SoBe in NoBe, The Opening Night of the 6th Annual South Beach Jazz Festival!

Power Access, the nonprofit organization that produces the annual South Beach Jazz Festival (SBJF), in association with The Rhythm Foundation are excited to announce the headliner for SoBe in NoBe, The Opening Night of the 6th Annual South Beach Jazz Festival. The Grammy® Award Winning group, The Blind Boys of Alabama, will headline along with a special set by the Donald Harrison Quartet.

By showcasing highly acclaimed musicians with disabilities prominently in the programming all weekend, The South Beach Jazz Festival promotes its mission of awareness, accessibility, and inclusion in the arts. Join us as we celebrate the sheer talent and musical abilities of The Blind Boys of Alabama. The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Recording Academy with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and winners of five Grammy® Awards, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 70 years.

New Orleans-born, award-winning saxophonist Donald Harrison will open for The Blind Boys of Alabama. Harrison is a musician/composer who master musicians consider a master of every Jazz era, soul, funk, and composer of orchestral classical music. Harrison has been named to the National Endowment for the Arts’ 2022 Jazz Masters class. Harrison and his Quartet will stun the SBJF audience with their ability to blend the

swing beat of modern Jazz with hip-hop, funk, and soul music.