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SUMMARY:Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves
DESCRIPTION:Kleinhans Music Hall and JazzBuffalo present\nBranford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves\nCelebrate The Ballads of John Coltrane\nThursday\, April 22\, 2027 | 7 PM\nMain Hall\, Kleinhans Music Hall\nSome music asks to be heard. John Coltrane’s ballads ask to be felt. \nOn April 22\, 2027\, at 7 pm\, Kleinhans Music Hall and JazzBuffalo present an extraordinary and deeply moving musical event as two NEA Jazz Masters and multiple Grammy Award winners — Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves — come together to celebrate the timeless ballads of John Coltrane\, which they have recorded and will release on the centennial of Coltrane’s birth this September. \nThis is not a retrospective. It is not a recreation. \nIt is a living\, breathing artistic conversation centered on some of the most intimate and emotionally transcendent music ever recorded in jazz. \nAt the heart of the evening is the landmark 1963 recording John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman — a masterwork of tenderness and restraint that revealed Coltrane’s profoundly romantic and melodic voice. Pairing his searching tenor saxophone with Hartman’s velvet baritone\, the album remains one of the most beloved ballad recordings in jazz and American Music history — and the only studio album in which Coltrane featured a vocalist. \nIn this rare collaboration\, the Branford Marsalis Quartet and Dianne Reeves revisit this sacred repertoire while honoring the broader lyricism\, depth\, romantic\, and spiritual resonance of Coltrane’s ballad legacy. \nThe collaboration will also be captured in a forthcoming recording of timeless ballads—including selections from the historic John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman—set for release this September in celebration of the centennial of John Coltrane’s birth\, offering audiences a rare opportunity to experience this deeply expressive music reimagined by Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves. \nAs part of a limited world tour — including Carnegie Hall in New York City\, The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto\, The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam\, Munich’s Gasteig\, and the 60th Barcelona Jazz Festival — Buffalo stands among a select number of U.S. cities chosen to host this remarkable engagement. \nThe Main Hall of Kleinhans Music Hall provides the perfect setting. Its warmth and acoustical clarity allow music of this intimacy to bloom fully — every breath\, every phrase\, every nuance suspended in space. \nBranford Marsalis brings commanding tone\, interpretive intelligence\, and emotional authority to Coltrane’s music. Dianne Reeves\, one of the most celebrated vocalists of her generation\, brings unparalleled expressive depth — her voice capable of both quiet vulnerability and soaring declaration. Together\, they illuminate the tenderness\, romance\, and quiet spiritual power that define Coltrane’s ballads. \nThis evening promises lyricism. It promises beauty. It promises emotional connection at the highest artistic level. \nFor Jazz at Kleinhans\, this performance represents a defining moment in our continued commitment to presenting world-class artistry in Buffalo — concerts that resonate long after the final note fades. \nBuffalo is proud to be one of the few cities welcoming this landmark collaboration. \nSeats for an event of this magnitude are expected to move quickly. \nEarly reserved seating is strongly encouraged. \nAbout Branford Marsalis \nFrom his initial recognition as a young jazz lion\, Branford Marsalis has expanded his vision as an instrumentalist\, composer\, bandleader\, and educator\, crossing stylistic boundaries while maintaining an unwavering creative integrity. In the process\, he has become an avatar of contemporary artistic excellence\, winning three Grammy Awards\, a Tony nomination for his work as a composer on Broadway\, a citation by the National Endowment for the Arts as Jazz Master\, and a 2021 Primetime Emmy nomination for the score he composed for the Tulsa Burning documentary. \nAbout Dianne Reeves \nFive-time Grammy winner Dianne Reeves is one of the world’s premier jazz singers. With her improvisational virtuosity and unique jazz and R&B style\, Reeves won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for three consecutive recordings\, winning the first Grammy in a vocal category. She was featured in George Clooney’s award-winning film Goodnight and Good Luck\, for which she received a Grammy. Reeves holds honorary doctorates from DePaul University\, the Berklee College of Music\, and the Juilliard School. Like Marsalis\, she was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts – the highest distinction awarded to jazz artists in the USA.
URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/marsalis-reeves/
LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \,  Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States
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SUMMARY:BABEL | Tayari Jones
DESCRIPTION:Just Buffalo Literary Center presents\nBABEL featuring Tayari Jones\nThursday\, April 29\, 2027\n7:30 pm\nDoors open at 6:30 p.m.\nAuthor Reception for Premium Access ticketholders starts at 6:30pm \nJoin Just Buffalo Literary Center’s BABEL Author Series for an evening with Tayari Jones. \nOver the course of her award-winning career\, Tayari Jones’s novels and essays have explored the vagaries of birth and fate\, the bitterness of injustice\, and the persistent power of love. From her debut\, Leaving Atlanta\, to her latest novel\, the Oprah Book Club Selection and New York Times bestseller Kin\, Jones brings warmth and wisdom to themes of family\, friendship\, and what it means to be a girl and a woman in the American South. Hailed as “one of the most important voices of her generation” by Essence and as “a bard of the modern South” by the Los Angeles Times\, her vivid characters\, trademark humor\, and gorgeous prose have won her acclaim from readers and critics alike. \nPrevious books include An American Marriage—which was also an Oprah’s Book Club Selection—Silver Sparrow and The Unteling. \nJones is a graduate of Spelman College\, University of Iowa\, and Arizona State University. She is an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University and the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Creative Writing at Emory University.
URL:https://kleinhansbuffalo.org/event/tayari-jones/
LOCATION:Kleinhans Music Hall\, 3 Symphony Circle \,  Buffalo\, NY\, 14201\, United States
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