Jazz Poetry 2025: Nicole Mitchell Quintet, Chen Chen, Cameron Lovejoy, Roya Marsh, Ajibola Tolase, Alphabet City, Northside, Live and Online

Nicole Mitchell: flute, compositions; Anqwenique Kinsel: vocals; Irene Monteverde: piano; Jeff Grubbs: bass; James Johnson III: drums

May is Jazz Poetry Month - Each Jazz Poetry program begins with a full set from a live jazz band, followed by a collaboration with local and international poets.

Nicole Mitchell, the former Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, playing tribute to a selection of Pittsburgh Greats, including Geri Allen, George Benson, and Erroll Garner. Nicole and her quintet are accompanied by poets Chen Chen, whose debut collection, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, was longlisted for the National Book Award; Cameron Lovejoy, a printer and poet who operates the slow press Tilted House; Roya Marsh, author of the poetry collection dayliGht, which was nominated for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Poetry; and Ajibola Tolase, a Nigerian poet and essayist whose collection 2000 Blacks won the 2024 Cave Canem Poetry Prize.
In Person - and online stream -

Nicole Mitchell