Tito Puente News

Created in 2009 and led by distinguished trumpeter, jazz historian, and music educator, Steven Oquendo, The Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra (SOLJO) is a force to be reckoned with. This bold big band is made up of 19 superbly talented guardians of Latin music.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced the jazz programming running May 29 through June 11.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced all jazz programming running May 22 through June 4.

Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater’s original musical production TORCHED! will run for the first time in the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Manhattan, the company’s historic Off-Broadway house.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced jazz programming running May 15 through May 28.

Harlem Stage has announces details for the Black Arts Movement: Then and Now Conference, curated by Harlem Stage Associate Artistic Director/Artist-in-Residence Carl Hancock Rux and exploring the legacy of the groundbreaking, influential, and controversial movement of the 1960s and ‘70s.

Javier Garcia's nightclub solo show debut was one for the record books.

With three Grammy Award wins and three Grammy nominations, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra with Oscar Hernández returns triumphantly to Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 8:00 pm.

See the gifted Gil Gutiérrez Trio returning to the legendary Birdland Theater Friday, May 19th – Sunday, May 20th  with two sets on Sunday, May 21 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced jazz programming running May 8 through May 21.

Teeming with spontaneity, this four-night event celebrates two master figures who transformed American music, legendary artists Tito Puente and Tito Rodríguez, spotlighting the impact of Puerto Rican influence and providing a sonic portal between past and present.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced jazz programming running May 2 through May 14.

City Parks Foundation has announced the 2023 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s beloved outdoor performing arts festival, bringing 80 free and benefit shows to Central Park and 12 neighborhood parks across the five boroughs.  

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have released details on all jazz programming running April 25 through May 7.

Messenger Legacy band—honoring the enduring influence of jazz great Ralph Peterson—appears at William Paterson University on May 20, 2023 at 8:00pm 

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced programming running April 18 through April 30.

Carnegie Hall has announced the lineup for the summer 2023 season of Carnegie Hall Citywide, the Hall’s free concert series that brings live music to neighborhoods across New York City. 

Harlem Stage has announced details of the Black Arts Movement: Then and Now Conference, curated by Harlem Stage Associate Artistic Director/Artist-in-Residence Carl Hancock Rux.

Find details below for jazz programming coming up at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater running April 10 through April 23.

​​​​​​​Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced jazz programming running April 3 through April 16.