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Doors: 7PM

Revolutionizing the jazz harp, Brandee Younger draws from Alice Coltrane, Dorothy Ashby, and hip-hop alike in a soaring performance. She connects spiritual jazz and classical training to the rhythmic soulfulness of R&B and more.

Younger is revolutionizing the harps’ role in modern music. Over the past fifteen years, she has worked relentlessly to stretch boundaries and limitations for harpists.  In 2022, she made history by becoming the first Black woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition. That same year, she was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award and later, the winner of the 2024 NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Jazz Album for her album Brand New Life.  Ever-expanding as an artist, she has worked with cultural icons including Common, Lauryn Hill, John Legend, Pharoah Sanders, and Christian McBride.

Younger’s latest release is Gadabout Season (Verve-Impulse Records). Gadabout Season showcases Younger’s evolving use of electronic textures and extended harp techniques, culminating in what producer Rashaan Carter describes as an “Afrofuturist sonic palette.” Additional sonic brilliance arrives courtesy of some extraordinary guests on the recording including SHABAKA, Joel Ross, and Makaya McCraven among others.

In addition to performing and recording, Younger is on the faculty at New York University, Steinhardt School and The New School College of Performing Arts.

Brandee Younger’s ensemble for the earshot Jazz Festival is yet to be announced—stay tuned!

Brandee Younger photo by Erin O’Brien