The Poster House
Panel Discussion: The Legacy of Blackface: Understanding Performance, Posters, and Public Memory.
In this moving and complex conversation, cultural historian Eric Lott, jazz historian Jerome Jennings, curator Dominique Jean-Louis, and Act Black curator Es-pranza Humphrey will examine the enduring legacy of blackface minstrelsy across performance and visual culture. Together, they will explore how Black and white performers participated in and were represented through minstrel traditions, as well as how these representations evolved as the practice moved from the stage to the screen.
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Antonio Hart Quartet
Two sets with legendary saxophonist/composer/educator. 7pm and 9pm
Antonio Hart - saxophones
Richard Johnson - piano
Alex Apolo Ayala - bass
Jerome Jennings - drums
Antonio Hart Quartet
Two sets with the legendary saxophonist/composer/educator. 7pm and 9pm
Antonio Hart - saxophones
Richard Johnson - piano
Alex Apolo Ayala - bass
Jerome Jennings - drums
Antonio Hart Quartet
Two sets with the legendary saxophonist/composer/educator. 7pm and 9pm
Antonio Hart - saxophones
Richard Johnson - piano
Alex Apolo Ayala - bass
Jerome Jennings - drums
Paula West
Jerome has been collaborating with Paula West for close to twenty years! Enjoy an evening of beautiful arrangements of the great American Songbook and other songs.
Paula West
Jerome has been collaborating with Paula West for close to twenty years! Enjoy an evening of beautiful arrangements of the great American Songbook and other songs.
Paula West
Jerome has been collaborating with Paula West for close to twenty years! Enjoy an evening of beautiful arrangements of the great American Songbook and other songs.
NYC Cabaret Convention
I am honored to perform in the house band for this incredible event!
The New York Cabaret Convention, the longest-running festival of its kind, celebrates its 37th year of showcasing exceptional cabaret talent from around the globe. Each October, this beloved event brings the intimate art of cabaret to center stage in New York City, drawing bookers and producers from across the country and abroad. Enthusiastic audiences consistently praise it as “the best entertainment value in town.”
Vanessa Rubin
Vanessa Rubin w/ Trio Featuring Brandon McCune and Kenny Davis Sets 6pm and 8:30pm
Vanessa Rubin
Vanessa Rubin w/ Trio Featuring Brandon McCune-piano and Kenny Davis-bass Sets 7pm and 9:30pm
Vanessa Rubin
Vanessa Rubin w/ Trio Featuring Brandon McCune-piano and Kenny Davis-bass Sets 7pm and 9:30pm
Jerome Jennings and DJ OOOchild duet
Jerome Jennings and DJ OooChild will perform a special experimental Drum/DJ duo set in NYC! This show is not to be missed. Tickets and Info
Jerome Jennings Quintet
Sets 6pm and 7:30pm Click for tickets and information
Jerome brings his quintet into Smalls Jazz Club NYC for an evening of music from his recordings The Beast, Solidarity, and new music from the 2025 film TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing
Jerome Jennings Trio featuring Maurice Chestnut
First Friday: Jerome Jennings Trio with Maurice Chestnut Live Jazz & Tap Performance.
Don’t miss an electrifying evening of live jazz music and tap dancing with the Jerome Jennings Trio and Maurice Chestnut. Presented in connection with Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen, this program celebrates two Black American performance traditions as Chestnut uses his feet as another instrument, responding to the trio through rhythm, movement, and improvisation. Together, the musicians and Chestnut will create a performance filled with energy, spontaneity, and swing.
Ted Chubb Quintet
Ted Chubb "Live At The Statuary" Record Release Party! Information and RSVP
Donald Vega Trio
Grammy®-nominated pianist and composer Donald Vega returns to his hometown of Los Angeles and Catalina Jazz Club to share music from his Grammy-nominated album As I Travel. Journey along with Vega's trio––Grammy-winner Carlitos Del Puerto on bass and Jerome Jennings on drums––as they recount his immigration and musical story. Tickets and information
Donald Vega Trio
Grammy®-nominated pianist and composer Donald Vega returns to his hometown of Los Angeles and Catalina Jazz Club to share music from his Grammy-nominated album As I Travel. Journey along with Vega's trio––Grammy-winner Carlitos Del Puerto on bass and Jerome Jennings on drums––as they recount his immigration and musical story. Tickets and information
Lakecia Benjamin
Jerome will accompany alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin celebrating her new recording ‘We Dream’
Natalie Douglas
Natalie Douglas in: A Juneteenth Jubilee – Tributes: ‘70’s Soul, Volume 2
TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School Of Organizing Screening
The Schomburg Centennial Festival
TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing (2025, 105 minutes)
A biography of the influential writer, filmmaker and cultural worker, who with humor and deep insight, inspired a generation of artists to dedicate themselves to community empowerment. The film is structured as a series of lessons on cultural organizing, gleaned from Bambara's life and shared by her friends, colleagues and students.
The film will be followed by talkback with filmmaker Louis Massiah who will be joined by poets and artists Nikky Finney, and sadé powell, moderated by feminist writer and scholar, Naomi Extra. more information
Jerome Jennings scored the films soundstrack