Sunday, Aug 17th , 2025
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Victor C Waryas Park
Main St.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 384-6350
Jazz in the Valley celebrates its 25th anniversary with two days of performances at Waryas Park on the Poughkeepsie waterfront. It's a celebration of jazz the whole family will enjoy featuring an exciting mix of young and veteran musicians. Grab a bite to eat at one of the local food trucks scheduled to be on-site. General seating is available under the tent, or you can bring your own chair or blanket and relax on the lawn.
Waryas Park is within walking distance of the Poughkeepsie train station, which serves both Metro-North and Amtrak trains.
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Saturday, Aug. 16, 3–4:30 p.m.
• Craig Harris, "Breathe"
Long Island-born, Harlem-based trombonist/composer Craig Harris comes to the festival with a special presentation of "Breathe," his work performed by a large ensemble of 50 musicians playing brass and woodwind instruments, making a sonic statement of social significance.
Sunday, Aug. 17, 12–6 p.m.
• Jazzmeia Horn
A winner of both the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and the Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition in 2013 and 2015, Horn burst on the jazz scene combining Betty Carter’s bebop fluency, and Sarah Vaughan’s elegant phrasing into her own distinct voice. No longer a rising star, Horn is a bright light in the galaxy of jazz constellations.
• Echoes of an Era
In 1982, Chaka Khan, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White released "Echoes of an Era," a straight-ahead, jazz masterpiece recorded in the digital fusion era. Under the direction of JITV Artistic Director Javon Jackson, a modern assemblage of musicians has gathered together to pay tribute to that album — Orrin Evans, the preeminent Philly post-bop pianist, composer and bandleader; Lisa Fischer, the electrifying Twenty Feet from Stardom uber vocalist; Dr. Eddie Henderson, a trumpeter whose hypnotic, melodic lines have soothed and grooved for five decades; John Patitucci, the bassist who held it down for Corea and Wayne Shorter; and White, who brings his drum wisdom to this new group of musicians.
• Bobby Sanabria
A Puerto Rican, Bronx-born drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, educator and eight-time Grammy nominee, Bobby Sanabria is fluent in the languages of jazz and Latin jazz. Prepare to dance and be entranced by Sanabria and his salsa big band.
The attached photo is of NEA Jazz Master Ron Carter at the 2019 event.
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