Western Jazz Presenters Network

Western Jazz Presenters Network A coalition of jazz presenters in western N. America dedicated to networking, collective booking of jazz artists & advancement of the jazz field.

The primary goal of the WJPN is to tour artists. We accomplish these tours through twice yearly block-booking meetings at which we also offer a professional development activity in addition to the informal sharing of information that takes place when professionals at varying levels convene in a mutually supportive environment. To include as many presenters as possible in our touring efforts, we op

erate a listserve, on which members can discuss possible tours and pose questions about any management or presenting matter on which they need advice.

WJPN member organization San Diego Jazz Ventures presented its second annual festival linking San Diego and Tijuana thro...
10/08/2025

WJPN member organization San Diego Jazz Ventures presented its second annual festival linking San Diego and Tijuana through jazz. The music knows no borders!

The international lineup of artists, including four Grammy Award-winners, demonstrated how well music can transcend borders and language.

Check out this profile on longtime WJPN member Bruce Labadie, now at the artistic helm of both San Jose Jazz and the Mon...
08/06/2025

Check out this profile on longtime WJPN member Bruce Labadie, now at the artistic helm of both San Jose Jazz and the Monterey Jazz Festival. Congrats, Bruce!

San Jose’s ‘Music Man’ has been booking shows in the city for nearly 50 years.

Check out this piece on longtime WJPN member Bruce Labadie, now at the helm of both San Jose Jazz and the Monterey Jazz ...
08/06/2025

Check out this piece on longtime WJPN member Bruce Labadie, now at the helm of both San Jose Jazz and the Monterey Jazz Festival. Congrats, Bruce!

San Jose’s ‘Music Man’ has been booking shows in the city for nearly 50 years.

RIP
11/04/2024

RIP

The production wizard behind Michael Jackson's Thriller won 28 Grammy awards during a career that spanned more than 70 years as a performer, songwriter, producer and music executive.

Wishing WJPN founding member and longtime board member John Gilbreath all the best. John's countless contributions to th...
10/24/2024

Wishing WJPN founding member and longtime board member John Gilbreath all the best. John's countless contributions to the art form of jazz will continue to resonate for many years to come.

John Gilbreath, executive director of Earshot Jazz for 33 years, has shaped the organization into a key piece of Seattle's sprawling jazz ecosystem.

Among the many great experiences at Summer Fest (Aug 9-11) will be the opportunity to see the amazing up-and-coming tale...
08/01/2024

Among the many great experiences at Summer Fest (Aug 9-11) will be the opportunity to see the amazing up-and-coming talent featured on our FREE ASML NextGen Stage at San José Museum of Art including our own San Jose Jazz High School All Stars.

San Jose High School All Stars set to play festival main stage Aug. 10.

Great piece on the extraordinary Brian Blade. Playing West Coast dates this week at the Hollywood Bowl and the Athenaeum...
06/15/2024

Great piece on the extraordinary Brian Blade. Playing West Coast dates this week at the Hollywood Bowl and the Athenaeum.

Four-time Grammy Award-winner Brian Blade is a jazz great who also shines playing rock, funk, folk and other styles.

05/26/2024

Duke Ellington, who died 50 years ago today, achieved stardom in a country that offered Black artists adoration but denied them basic equality. A 1944 Profile captures Ellington at a high point in his popularity but still reluctant to discuss the contradiction between his cultural standing and second-class legal status. “You can say anything you want on the trombone,” Ellington said, “but you gotta be careful with words.”

Revisit Richard O. Boyer’s Profile of America’s latter day Bach: http://nyer.cm/z3VotJT

Sharing this first public announcement of a new festival that spans the US/Mexico border. Presented by two WJPN member o...
04/30/2024

Sharing this first public announcement of a new festival that spans the US/Mexico border. Presented by two WJPN member organizations, San Diego Jazz Ventures and Tijuana Jazz & Blues Festival. For more festival info, follow us at San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival.

The three-day festival has been designated as an "impact project" in the yearlong San Diego Tijuana World Design Capital 2024. It will feature drummer Cindy Blackman Santana, pianist Gerald Clayton, trumpeters Gilbert Castellanos and Ivan Trujillo, singer Magos Herrera, the Hausman Quartet, and…

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