JAZZ & COLORS to Return to the Met Museum This Month

Following an electric evening of jazz performances at The Metropolitan Museum of Art this past January, Jazz & Colors returns with a more focused and intimate experience. Programmed in collaboration with Met Museum Presents, and titled Jazz & Colors: The Full Spectrum Edition, renowned jazz musicians will once again perform in various iconic Met spaces for a dynamic evening of sublime entertainment on Friday, April 24, at 6:00 and 7:30 p.m.

With a new set list and lineup, Jazz & Colors: The Full Spectrum Edition is inspired by brilliant colors in art, and features songs that convey color in their titles and as an emotional connector. A transfixing evening of jazz and visual art, this event is part of MetFridays, where every week New Yorkers are invited to experience exhibitions, concerts, classes, and all the Met has to offer.

Jazz & Colors is a co-production of Met Museum Presents, the live arts series at the Met, and the independent music and film entrepreneur Peter Shapiro. This event is free with Museum admission.

Jazz performances by 10 ensembles will take place throughout the Museum as visitors become spontaneous audience members and are invited to experience a range of jazz groups as they play their interpretations of the same program, simultaneously, in different galleries.

Set One (6:00 p.m.): Sweet Georgia Brown by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard; Bye Bye Blackbird by Ray Henderson; Blue Skies by Irving Berlin; Mood Indigo by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard; Honeysuckle Rose by Fats Waller; Deep Purple by Peter DeRose.

Set Two (7:30 p.m.): Tangerine by Victor Schertzinger and Johnny Mercer; On Green Dolphin Street by Bronis?aw Kaper; Blue Train by John Coltrane; Blue in Green by Miles Davis and Bill Evans; Green Chimney's by Thelonious Monk; Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk by Charles Mingus.

The lineup for Jazz & Colors: The Full Spectrum Edition features:

Sam Newsome and Meg Okura (Sam Newsome - soprano sax; Meg Okura - violin; Eddy Khaimovich - bass; Satoshi Takeishi - percussion) in the Robert Lehman Wing court, Gallery 963

Kaki King in the American Wing's Vanderlyn Panorama

Kimberly Thompson (Kimberly Thompson - drums; Jonathan Michel - bass; Eden Ladin - keyboard) in Melanesia Gallery 354

Marika Hughes & Friends (Marika Hughes - cello; Marvin Sewell - guitar; Laoru Watanabe - flutes; Keith Witty - bass) in The American Wing, Gallery 760

Jovan Alexandre (Jovan Alexandre - tenor saxophone; Matt Dwonszyk - double bass; Jonathan Barber - drums) in The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Arms and Armor Court

JD Allen (JD Allen - saxophone; Gregg August - bass; Anwar Marshal - drums; Andrew Renfroe - guitar) in Modern and Contemporary Art, Gallery 915.

Kurt Knuffke (Kirk Knuffke - cornet; Mark Helias - bass; Bill Goodwin - drums) in the Vélez Blanco Patio

Marc Cary (piano) in The Charles Engelhard Court

Will Calhoun (Will Calhoun - drums; Aruan Ortiz - piano; Luques Curtis - bass) in the Great Hall Balcony Bar

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Jazz & Colors: The Full Spectrum Edition is programmed by Limor Tomer, General Manager of Concerts & Lectures at the Metropolitan Museum, and Brice Rosenbloom, Music Director at Le Poisson Rouge and Producer of Winter Jazzfest.

For updates and more information, visit www.metmuseum.org/tickets or www.jazzandcolors.com.

A wide-ranging series of performances and talks at The Metropolitan Museum of Art that explores contemporary issues and innovations through the lens of the Museum's exhibitions and unparalleled gallery spaces. Met Museum Presents creates a platform for curators, thought-leaders, and artists to come together and explore the Met as a generative force.