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The SmallsLIVE Foundation for Jazz Art & Education is a not-for-profit arts organization.
Our mission is to subsidize the operation of our venues, recording projects, tours and educational initiatives.
During this Covid-19 pandemic our mission is to keep the clubs floating until business can be restored.
We will also sponsor live-streamed concerts from the club that will keep the musicians working during this period.
We will also be offering emergency aid for Jazz musicians in need due to this calamity.
Archive
The SmallsLIVE Archive is an audio/video library of all the shows at Smalls & Mezzrow.
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Members sponsor their favorite musicians by listening to their music.
Live Stream
Smalls Jazz Club has been a pioneer in live streaming and began streaming shows live from the venue in 2007.
There is no cost to watch our live streams. During normal operating times the entire evening is streamed.
During this Covid-19 pandemic period there will be special live concerts scheduled in advance.
SmallsLIVE Catalog
The SmallsLIVE Catalog is a collection of individually produced artist projects.
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Sponsorships directly support the artist.
Aubrey Johnson
Vocalist
Recently Added
11/17/2022
Mezzrow
Randy Ingram & Aubrey Johnson
03/21/2013
Smalls
The Sharel Cassity Group
03/31/2012
Smalls
The Jason Yeager Trio
Upcoming Shows
Aubrey Johnson is a New York-based vocalist, composer, arranger, and educator, specializing in jazz, contemporary, and Brazilian music. Her debut record, Unraveled, featuring her original music and arrangements and produced by Steve Rodby (of the Pat Metheny Group), was released on Outside In Music in 2020. Play Favorites, her duo album with the pianist Randy Ingram was released on Sunnyside Records in 2022. Among the 50 albums Aubrey has appeared on as a sideperson are Bobby McFerrin’s 2010 Grammy-nominated release, VOCAbuLaries, Arturo O'Farrill's 2020 Grammy Award-winning album Four Questions, and Lyle Mays’ 2021 Grammy Award-winning Eberhard (on which she also served as executive producer). Her performing and teaching has taken her throughout the US and Canada and to Central and South America, Europe, and Asia. Her vocal arrangements have been performed by top level collegiate vocal jazz ensembles and have been published through Anchor Music.
In 2023, Aubrey was awarded a grant from Chamber Music America to work with mentor Billy Childs and record a new album with her band, as well as a month-long composition fellowship at the prestigious MacDowell Artist Residency. In 2024, Aubrey was awarded a composition commission (and accompanying concert) from the Portola Vineyards Summer Series, and a Jazz Road Grant from South Arts.
Aubrey holds faculty positions in the jazz departments at Montclair State University and Queens College, and previously taught in the voice department at Berklee College of Music and the jazz department at the New England Conservatory.