REVA

Reva's own Jessica Jones, honored by this important organization!

Drum roll please! 🥁 We’re thrilled to announce Jessica Jones as our 2026 M³ Luminary Award recipient! 🎉 This unrestricted award of $5,000 honors members of the M³ community whose decades of fearless creativity and vision have helped transform the musical landscape.

Join us in celebrating Jessica’s remarkable work and the mission of M³. Save the date 👉 November 6 at the The National Jazz Museum in Harlem in Harlem for an unforgettable evening.

💫 Originally from Berkeley, California, saxophonist Jessica Jones is best known for her eponymous Quartet, co-led with longtime collaborator and husband Tony Jones and featuring their original music.

Jones is an innovative jazz educator who works with children on oral tradition–based improvisation and composition through Jazz at Lincoln Center and others, and teaches at Bard College. She also founded and co-directs REVA, Inc., a creative arts nonprofit focused on community healing.

As a sideperson, she has performed with Joseph Jarman, Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, and several Caribbean bands. She has also composed an opera, is a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, and has received grants from JazzRoad and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Congratulations Jessica!!! 📸 Neil Segal

Reva Artistic Director Jessica Jones had a west coast meeting of the minds last month with the luminous violinist/composer/vocalist, who also was the conductor of Jessica's music in Post Pardon: the Opera, Mazz Swift. Future collaborations will bloom in their time.

You can get your Reva Records CDs at Amoeba music in Berkeley!
Here's Tony Jones with his latest releases....

Global JazzWomen festival online! 🔗https://youtu.be/hpOzhjhqRbQ?si=uKCSUZOxyTC2Chn0
Reva cosponsors and supports the festival

Here is the YouTube link for everyone to join in 🌍


🔗https://youtu.be/hpOzhjhqRbQ?si=uKCSUZOxyTC2Chn0

Join us for the Global JazzWomen Festival Series 2026, premiering on 21 March 2026 in celebration of International Women’s Month.We are excited to bring together 11 incredible bands from around the world, sharing their voices, stories, and music in one global stage of sisterhood and sound.
🕗 8PM South African Time
🕑 2PM Eastern Time (NYC)
Come be part of this beautiful moment as we celebrate women in jazz across borders.

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