The North Carolina Museum Of Art Announces Jazz At The NCMA Series
RALEIGH – Jazz at the NCMA (North Carolina Museum of Art) enters its third year, showcasing the transcendent power of jazz as an art form, its African American origins, and its intersections with other musical genres. This year’s lineup is a testament to their commitment to excellence, featuring seven esteemed Grammy-award winners and six highly-regarded Grammy-nominated artists, all of whom embody the improvisational spirit of traditional jazz with grooves of bebop, salsa, funk, soul, Latin jazz, R&B, fusion, neo-soul, and more.
Jazz at the NCMA opens May 23 and continues through July 18, 2024. The series will be outdoors in the Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Theater in Museum Park. First Citizens Bank presents Jazz at the NCMA.
JAZZ AT THE NCMA
Gregory Porter with special guest The Baylor Project
May 23, 7 pm
The NCMA welcomes Gregory Porter, a two-time Grammy-winning jazz vocalist, to kick off the third Jazz at the NCMA concert series. Seven-time Grammy-nominated duo The Baylor Project opens.
An Evening with Brian Culbertson
May 30, 7:30 pm
Brian Culbertson has charted his own unique course in music, crafting a 26-album catalog and creating 40 Billboard No. 1 singles as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer. Most recently, Culbertson composed 30 songs that populate the three albums in The Trilogy. The project describes the three-part arc of a long-term relationship: falling in love, the rocky middle, and the happily-ever-after phase.
Samara Joy and SuperBlue: Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter
June 6, 7 pm
The third installment of the 2024 season is a co-bill featuring “the rich and velvety yet precariously refined” stylings of Samara Joy, the 24-year-old jazz sensation who took home the 2024 Grammy for Best Jazz Performance and 2023 Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Jazz Vocal Album, and SuperBlue, featuring Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling and two-time Grammy-nominated producer/guitarist Charlie Hunter. SuperBlue performs first.
An Evening with Babyface
June 7, 7:30 pm
Babyface is one of the most celebrated creative forces in music history. He is the only person to win the Grammy’s Producer of the Year category four times, three times in consecutive years (1995–97), a record he holds to this day. Babyface has contributed to over 800 million records sold and over a billion records streamed. He has produced and written 125 Top 10 hits, 45 No. 1 R&B hits, and 16 No. 1 pop hits. In addition to winning a total of 12 Grammys, he has been nominated 83 times.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
June 27, 7:30 pm
The fifth concert of our 2024 Jazz at the NCMA season features an evening with the world’s premier big band, the Grammy-nominated Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with nine-time Grammy-winning jazz icon Wynton Marsalis.
Boney James with special guests Maysa and Kenny Lattimore
July 11, 7 pm
The NCMA invites you to an invigorating triple bill featuring four-time Grammy-nominated saxophonist Boney James, Grammy-nominated jazz, R&B, and soul vocalist Maysa, and Grammy-nominated R&B/soul/jazz vocalist Kenny Lattimore.
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico and Luciana Souza with Chico Pinheiro
July 18, 7 pm
Join NCMA for an evening featuring one of the most influential salsa groups of all time, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico. The show features an opening performance from one of jazz’s leading singers and interpreters, Grammy-winning vocalist Luciana Souza, with two-time Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist Chico Pinheiro.
Stay tuned for the NCMA’s Performing Arts and Film full lineup of concerts, performances, movies, and more.