Carnegie Hall Citywide: Magos Herrera Featuring The Knights FREE on July 21 at Bryant Park Picnic Performances

Photo Credit Shervin Lainez

Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America season of free, live performances continues on Friday, July 21 with Mexican jazz vocalist Magos Herrera and her phenomenal sextet, featuring members from the acclaimed chamber orchestra The Knights. The evening will serve as an album-release celebration for Herrera’s latest work, Aire. This is the third of five extraordinary Carnegie Hall Citywide performances at Bryant Park this summer, which include six-time Grammy Award winner Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (July 7), American folk meets European classical with violinist-fiddler Tessa Lark and composer-bassist Michael Thurber (July 14), newly formed all-star Afro-Colombian group Champe-Soukous Collective (July 28), and South African vocal group and America’s Got Talent finalist Ndlovu Youth Choir (August 4).

Attendees may bring their own food or purchase from on-site food and beverage vendors near the Lawn. At all performances, attendees can discover new dishes and celebrate classics from the five boroughs with a rotating line-up of local artisanal vendors curated by Hester Street Fair. Stout NYC offers giant pretzels, gourmet popcorn and other light bites as well as a selection of beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages for purchase.

Performance Details

Friday, July 21 at 7PM

Magos Herrera Featuring The Knights

Celebrating the release of her latest album Aire, Mexican jazz vocalist Magos Herrera performs with her phenomenal sextet and chamber orchestra The Knights. Herrera is “one of the great modern singers of our time” (Latin Jazz Network), who “stretch[es] the very notion of jazz singing … into a sound that’s bold, thrilling, and effortlessly global.” Her latest recording features original compositions (commissioned by Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works) as well as selections from the Great Latin American Songbook. Written largely during pandemic isolation and now performed live for audiences in Bryant Park, Aire has become “a way to reach out … to heal each other by coming together and celebrating our humanity with compassion and gratitude.”

Herrera’s sextet includes Ingrid Jensen (trumpet), Vinicius Gomes (guitar), Matt Penman (bass), Alex Kautz (drums), and Gonzalo Grau (percussion); members of The Knights include Colin Jacobsen (Artistic Director and violin) and Eric Jacobsen (Artistic Director and conductor).

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Location and Subway Directions:

Bryant Park is situated behind the New York Public Library in midtown Manhattan, between 40th and 42nd Streets & Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Take the B, D, F, or M train to 42nd Street/Bryant Park; or, take the 7 train to 5th Avenue.