Four days in January!
The Jazz Education Network (JEN) annual conference brings together jazz beginners and experts for a once-in-a lifetime experience.
Part music festival, part networking, part education and all inspiration. The annual conference hosts thousands of people from around the globe.
Register now! January 7-10, 2026, in New Orleans.
Hundreds of incredible clinics and nonstop performances. This is just a partial list of what you’ll hear.
- Sara Gazarek Band
- Bob Mintzer/Dave Stryker Quartet featuring Peter Erskine
- The Gottlieb/Danielsson Group, with Hans Backenroth & Harry Watters
- Ryan DeWeese and the RAD Jazz Orchestra
- Surround Sound
- Preservation Hall Legacy Band
- U.S. Army Blues Pershing’s Own with Bob Mintzer
- Rodney Jordan Quintet
- The Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra w/Ingrid Jensen
- Ted Nash Big Band
- The Live Performing Arts Academy Big Band w/Dave Pietro
- Rachel Therrien Latin Jazz Project – Presents Mi Hogar Vol II.
- A Tuba To Cuba Live presented by Preservation Hall Foundation
- Central Washington University Jazz Band I
- Memphis Jazz Workshop
- Excelsior Band Preservation! Inc Jazz Studio
- Horn Lake HS Treble VJE
- Kirkwood CC Jazz Ensemble
- U. No. Carolina Pembroke Jazz Combo I
- Plano East High School Sound Invention
- Morehead State University Jazz Combo
- Temple HS Blues
- Urban School of San Francisco Jazz Band
- Hinsdale Middle School Jazz Ensemble
- In Motion Quartet
- Annie Booth Big Band
- Jamie Shew Quartet
- Columbia Basin College Jazz Combo
- Diaz Music Institute Caliente
- John Sturino & BLOW GLOBE
- Tiffin Univ. Up in the Air Vocal Ensemble
- Loyola University New Orleans Jazz Ensemble
- Southwestern CC First Take
- Hoover HS First Edition Jazz Ensemble
- Temporal Taal Collective
- Bonney Lake HS Vocal Persuasion
- Reno Youth Jazz Orchestra Combo I
- Florida State University Jazz Orchestra
- Cal State Long Beach Pacific Standard Time Vocal jazz Ensemble
- Diaz Music Institute Caliente
- Suspended Sea Nonet
- Texas A&M University-Kingsville-Javelina Jaht 7
- Valencia H.S. Two N’ Four Vocal Jazz Ensemble
- Lavilla School of the Arts Ashley Street Jazz Band
- California Institute of the Arts Modern Jazz Ensemble
- Celebrating Mahavishnu and Shakti, Vin Scialla Brooklyn Raga Massive
- The Northern Colorado Voices
- Jacksonville State University Combo I
- Howard University SAASy
- Split Screen
- Houston Latin Jazz Orchestra
- Stefon Harris and Blackout
- Second Line Arts Collective: Little Stompers Family Band
- Mt. San Antonio College Singcopation
- Youth Performing Arts School Jazz Ensemble I
- AfinaDos Brazilian Duo
- Clarence Hines Jazz Orchestra
- Los Alamitos HS Jazz 1
- University of Northern Colorado Compass Jazz Orchestra
- Jazz Strings and Fiddle Society of Texas
- Western Michigan University Fourtunate Cats
- Peabody Graduate Jazz Ensemble
- Aubrey Johnson Group
- Univ. of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra & Singers
- The Hailey Brinnel Quintet
- Carlos Vega Jazz Quintet
