Luigi's Jazz Centre

04/24/2026

04/20/2026

IN PERSON CLASSES
at RIPLEY - GRIER 131 W72 St NYC
unnamed.jpg ・MONDAY, April 20 at 1pm All Levels
・ LUIGI FILM showing at NYC's COSMOPOLITAN CLUB!
・ WEDNESDAY, April 22 at 1pm All Levels

IN PERSON at STUDIO MAESTRO
48 W68 St NYC
unnamed copy.png ・ FRIDAY April 24, at 7pm All Levels!
・SATURDAY April 25, 11am Style & 1pm Int/Adv

ZOOM CLASSES
・ MONDAY, April 20 at 7pm (EST)
・ TUESDAY, April 21 at 2pm (EST)!
・ FRIDAY, April 24 at 2pm (EST)
・ SUNDAY, April 25 at 2pm (EST)
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04/16/2026

is coming back to NYC!

IN PERSON at STUDIO MAESTRO 48 W68 St NYC

・FRIDAY, April 17 at 7pm All Levels!
・ SATURDAY, April 18, 11am Style & 1pm Int/Adv

INTERNATIONAL ZOOM CLASS!

・ SUNDAY, April 19 at 2pm (EST)

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04/06/2026

then off to teach at Univ. of S. Florida again!

IN PERSON CLASS at RIPLEY - GRIER
131 W72 St NYC
・MONDAY, April 6 at 1pm All Levels!

ZOOM CLASS!
・ MONDAY, April 6 at 7pm (EST)
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03/22/2026

IN PERSON at STUDIO MAESTRO
48 W68 St NYC
unnamed copy.png ・MONDAY, March 23 at 1pm Style All Levels!
・TUESDAY, March 24 at 1pm Style All Levels!
・ WEDNESDAY, March 25 at 1pm Style All Levels
・ THURSDAY, March 26 at 1pm Style All Levels
・FRIDAY, March 27 at 7pm Style All Levels!
・ SATURDAY, March 28, 11am Style & 1pm Int/Adv

ZOOM CLASSES!
・ MONDAY, March 23 at 7pm (EST)
・ FRIDAY, March 27 at 2pm (EST)
・ SUNDAY, March 29 at 2pm (EST)
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Luigi's birthday weekend flowers from Jo DeCarlo, Megan Vezina and Rona Kaye!

03/16/2026

IN PERSON CLASSES at RIPLEY - GRIER 131 W72 St NYC
・MONDAY, March 16 at 1pm All Levels!
・ WEDNESDAY, March 18 at 1pm All Levels
・ THURSDAY, March 19 at 1pm All Levels

IN PERSON at STUDIO MAESTRO
48 W68 St NYC
・FRIDAY, March 20 at 7pm All Levels!
・ SATURDAY, March 21, 11am Style & 1pm Int/Adv

ZOOM CLASSES!
・ MONDAY, March 16 at 7pm (EST)
・ TUESDAY, March 17 at 2pm (EST)
・ FRIDAY, March 20 at 2pm (EST)
・ SUNDAY, March 22 at 2pm (EST)
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LUIGI'S JAZZ CENTRE
c/o Studio Maestro

03/11/2026

It's with a heavy heart to report the passing of John Bate.
This notorious, legendary guy always brought a sense of fun to classes and would tell us that he was famous for, ''…screwing up the choreography.'' But he was also a professional librarian of musicals, film and theater facts. AND, he would recall stories of he and taking the subway back to Brooklyn together after Luigi's class, of immediately loving in class, and how stern looked doing Luigi's work!
I first met John at Luigi's Jazz Centre after moving to NYC
48 years ago and we became acquaintances then friends. After Luigi passed I would have John in my weekly classes 3 - 6 times for the past decade! He continued to boast that he started taking Luigi's classes in 1960 and still hadn't graduated!
A couple of weekends ago John danced Luigi's choreography with us to ''Just In Time'' in my Saturday 11am Style Class -
I knew he loved that piece. A few days later he had a stroke.
Just this past January we had his 86th birthday celebration at the studio and John received a lot of homemade cookies from the students because he made it known that he liked to have a few each day…

We Miss You John but know that you are dancing again with our maestro Luigi.

02/19/2026

Just found testimonial...

01/22/2026

HEALTHY = HAPPY = DANCING 86TH BIRTHDAY John Bate
FROM PART OF LUIG'S INTERNATIONAL FAMILY!😘
JOHN STARTED WITH LUIGI IN 1960!!!