QUEENS JAZZ TRAIL CONCERT: JOHNNY O'NEAL'S TR-FREE INSTRUMENT
Thursday, July 23, 2026
7:00 PM
Kupferberg Center for the Arts
65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Queens, NY 11367
Scheduled
About This Event
At Kupferberg Center for the Arts, pianist-composer Arturo O'Farrill joins neo-bop pianist and vocalist Johnny O'Neal for a Queens Jazz Trail concert billed as "Johnny O'Neal's TR-Free Instrument." O'Farrill brings an Afro-Latin jazz perspective shaped by his Grammy-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, while O'Neal's playing—rooted in the lineages of Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum and marked by his Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame induction—frames a meeting of rhythmic and bebop piano traditions.
About the Artists
Arturo O’Farrill
Arturo O'Farrill is a pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his work in Afro-Latin jazz. He leads the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and has won multiple Grammy Awards. He performs regularly at venues including Le Poisson Rouge in New York City.
Johnny O'Neal
Johnny O’Neal is an American jazz pianist and vocalist known for a neo-bop language shaped by elders such as Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum. A 1997 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, he has led recording sessions and worked with players including guitarist Russell Malone.