En directo en Birdland Theater (Nueva York): Bria Skonberg

Bria Skonberg is a Juno-award winning artist, 10x Downbeat Rising Star, recipient of the Legend Award by the Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook and a 2025 nominee for the European "Academie du Jazz" awards. The trumpeter, vocalist, and songwriter has been called the , "rdquo" -> shining hope of hot jazz"(NY Times) and is considered , "rdquo" -> one ofthe most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation"(WSJ). She has been a featured artist at hundreds of festivals and stages the world over, including New Orleans Jazz Heritage, Kobe, Monterey, Breda, Newport and Montreal Jazz Festivals and Carnegie Hall. Her debut LP on Sony Masterworks reached #5 on the Billboard Jazz charts. Her 7th studio album What it Means was recorded in New Orleans and received a rare 5 star Downbeat review. Her music has been streamed over 30 million times. A professional band leader since her teens growing up in British Columbia, Canada, she moved to Vancouver and obtained her degree in Trumpet Performance from Capilano University. Since arriving in New York in 2010 she has been at the forefront of a revival of classic American music as both a performer and educator, programming concerts and workshops for students of all ages on behalf of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Louis Armstrong House Museum, Jazz House Kids and more. She is a co-producer of the NY Hot Jazz Camp now in its 11th year. Bria is an active member of the Women in Jazz Organization, the International Trumpet Guild, and a Bach Conn-Selmer artist. 2026 will mark the release of two projects, displaying both Bria's fiery trumpet playing (Brass) and her smoky vocals and story-telling (Indigo).