Indie Event Details

Samara Joy and Christian McBride Celebrate Verve’s 70th Anniversary / Mei Semones & Friends play the music of <i>Getz/Gilberto</i> / Sparklmami DJ set

When

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT

Where

SummerStage in Central Park
New York, Central Park

Address

Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, New York, NY 10021

Listed price

$0

Listing checked

Aug 28, 2026

Performers for this celebration of the label’s 70th anniversary include Samara Joy, a six-time GRAMMY winner and Bronx native, and Christian McBride, a world-class bassist and bandleader, a Juilliard graduate and 11-time GRAMMY winner who has recorded with legends of both the jazz (McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Eddie Palmieri, and more) and pop (Sting, Paul McCartney, Celine Dion) spheres. Also, Mei Semones, an American indie rock musician who writes jazz-influenced songs in both English and Japanese, has invited her own crew of friends including aron!, Liana Flores, and John Roseboro to perform music from Getz/Gilberto, the classic collaborative album by João Gilberto and Stan Getz released on Verve in 1964. Sparklmami will begin the show with a DJ set.