Doors at 6 p.m. | Music at 7 p.m.

The Youngbloods' Jazz Ensemble proudly presents an interactive musical timeline highlighting the story of this beloved NYC jazz/contemporary group! Join them for an evening celebrating music, love, creativity, and the countless people who helped make the Youngbloods' story a beautiful and enduring tale of perseverance, triumph, and community. 

The evening will feature traditional jazz standards, original compositions, and many more surprises, delighting both new and old Youngbloods Jazz aficionados! 

$45 and $25 tickets will go on sale two weeks before the show.

We will be collecting donations for Clothed with Love.

Shanelle D. Jenkins is an accomplished musician from Brooklyn, New York. Performing since the tender age of 4, Shanelle has made quite a name for herself as a powerful, dynamic and versatile trumpet player and occasional vocalist, and has been a member of the Recording Academy. She credits her musical development to the Lord, David Brandon, Marc Golden, Bishop Mario Ford, John E. Johnson and Genghis Nor, a skilled jazz trumpeter, composer and former soloist for Frank Foster, Bill Barron and Charli Persip’s Supersound band. Since her return to New York City from Oberlin College, she has performed at many popular venues and special events like Symphony Space, the Blue Note, Bam Café, The Apollo Theater, Harlem Summerstage and Levitt Pavilion. She has also enjoyed television exposure on Fox 5’s “Good Day, New York”, Channel 7's Eyewitness News, New York One, Channel 2 (CBS Evening) News and most recently "The View" as a guest audience member with Amanda Humes and several notable NYC musicians for International Jazz Day (4/30/23, 4/30/24 and 4/30/25)! Shanelle is also co-founder/bandleader of the Youngbloods' Jazz Quartet, a performance collective that was started in 2004 in an effort to bring a greater acceptance and understanding of jazz music and its historical figures to a younger audience in Harlem. The group has a performance style of framing traditional jazz standards with contemporary music and still performs regularly around New York City. Through the Youngbloods, she has been a subject in a documentary by NewSandhouse Productions "The Youngbloods Jam in Harlem" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDgk6mZyoY) that was featured at City College and supported by the NYWIFT.  As a founding member of eclectic hip-hop ensemble BR and Timebomb (www.brandtimebomb.com), Shanelle traveled around much of the country, having performed at the Lincoln Memorial, the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and being selected as one of five opening acts for legendary songstress Patti LaBelle. She has done quite a bit of freelance work with bands around NYC as well; she is a former member of the Afro-Beat ensemble Femm Nameless and a current member of the Haveners (Funk/R&B) and Sweet Little Bloodhound, a country/soulful rock ensemble that toured the Eastern Seaboard. Shanelle has also humbly shared the stage with many notable musicians, including Wycliffe Gordon, Steve Turre, Donald Smith, Simone, Bobbi Humphrey and most recently, Kim Clarke, Bertha Hope and Mala Waldron. Shanelle is diligently shaping what promises to be a long and illustrious career, and is honored to be a member of this year's Sounds of the City roster with Youngbloods' Jazz!

Yovanne Pierre attended Juilliard for two years before transferring to North Carolina Central to focus on jazz music. He received a double degree in piano/organ performance in theory and composition. Yovanne was the vocal coach at Capital and Polygram records. At 18 he worked under the legendary gospel singer and composer James Cleveland. He has also performed at legendary NYC Jazz venues such as the Apollo Theatre, BB Kings, Birdland, Sweet Waters, Minton’s Playhouse and Cotton Club, The Triad and Don't Tell Mama Piano Bar & Cabaret. YP And The Artists – Yovanne Pierre Composer, virtuoso pianist. teacher and band leader. (ypmusic.ml)

Olivia Martinez first started violin at a young age of 7. She trained learning violin and viola with a classical background with various teachers such as Ms.Young Sook Han and Lori Berkowitz. She then studied at the Children’s Orchestra Society (COS) founded by Yeou-Cheng Ma and Michael Dadap. At the age of 16, she was awarded to be the first COS Discovery Winner to perform at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. Olivia went on to complete her Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, studying with Michelle LaCourse. She later completed her Masters in Music Performance at Mannes College of Music in New York under the tutelage of Karen Ritcher. After graduating, Olivia played with various classical orchestras and chamber groups within the New York area. Throughout her time performing classically, she has also branched out to other genres; she worked and recorded with SiSe, a Latin/Rock band for their first album. She was a member who performed and recorded various albums with the Hip-hop group BR & Timebomb, as well as a member of Sweet Little Bloodhound, a NY-based Country/Rock band, and the Youngbloods' Jazz Ensemble. Olivia has traveled and performed with wonderful orchestras, musicians and artists, most recently touring throughout the United States and abroad to Europe, China and the Philippines. Based in NY, she always enjoys getting together and performing with YoungBloods Jazz.