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On Saturday and Sunday, July 26-27, from noon to 6 p.m., the 10th annual Cambridge Jazz Festival celebrates the power of music. The free event at Danehy Park on Sherman Street features local and national performers whose art and energy are revitalizing.

Celebrations for Haitian Flag Day take place on May 18 in Boston, and all over the globe, with parades and cultural as well as culinary activities. As the focal point of May, which is Haitian Heritage Month, Flag Day marks a day of liberation.

Celebrity Series’ 2025 Jazz Festival pops up in newly opened Arrow Street Arts in Harvard Square from March 13 through the 16.

Boston-based pianist and composer Jesse Taitt is performing a solo set on Thursday, Feb. 13, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square through GBH Jazz Nights.

Leading British scholar Gary Younge, born to parents from Barbados, writes about Black cultural identity. His latest book, “Dispatches from the Diaspora,” published in November, examines identity “from Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter.”

Every year many families gather around the table for a Thanksgiving meal. For some it’s a time to reconnect and reflect about what they can be hopeful and happy for. For others, it’s a way to think about and seek out the less fortunate while discovering how to give those people a way to enjoy the day.

Lovers of live jazz in Boston face tough decisions this fall: How to choose among the many shows featuring numerous first-rate performers?

Boston Jazz Fest is a free event taking place on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 30 and 31 at Maritime Park in the Seaport District.

The Newport Jazz Festival enters its 70th year this summer. Starting Aug. 2 and running through Aug. 4, the festival’s lineup is an inclusive and eclectic musical selection that defies genres.

The recording is both a departure and evolution from his earlier work, “Negro Spiritual Songbooks, Volumes 1 and 2.”

Boston-based saxophonist and composer Jonathan Suazo released “Ricano” on Aug. 4, 2023, and the album was recently named by The New York Times as one of the 10 best, across all genres, for the year.

Boston musicians, breaking down musical boundaries, are well-represented as nominees for the 2024 Grammys.