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Hoosier Jazz Inc. promotes jazz music and culture through festivals, performances, and educational initiatives, fostering community engagement and appreciation for the art form while honoring jazz legends like Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

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Waldron Arts Center Lounge In the spirit of the 2026 Hoosier Jazz Festival&rsquo;s theme, &ldquo;Miles &amp; Trane @ 100,&rdquo; the Luke Gillespie Trio performs the music of Red Garland, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, and Tommy Flanagan, pianists whose rhythm sections were instrumental in the development of the careers of jazz titans Miles Davis and John Coltrane in the 50s and 60s. Drinks and snacks available for purchase. Limited seating.&nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1782146153/wysiwyg/epia1y0ceylbdqofp4we.jpg" style="width: 196px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; -webkit-user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 196px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Luke Gillespie, piano<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1782146184/wysiwyg/onnfu6rocemnfcqlhcy6.jpg" style="width: 145px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; -webkit-user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 145px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Jeremy Allen, double bass<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1782146196/wysiwyg/nyksbhqhp94spj3n7xbe.jpg" style="width: 148px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; -webkit-user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 148px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Sean Dobbins, drums *Details subject to change. Refunds will not be honored. <a fr-original-style="" href="http://hoosierjazzinc.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">hoosierjazzinc.org</a>

Hoosier Jazz Festival Presents the Luke Gillespie Trio

Indiana University Archives of African American Music And CultureHerman B. Wells Library, West Tower, Suite 305 Join Nia I&rsquo;man Smith for a lively conversation exploring the use of John Coltrane&rsquo;s image and music in Spike Lee&rsquo;s classic film, Mo&rsquo; Better Blues&nbsp;(1990). A constant presence throughout the film, we&rsquo;ll discuss how Lee invokes Coltrane in both sight and sound to honor his cultural and musical legacy. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784569506/wysiwyg/nhw0u6hz2pgftgyr1hp8.jpg" style="width: 239px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; -webkit-user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 239px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> Nia I&#39;man Smith is an interdisciplinary Black music scholar in training and Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research interests include acts of ancestor veneration within Black music, Black-owned record stores as sites of cultural preservation, and Black women&rsquo;s practices of vinyl preservation. Her research exploring ancestor veneration in Black music has been presented at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, the IU Institute for Advanced Study, the 2019 MoPOP Pop Conference, the Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University Newark, and the Juneteenth Mbongi Collective. She holds an M.S. Ed. in Museum Education from Bank Street College of Education and a B.A. in Afro-American Studies from Howard University. Nia, under the alias dj ann charles, is the creator and host of&nbsp;&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://wfhb.org/sonic-blacknuss-radio/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">SONIC BLACKNUSS RADIO</a>, a bimonthly curation of Black music across time and space that airs on WFHB, a volunteer-powered, community radio station in Bloomington, IN. She is the proud daughter of Linda Ann Smith and Tony Smith, and the eternally loved great-niece of Essie Nealy Manning. <a fr-original-style="" href="//hoosierjazzinc.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">hoosierjazzinc.org</a>

A Sight & Sound Supreme: John Coltrane, Cultural Memory, & Ancestor Veneration in Spike Lee's Mo' Better Blues

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1775572967/wysiwyg/uy9erejqqb4j1deieer8.jpg" style="width: 296px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; -webkit-user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 296px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Hoosier Jazz Festival | Sept. 5 | 2 pmFirst United Church 2:00 Jamey Aebersold Quintet3:00 Postmodern Jazz Quartet4:00 Natalie Boeyink &amp; Callipygian Collective Intermission 5:30 Nick Najera &amp; Tortilla Jackson6:30 Sam Butler Quintet7:30 Joel Tucker &amp; The Electric Current8:45 Headliner Performance Rahsaan Barber Quartet&nbsp;with special guest Lucas Hendershot<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1775843660/wysiwyg/tctf8dhyjw1wvhqhwk6d.jpg" style="width: 300px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; -webkit-user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 300px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> *Timings and other details subject to change. Refunds will not be honored. <a fr-original-style="" href="//​hoosierjazzinc.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">hoosierjazzinc.org</a>

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