Jazz Bridge is Proud to Present Josh Lee and the Extended Family!

Please join us on Thursday August 20, 2026, as we welcome The Josh Lee and the Extended Family to

Hawthorne Park

7:00-8:30 PM

Free Admission!

About Josh Lee:

Josh Lee and the Extended Family is a Philadelphia based ensemble that authentically celebrates the music and the dance of the swing era. Composed of the brightest young musicians in the city, the Extended Family strives to further the 100 year tradition of big band music while honoring its pioneers—Moten, Basie, Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson to name a few. Josh is a grammy winning saxophonist, composer, and arranger, as well as a member of the Count Basie Orchestra and faculty at Temple and Villanova Universities and a 2025 Downbeat Rising Star on the baritone saxophone.

The Extended Family plays regularly around the East Coast with appearances at the International Lindy Hop Championships (Harlem), the Kimmel Center (Philadelphia), the MAD Jazz Festival (Virginia) and regularly at Dizzy’s Club at Lincoln Center in New York City. They recorded their debut album “Introducing Josh Lee and the Extended Family” in summer of 2024 and will soon be released. Additionally, you can hear them featured on Philadelphia’s jazz public jazz radio station WRTI through frequent live radio broadcasts starting in the fall of 2025.