The Brandee Younger Trio/harp: Jazz at All Saints' March 13

“No harpist thus far has been capable of combining all of the modern harp traditions with such strength, grace, and commitment.” The New York Times

The sonically innovative Brandee Younger is a harpist, composer, and bandleader whose music, connecting spiritual jazz with classical training and the soulfulness of R&B, has revolutionized the harp’s role in modern music. In 2022 she made history by becoming the first Black woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, and in 2024 she earned an NAACP Image Award for her album Brand New Life. Brandee is now the custodian of the harp owned by the legendary Alice Coltrane, whose work she performed in a recent Carnegie Hall tribute to the late artist. Ever expanding as an artist, she also has performed with cultural icons including John Legend, Lauryn Hill, and Pharoah Sanders, and her compositions have been featured in both the Netflix documentary, “Beyonce: Homecoming,” and Quincy Jones and Steve McQueen’s “Soundtrack for America.” Brandee’s latest album, Gadabout Season, evokes our shared search for joy, “our search for meaning and beauty amid life’s most complex moments.”

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