Discover something new at The Winter Jazzfest 2025 Brooklyn Marathon at National Sawdust, featuring Vijay Iyer Trio + 1 Featuring Adam O'Farrill, Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn, Keyon Harrold, and the Zoh Amba Sun Ensemble.
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The Vijay Iyer Trio + 1 featuring Adam O’Farrill
“This is hyperarticulate, politically urgent music that speaks to where we are and where we should be.” – NPR
“a triumph of small-group interchange and fertile invention. Iyer’s piano work, whether arrestingly skittish or clothed in powerful solemnity, resounds with a visceral intensity of purpose, and his resourceful compatriots respond in kind.” – The New Yorker
Composer-pianist Vijay Iyer has carved out a unique path as an influential, shape-shifting presence in 21st-century music. Voted Downbeat’s Jazz Artist of the Year four times, he has released twenty-six remarkably acclaimed albums; received three Grammy nominations, numerous national and international prizes, and a MacArthur Fellowship; composed for classical soloists, orchestras, and chamber ensembles; and collaborated with poets, filmmakers, choreographers, and music-makers from across the planet. But Iyer’s artistry finds perhaps its purest expression in his most celebrated group, the Vijay Iyer Trio, praised by NPR as “truly astonishing” and by The New York Times as “one of the best bands in jazz.” This remarkable and ever-evolving trio conception, developed over 30 years with five pivotal recordings and hundreds of performances, has not only defied the old categories but created entirely new ones, along the way nurturing an enviable roster of now-revered young musicians. The latest all-star incarnation of the trio with bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey achieves a pronounced expression of equal say among the musicians, a powerful sense of shared purpose, and a stratospheric level of attunement, as heard on their two landmark albums Uneasy (ECM, 2021) and Compassion (ECM, 2024).
In 2025, Iyer’s unit expands to The Vijay Iyer Trio + 1, with the addition of the phenomenal Adam O’Farrill, called “a force of nature” (JazzTrail) and “among the leading trumpeters in jazz” (The New York Times), and a member of one of of Afro-Latin music’s most revered dynasties. For this special WJF engagement, Iyer, O’Farrill, and Sorey are joined by bassist Matt Brewer to form a small but mighty supergroup.
“Iyer’s most vital strength within his expansive skill set may be his ability to ground a rotating cast of illustrious collaborators. He refracts and focuses his fellow artists, revealing a greater richness.” - The New York Times
Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn
Dawn Richard treats Louisiana Creole culture, New Orleans bounce, and Southern Swag as elemental, allowing Dawn to weave in and out of house, footwork, R&B, and more. As she says, “I am the genre.”
As a founding member of Danity Kane, and later with Diddy’s Dirty Money, Dawn was able to explore the ins and outs of commercial pop music. As a solo artist, she opted to self-release her music. Over the span of five critically acclaimed full-length albums, Dawn has made the message clear that she will not bow down or bend to industry norms.
“You never see women appreciated as producers and artists alike—especially Black women in the electronic space. The time is now for us to start recognizing their talent, not only in electronic music but in all genres. I wanna be the reason why a young Black girl from the South can be whoever she wants to be musically, visually, and artistically.”
The music of multi-instrumentalist Spencer Zahn is marked by openness: spacious sonic landscapes, rich with contributions from his creative community. Born in Massachusetts, Zahn started playing the bass at age 12. Since moving to New York in the mid-2000s, he has worked as a touring musician, performing live with a range of acts across the genre spectrum. Zahn’s career as a solo artist began later, around the same time he started playing with like-minded guitarist Dave Harrington, in 2015.
Keyon Harrold
“Keyon Harrold is the future of the trumpet”- Downbeat Magazine
An inventive, multidisciplinary, genre-fluid artist; trumpeter and vocalist; a composer, arranger, and platinum music producer; bandleader and major recording artist (The Mugician-Sony "The Mugician") and currently with Concord Jazz
“Keyon Harrold Is Equal Parts Music” - Billboard
Musically, Harrold lives by the notion that the only thing that identifies a genre is its beat. That belief has allowed harrold to tear down the walls of the genre to roam music freely. There are only 12 notes, so he pours his soul into every musical situation, be it performing live, recording, or composing for television and film.
“Keyon Harrold carries a natural swagger that is not misplaced: he’s a compelling communicator and commanding trumpeter.” The magic of his performance is the accomplishment of a quintet that resonates as both accomplished and raw, the seeking of new challenges...” -Love Supreme Festival.
Harrold’s career is a spectrum of greatness. From touring and recording with Jay-z and Cirque Du Soleil to being signed by legendary Rapper Nas (Mass Appeal) and writing the theme song for The Queen Latifah’s Show.
Harrold is a first-call artist with feature credits with Keith Richards, Black Pumas, Mac Miller (Stay), and Nas (The Jarreau of Rap) and Harrold’s latest collaboration with UK crooner Samm Henshaw ( Still Broke).
Keyon is a frequent collaborator with YEBBA, Robert Glasper, Maxwell, Common, PJ Morton, and Gregory Porter.
Harrold is the new Artistic Advisor for Jazz St.Louis
He is an activist for social justice and equality.
Look for New Original Music and content from Keyon 2022.
Zoh Amba
Zoh Amba is a composer, saxophonist, and flutist from Tennessee. Her music blends avant-garde, noise, and devotional hymns. Before studying music at the San Francisco Conservatory Of Music, New England Conservatory and studying with David Murray in New York, she spent most of her time writing and practicing saxophone in the forest near her home. Today, her powerfully unique avant-garde music is full of folk melodies, mesmerizing refrains, and repeated incantations. Amba released two records in 2022, her debut record O, Sun which was produced by John Zorn and released on the prestigious label Tzadik. Zoh Amba’s second record, Bhakti features Micah Thomas, Tyshawn Sorey, and Matt Hollenberg. She has collaborated with a variety of high profile musicians such as Jim White (Dirty Three), legendary jazz bassist William Parker, Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), etc. Amba has also performed at well respected venues and festivals Roulette (NY), Ars Nova Presents (Philadelphia), Vision Festival (NY), and Angel City Jazz Festival (LA) along with a 2023 Big Ears Festival’s performance.
The Winter Jazzfest signature two-night, multi venue experience allows you access to over 40 different groups playing from early evening through late at night. Whether you join for Friday at Manhattan venues, Saturday at Brooklyn venues, or both nights, we guarantee you will discover something new.
National Sawdust, 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn6:30 PM Doors
7:30 PM Vijay Iyer Trio +1 Featuring Adam O’Farrill
8:45 PM Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn
10:00 PM Keyon Harrold
11:30 PM Zoh Amba Sun Ensemble