Jazz Ain’t Boring
- 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Wednesday March 18, 2026
- The Lobby | Ace Hotel Brooklyn
- Free
Jazz Ain’t Boring is a live music experience that explores how jazz continues to shape modern sound and dance culture. Blending DJ sets with live band performance, the program moves fluidly between classic jazz recordings, contemporary interpretations, and the hip-hop, house, and soul records they inspired.
Throughout the evening, DJs and musicians trade energy—moving from Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Lou Donaldson into the records that sampled them, from A Tribe Called Quest and Wu-Tang Clan to Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, and beyond.
The result is a dynamic listening and dance-floor experience that treats jazz not as museum music, but as a living foundation for groove, rhythm, and celebration.
Curated and hosted by #SampleSaleMusic members DJ Dottie Womack, Reg Wyns, Tai Allen, Emanuel Ruffler, and Ian Forde, the program highlights jazz’s enduring influence while inviting the audience to move, listen, and connect across generations of sound.
Upcoming events at Ace Hotel Brooklyn
Slow Series: Beer Film Developing Workshop with Photodom at Studio
Join us for a hands-on workshop with Photodom where analog process meets experimentation. In this session, we’ll be developing film using beer-based chemistry, exploring alternative methods while learning the fundamentals of film development. This workshop will be instructed by Photodom founder Dominick Lewis, guiding attendees through the full process step by step, from mixing chemistry to processing their own roll. Whether you’re new to developing or looking to try something different, this workshop is built to be approachable, informative, and…
Read more
