This event is in the past.It took place on May 20, 2026 at Carnegie Hall.
Jazz & Blues
Jazz & Blues🎵"a unique kind of musical intimacy [that] possesses a profound and forceful clarity" (Pitchfork)
🎤Youngest Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam winner
🎹No intermission, straight 90 minutes
Brooklyn surrealist blues poet aja monet makes her Carnegie Hall debut with poem-songs from her upcoming album the color of rain. Backed by a versatile quartet, she weaves jazz, soul, hip-hop, and R&B into an impassioned evening that proves poetry came first.
Carnegie Hall debut
jazz and soul fusion
spoken word poetry
genre-blending performance
Jazz & BluesJazz & Blues🎵"a unique kind of musical intimacy [that] possesses a profound and forceful clarity" (Pitchfork)
🎤Youngest Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam winner
🎹No intermission, straight 90 minutes
Brooklyn surrealist blues poet aja monet makes her Carnegie Hall debut with poem-songs from her upcoming album the color of rain. Backed by a versatile quartet, she weaves jazz, soul, hip-hop, and R&B into an impassioned evening that proves poetry came first.
Carnegie Hall debut
jazz and soul fusion
spoken word poetry
genre-blending performance