NYC’s unique jazz prayer service, Sundays at 5 since 1964.

About Mavis Pan (Piano / Voice)

Mavis Pan, composer, pianist, and singer, presents a blend of East and West, jazz and classical, and gathers the flavors of a multitude of cultures in her compositions. Her portfolio ranges from solo piano to orchestral work, pop to avant-garde, ballad to art song, and a jazz trio to string quartet. Born in Taiwan, where she began piano lessons at the age of four, she emigrated to New Jersey as a teen. She currently resides in Manhattan at Lincoln Center. She earned a Bachelor’s in Jazz Piano Performance from NYU and a Master’s in Music and Music Education from Columbia University and a Master’s in Classical Composition from Brooklyn Conservatory under the mentorship of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tania Leon.

Pan’s choral work, A Christmas Carol, was recorded by the Kyiv Philharmonic under the ERM label, and following the release of her debut jazz album On My Way Home in 2010 she spent a year in Shanghai, China where she performed and served as a piano instructor and translator for the Jazz Intensive Music Camp. Her second piano solo album Not Alone was released in December 2016 and was distributed in the USA and China. Her third album, Set For Love, was produced by Grammy-Award-winning drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. and co-written with lyricist David Keyes; it was released in May 2019. This spring 2022, Mavis released her fourth album Inside, a collection of 13 original intimate love songs co-written with David Keyes during the pandemic, produced by Grammy-Award-winning composer and arranger Michel Patterson. It features Mavis on vocals, accompanied by Grammy-winning instrumentalist Ted Nash on flute and sax.

About Mark Wade (Bass)

Mark Wade’s critical successes have led to him being named one of the top bassists of the year for five of the last six years in the Downbeat Magazine Reader’s Poll. He gained international recognition for his trio with the 2015 recording Event Horizon on Edition 46 Records and the 2018 follow-up Moving Day on AMP Music & Records. In 2020 he launched a unique solo project — a visual album. Debuted online from the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music in Durban, South Africa, Songs from Isolation was released worldwide on AMP Music & Records. It features acoustic and electric bass and the plethora of sounds those instruments can create. The tunes are accompanied by music videos created by the bassist. That sonic and technological exploration was a fascinating prelude to his next project. True Stories is a modern jazz compendium inspired by a lifetime of listening — a leap forward fueled by looking back.

He has played with jazz notables James Spaulding, Eddie Palmieri, Conrad Herwig, Harry Whitaker, Stacey Kent, Peter Eldridge, Don Byron, and Jimmy Heath, and is a member of the Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra.

About Andreas Brade (Drums)

Andreas has been a professional drummer for over 25 years. He performed in many different groups and musical settings. He is known for his versatility, professionalism, and an open mind. He performed and recorded in many genres such as Jazz, African, and Afro-Caribbean music styles, Latin music, electronica, singer/songwriters, Art Music, and percussion ensembles. Andreas performed and toured with artists such as Lorrain Claasen, Balla Tounkara, Rubblebucket Orchestra, Tiga Jean Baptiste, Bakithi Kumalo, Alegba and Friends, Zamir Chorale, Mavis Pan, Mystic Bowie, The Jazz Composer Alliance, Clarence Thompson, and the New Spirits and many more.

Time: 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM EST

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