Mayor Andre Dickens announced the lineup Monday for Atlanta’s 2023 Jazz Festival. This is the 46th year for the annual event and one of the largest free outdoor Jazz festivals in the Southeast.
The three days festival features performances distinguished musicians from across the globe and innovative emerging artists. The 46th annual Jazz Fest is set to take place in Piedmont Park over Memorial Day weekend May 27 -29. The festival will run from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. each day.
The Atlanta Jazz Festival 2023 features headliners Grammy Award Winners Samara Joy and Ledisi among other amazing performers.
Samara Joy is a Bronx, New York native jazz singer released her self-titled debut album in 2021 and was subsequently named Best New Artist by JazzTimes. The 22 year old released her second album, Linger Awhile, in September 2022 and won the award for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 2023 Grammy Awards, where she was also named Best New Artist.
Ledisi, is an R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter, music producer, author and actress. She has been bringing us sweet melodies for over two decades. With eleven studio albums she has received numerous accolades and earned fourteen Grammy Award nominations to date, winning her first for Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Anything For You” in 2021.
Below is the full lineup.
Day 1 | Saturday, May 27
1 p.m. Lakecia Benjamin – jazz, funk, and R&B saxophonist
3 p.m. Tony Hightower – vocalist
5 p.m. David Sanchez – Latin jazz saxophonist
7 p.m. Samara Joy – vocalist
9 p.m. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis
- There will also be a late-night jazz concert featuring singer/songwriter Cecily, which will take place at Park Tavern at 10 p.m. This is a ticketed event and reservations can be made on the festival’s website.
Day 2 | Sunday, May 28
1 p.m. Sélène Saint-Aimé – afro-French bassist and vocalist
3 p.m. Brandee Younger – contemporary jazz, soul, and funk harpist
5 p.m. Javon Jackson and the Gospel according to Nikki Giovanni – poet and saxophonist
7 p.m. Jose James – hip-hop infused jazz vocalist
9 p.m. Stanley Clarke – jazz fusion bassist
Day 3 | Monday, May 29
1 p.m. Satya – singer/songwriter
3 p.m. James Francies – pop-influenced jazz pianist
5 p.m. Brenda Nicole Moorer – singer/songwriter
7 p.m. Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott) – trumpeter and jazz innovator
9 p.m. Ledisi – R&B and jazz vocalist
