05 May
NYJA® Summer Semester 2026 At-A-Glance (registration is now open!) »
NYJA® Summer Semester 2026 At-A-Glance
New York Jazz Academy® Summer Semester 2026 begins on Jun 29, 2026, and registration is now open! Feel free to download a PDF of our semester at-a-gl
09 Mar
NYJA Winter Concert VIDEO PLAYLIST (February 22,2026) »
A Winter Storm Didn’t Stop the Music
On February 22, 2026, a winter storm swept through New York City—but the music went on.
20 Feb
NYJA® Summer Jazz Intensives featured in DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE »
NYJA® Summer Jazz Intensives featured in DOWNBEAT Magazine (March 2026)
DownBeat Magazine, the nation’s leading jazz music journal, just featured the New York Jazz Academy® Su
15 Nov
NYJA Founder Javier Arau on SCIENCE FRIDAY: What is Swing in Jazz? »
NYJA Founder Javier Arau on SCIENCE FRIDAY: What is Swing in Jazz?
Public Radio International recorded a segment on the nationally syndicated program SCIENCE FRIDAY examining what is swing i
04 Jul
NYJA® School Calendar 2025-2026 [PDF] »
The New York Jazz Academy® 2025-2026 School Calendar is also available as a PDF download (click here).
[published 7/12/2025] *subject to change.
22 Nov
THE LICK Book – BUY NOW! »
***NEW!***BUY THE BOOK!
Buy the book based on the THE LICK! The perfect stocking stuffer.
JAVIER ARAU – All I Really Need to Know About Jazz, I Learned from THE LICK ($16.
22 Nov
THE LICK Infographic (aka “All I Really Need to Know About JAZZ I Learned From THE LICK”) »
Turns out a video we made a while back, “The Lick In All 12 Keys,” has a following.
22 Nov
NYJA Video Goes “Jazz Viral,” Celebrates 2.1M+ YouTube Views! »
No jazz musician can resist THE LICK.
17 Sep
NYJA® Featured in DownBeat Magazine (Oct 2024) »
NYJA® Featured in DownBeat Magazine
The NYJA® Summer Jazz Intensives received a special shout-out in the nation’s most widely circulated jazz periodical, DownBeat Magazine, w
16 Jul
NYJA® School Calendar 2024-2025 [PDF] »
NYJA® School Calendar 2024-2025*
The New York Jazz Academy® 2024-2025 School Calendar is also available as a PDF download (click here).