Thanks to bandleader and arranger John Clayton, the late jazz pianist’s epic finally sees the light of day. 8 p.m. June 13 at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., tickets $39-$299, cso.org.

Mr. Urso, 41, and several other backgammon enthusiasts were meeting for the Clinton Hill Backgammon Club’s weekly game at Funny Bar, a new jazz-bar-restaurant on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

The Jazz re-routed Dennis Schroder, who the team acquired Wednesday night, for K.J. Martin, Josh Richardson, and a 2028 second-round pick to finish off a busy deadline period.

In the end, it was the Jazz’s family and media rooms that were relocated to the other side of the arena, away from the locker rooms. Walls were blasted, and over the course of a few months, the ...

Jazz Fest producers also officially announced the dates for the 2026 Jazz Fest. Just like 2024 and 2025, next year will span two four-day weekends: April 23-26 and April 30-May 3, 2026.

A version of this article appears in print on June 21, 2025, Section A, Page 14 of the New York edition with the headline: Harlem’s Streets Overflow With Jazz and Joy in a Celebration of Juneteenth.