Music

Sean Mason composes and performs highly melodic, wholly infectious music. Branford Marsalis, a jazz legend, has praised Sean’s musicality. His debut record, “The Southern Suite,” is a roadmap to his music—a map that should lead you to his Club Hancher performances.

Gaby Moreno’s approach to Latin Americana has won her an avid audience—and has opened doors for other voices that don’t necessarily sound like the mainstream. Moreno demonstrates just how astonishing those voices can be.

Perhaps best known as a trumpeter, Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer who has not only rethought the foundations of music, but also the techniques for making that music.

Cécile McLorin Salvant is always exploring and charting new paths. A vocalist of startling gifts, she seems to unveil some new facet of her artistry with each project and collaboration.

Nduduzo Makhathini creates ambitious music that is at once an act of cultural reclamation and a revelatory blending of technique and creativity. A leading light of South African jazz infuses the sounds of his culture with the influence of McCoy Tyner.

In this Club Hancher performance, Quijada and Robinson will play an acoustic concert that includes songs from a hip-hop remix highlighting Black and Brown unity and telling the story of those who used the Underground Railroad to escape to Mexico rather than the northern United States.

Guitarist Julian Lage brings a top-shelf quintet—including Dave King on drums and Jorge Roeder on bass—to Club Hancher for two sets featuring music from Speak to Me, his fourth Blue Note album.

Patti Smith stoked the spirit of punk music, pulling out soul and guts and complexity and landscape and language. As part of “Infinite Dream,” Smith will read from her acclaimed poetry at The Englert Theatre (Friday, September 27) and perform with her band (Saturday, September 28) at Hancher Auditorium.

A new collaboration connecting two top-flight musicians. 

Ndegeocello and her funky, bluesy, soulful, hip-hop inflected band delve deeply into the author’s message and spirit in his centenary.