’s God-given talent and deep faith have helped him remain the influential, relevant visionary he is today.
Franklin is back with his 13th and most personal and reflective album yet, titled Father’s Day (Fo Yo Soul). The album is a collection of 10 inspirational tracks with the constant theme of love, faith, and resilience flowing through them. Father’s Day is accompanied by a short film that provides a deeper context for the album.
About Maurette Brown Clark
Multiple Stellar Award winner and Dove-nominated artist Maurette Brown Clark is one of the gospel music industry’s sweethearts. With four chart-topping albums, Clark remains true and authentic to her sound, grace, and call. With praise and worship anthems “I Just Want to Praise You” and “One God,” along with heartfelt ballads “I Want God” and “It Ain’t Over (Until God Says It’s Over),” she continues to encourage the hearts of listeners worldwide.
She is celebrating the release of her fifth project, He Loves Me, which includes a new version of her classic, now titled “I Just Wanna Praise You.”
NCMA And Cat’s Cradle Present Andrew Bird And Amadou & Mariam
Tuesday, August 20, 7 pm
Member presale: Tuesday, January 30
General on sale: Friday, February 2
About Amadou & Mariam
With seven acclaimed albums, gold and platinum discs, and countless sold-out concerts, Amadou & Mariam is one of Africa’s most successful and popular musical exports. A love affair propelled two veterans of Mali’s music industry onto charts around the globe. Over the past four decades, they’ve introduced their African soul music to electro-pop, art-rock, and hip-hop. Following their hugely successful 2023 tour, Amadou & Mariam will release a new album in 2024.
“We love what we do,” says Mariam Doumbia, “and our goal is to make people happy with our music, help humanitarian causes, and share positive messages about the good work being done by people in every corner of the world.”
About Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird is an internationally acclaimed Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, whistler, and songwriter. He has released 17 albums and performed extensively across the globe. He has recorded with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, appeared as “Dr. Stringz” on Jack’s Big Music Show, and headlined concerts at Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and festivals worldwide.
Shortly after receiving his 2020 Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album for My Finest Work Yet, Bird made his acting debut in Fargo’s fourth installment, which is currently streaming on Hulu. In June 2022, he released his latest album, Inside Problems, on Loma Vista Recordings.
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