Jazz WaHi Kids

Our commitment to bringing jazz music to children of all ages is spearheaded by our Co-founder and Artistic Director Louise Rogers, whose work with children was praised by noted jazz historian Nat Hentoff as “the most joyously encouraging way of expanding the audience for jazz I’ve heard”. She was named a 2021 “Jazz Hero” by the Jazz Journalists Association for her work bringing jazz to the children of Washington Heights.

She has authored five books for introducing jazz to children, as well as the picture book, “Miles Davis was his Name - So What”, and has recorded three CDs of jazz for children.