February 4-7, 2026

The Juneau Jazz Fest will host world-class jazz performers alongside school jazz groups and adult jazz fans to learn, play, and appreciate America's Music...Jazz. The festival encompasses a series of clinics, performances tailored for both schools and the public, and collaborative presentations featuring artists, students, and local performers. Juneau Jazz Fest is a partnership between Juneau Jazz & Classics and the Juneau School District.

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2026 Jazz Fest Artists

Martina DaSilva

New York City vocalist Martina DaSilva is a jazz and multimedia artist who captivates audiences with her signature blend of daring technical virtuosity and expressive emotional sensitivity. Her musicality transcends conventional genre labeling; in blending the classic with the modern, she flawlessly combines timeless repertoire with elegant original compositions and ear-catching rearrangements through a jazz lens.

Born and raised in New York City, DaSilva studied classical voice and jazz at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, and later pursued her undergraduate degree at McGill University and the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. After graduation, DaSilva became an integral part of New York City’s growing trad jazz scene as both bandleader and vocalist. A Brazilian-American, DaSilva speaks fluent Portuguese, and is one of the most impassioned interpreters of bossa nova in the New York jazz scene.

As Will Friedwald of The New York Sun says, Martina’s “voice seems to work in any context, with any partners, on any song. Maybe there’s a song out there that Martina DaSilva can’t sing, or someone whom she can’t sing with, but I’d have to think hard to find them." DaSilva continuously reimagines what it means to be a musician, and effectively transcends genres and practices in a way that allows her to intentionally interact with her fan base that is drawn to her distinctive style, and not just what jazz is “meant” to be.

Kyle Athayde Dance Party

Kyle Athayde is a San Francisco Bay Area based composer, arranger, performer, teacher, and bandleader. A native of Orinda, California, Kyle primarily plays vibraphone, piano, trumpet, and drums, as well as bongo, congas, timbales, string bass, bass clarinet, sousaphone, and vocal percussion. He is the leader, conductor, and principal writer for the San Francisco/New York based big band, "Kyle Athayde Dance Party", a group acclaimed for its versatility in the wide scope of styles it performs. He is also the composer and arranger for Eddie Barbash’s double quartet, as well as a member of the Nate Sparks Big Band, the Jon Hatamiya Big Band and Nonet, Ryan DeWeese’s RADJazz Orchestra.

Committed to inter-disciplinary educational outreach in the arts, Kyle has offered classes, clinics, lessons and masterclasses at schools, workshops, and camps in California, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Alaska. A regular visiting faculty member of the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, he developed and taught classes on video game music, vocal hip hop, and jazz bands. He is the Director of Curriculum at the Lafayette Summer Music Workshop, and regularly offers clinics and masterclasses to middle school and high school bands throughout Northern California.

Jacob Mann

Jacob Mann is a pianist, composer, and arranger based in Los Angeles. He has released multiple albums of original music for big band, piano trio, and synthesizer. Mann has also released collaborative records with bassist Sam Wilkes and LA-based bands Max Ox, Shrek is Love, and Catpack. He has toured as a pianist and keyboardist with artists such as Rufus Wainwright, KNOWER, Butcher Brown, Leon Bridges, Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton, and Michael Mayo.

Mann has arranged big band music for artists such as Peter Erskine, Cory Wong, Scary Pockets, Frankfurt Radio Big Band, and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. He recently collaborated with Samsung on a big band version of their “Over the Horizon” ringtone for the 2025 Samsung Galaxy. Mann’s big band compositions are performed around the world by high school, college, professional, and military bands.