MJW In the News
January 7, 2026
Memphis Jazz to New Orleans, LA
July 18, 2025
Memphis Music Mix: Memphis Jazz Workshop Alumni Band
Alumni of the Memphis Jazz Workshop are reuniting this weekend for a special all-star concert at the Crosstown Concourse Green Room, celebrating the spirit, legacy, and future of jazz in Memphis while sharing their personal musical journeys and the significance of returning home to perform.
February 6, 2024
Memphis Symphony Orchestra Announces 2024 Eddy Award Winner, Stephen M. Lee
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2024 EDDY AWARD – Stephen M. Lee, the Founder/Artistic and Executive Director of The Memphis Jazz Workshop. The award is established by the Circle of Friends, a philanthropy initiative that embraces a mission to be an instrument of intentional inclusion in the performing arts. The award will be presented at the Masterworks Concert on April 27th at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts. Steve Lee is an accomplished jazz musician whose talent, passion, and leadership have made a transformative contribution to the vibrancy of the community’s cultural center. By intentionally including middle and high school students from different races and life experiences in music intensives, he and his well-versed teachers give these youth unparalleled guidance in experiential learning. Memphis Jazz Workshop is nurturing some of the city’s most talented young people in the performing arts. They focus on discipline, work ethic, music education, and mastery. Steve Lee and his team cultivate the future of jazz by preparing the next generation to move music forward.
Daily Memphian | June 30, 2020
Memphis Jazz Workshop Keeps Kids Upbeat With Online Training
Since the summer of 2017, Memphis-bred pianist Steve Lee and his Memphis Jazz Workshop have been mentoring local pupils in one of the city’s oldest music traditions.
The Gentlemen’s League | June 29,2023
Memphis Jazz Workshop Founder will present
The Gent’s League aims to educate, empower, and enrich the lives of males through mentorship. The 2023 Blackout Weekend Boys of Color Conference that is open to students grades 3-12 will take place during the last weekend of April.
WREG Channel News 3 | March 7, 2023
Memphis Jazz Workshop Teaches Kids to Preserve Jazz
Memphis Jazz Workshop receives Community Changers award.
MEMPHIS FLYER JUNE | 17, 2020
Memphis Jazz Workshop Keeps the jazz flame burning
Stephen Lee, one of this city’s consummate jazz pianists, owes a lot to the great teachers he’s had.
Local Memphis Live:
Live at Memphis Jazz Workshop
MEMPHIS JAZZ WORKSHOP passionately believes the Bluff City needs a revival — especially when it comes to jazz music. LET’S ALL ENJOY THE EMOTIONAL RHYTHM FROM THE TALENTED STUDENTS WITH MEMPHIS JAZZ WORKSHOP.
FRAYSER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Music Scholars Receive Scholarships from the Memphis Jazz Workshop
Memphis Jazz Workshop presents Ulysses Owens Jr. in Concert
July 18, 2025
Memphis Music Mix: Memphis Jazz Workshop Alumni Band
Alumni of the Memphis Jazz Workshop are reuniting this weekend for a special all-star concert at the Crosstown Concourse Green Room, celebrating the spirit, legacy, and future of jazz in Memphis while sharing their personal musical journeys and the significance of returning home to perform.
February 6, 2024
Memphis Symphony Orchestra Announces 2024 Eddy Award Winner, Stephen M. Lee
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2024 EDDY AWARD – Stephen M. Lee, the Founder/Artistic and Executive Director of The Memphis Jazz Workshop. The award is established by the Circle of Friends, a philanthropy initiative that embraces a mission to be an instrument of intentional inclusion in the performing arts. The award will be presented at the Masterworks Concert on April 27th at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts. Steve Lee is an accomplished jazz musician whose talent, passion, and leadership have made a transformative contribution to the vibrancy of the community’s cultural center. By intentionally including middle and high school students from different races and life experiences in music intensives, he and his well-versed teachers give these youth unparalleled guidance in experiential learning. Memphis Jazz Workshop is nurturing some of the city’s most talented young people in the performing arts. They focus on discipline, work ethic, music education, and mastery. Steve Lee and his team cultivate the future of jazz by preparing the next generation to move music forward.
Daily Memphian | June 30, 2020
Memphis Jazz Workshop Keeps Kids Upbeat With Online Training
Since the summer of 2017, Memphis-bred pianist Steve Lee and his Memphis Jazz Workshop have been mentoring local pupils in one of the city’s oldest music traditions.
The Gentlemen’s League | June 29,2023
Memphis Jazz Workshop Founder will present
The Gent’s League aims to educate, empower, and enrich the lives of males through mentorship. The 2023 Blackout Weekend Boys of Color Conference that is open to students grades 3-12 will take place during the last weekend of April.
WREG Channel News 3 | March 7, 2023
Memphis Jazz Workshop Teaches Kids to Preserve Jazz
Memphis Jazz Workshop receives Community Changers award.
MEMPHIS FLYER JUNE | 17, 2020
Memphis Jazz Workshop Keeps the jazz flame burning
Stephen Lee, one of this city’s consummate jazz pianists, owes a lot to the great teachers he’s had.
Local Memphis Live:
Live at Memphis Jazz Workshop
MEMPHIS JAZZ WORKSHOP passionately believes the Bluff City needs a revival — especially when it comes to jazz music. LET’S ALL ENJOY THE EMOTIONAL RHYTHM FROM THE TALENTED STUDENTS WITH MEMPHIS JAZZ WORKSHOP.
FRAYSER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Music Scholars Receive Scholarships from the Memphis Jazz Workshop
Memphis Jazz Workshop presents Ulysses Owens Jr. in Concert
