Jazz Foundation of America Presents The 26th Annual Jazz Loft Party: "A Night for the Soul" "The greatest underground music event in NYC" - The Wall Street Journal "The most ecstatic music experience I’ve had since Woodstock" - Huffington Post Join us in the old silent movie studios on West 26th Street with full views of the Hudson River at sunset. Everyone will be coming out for this one, from legendary blues masters to jazz geniuses, including the next Billie Holiday. Don't miss an entire segment of guitar heroes past and present, and to end the night a soul train full of R&B royalty. GLADYS KNIGHT ✶ NONA HENDRYX ✶ DANNY GLOVER ✶ ROSIE PEREZ ✶ SUPER SOUL BANNED featuring RAY PARKER JR. ✶ RONALD BELL (KOOL & THE GANG) ✶ MIX MASTER MIKE (BEASTIE BOYS) ✶ STEVE JORDAN ✶ JAMAALADEEN TACUMA ✶ISAIAH SHARKEY (D'ANGELO) ✶ EDDIE ALLEN ✶ WAYNE COBHAM ✶CLIFTON ANDERSON ✶ CLARK GAYTON ✶ WALLACE RONEY GROUP featuring GARY BARTZ ✶ LENNY WHITE ✶ PATRICE RUSHEN ✶ GUITARIST SUMMIT featuring MARC RIBOT ✶ BILL FRISELL ✶ JAMES "BLOOD" ULMER ✶ MARY HALVORSON ✶DAVELL CRAWFORD ✶ SOUL UNDERSTATED featuring MAVIS "SWAN" POOLE & JEREMY "BEAN" CLEMONS ✶ JAZZMEIA HORN (Winner 2015 Thelonious Monk Vocal Competition) ✶ JONNY ROSCH & FRIENDS ✶Showtime at The Apollo 16-year-old sensation: MATTHEW WHITAKER ✶The next Billie Holiday, teen extraordinaire: ALEXIS MORRAST... and many more surprises to come. Tickets go fast