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2024 NEA Jazz Masters Honored At Free Events
Washington, DC—The National Endowment for the Arts, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will celebrate the 2024 NEA Jazz Masters at a series of public events April 11-13, 2024, in Washington, DC, culminating in a free tribute concert on Saturday, April 13. The 2024 NEA Jazz Masters tribute concert will ...
Rebirth Brass Band Perform With Sol Roots And Gordon Sterling At The Hamilton Live
Closing out 2023 with a bang, New Orleans musical heavyweights Rebirth Brass Band appear for a two night run at The Hamilton Live in Washington D.C, also featuring the fierce funk/soul guitarist Sol Roots on December 30th, and the talented group Gordon Sterling & The People on December 31th. Rebirth Brass Band Grammy-winning Rebirth Brass Band ...
Eric Hilton: from Thievery Corporation to Corazón Kintsugi
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines on downtempo electronic music godfather and Thievery Corporation co-founder Eric Hilton. Eric joined us a few weeks after the September release of Corazón Kintsugi (Montserrat House), his album with longtime Thievery vocal collaborator Natalia Clavier. Eric produced, arranged, and played the majority of the instruments on the 9-track ...
Scenes from the 2023 DC Jazz Festival
by Matt Hooke
An embassy may seem like an unusual place to kick off the 2023 DC Jazz Festival, but it made for a good indication of the international and collaborative atmosphere fostered by the annual event. The DC Jazz Festival opening night at the House of Sweden, the embassy for Sweden and Iceland, began with a ...
Guitar Shaman Ron Bosse Kicks Off Tour Showcasing Jeff Lorber-Produced Hit Album 'Burning Room Only'
Jazz Improvisation + Rock & Roll Abandon = Deep Thrills Ron Bosse is taking his hit album Burning Room Only on the road with a band featuring jazz fusion pioneer and Grammy Award winner Jeff Lorber, who produced and played keyboards on all tracks on the set. A high-octane instrumental album at the intersection of jazz, ...
Changamiré: Snapshots of Germany Refine A Self-Portrait
by Chris M. Slawecki
When vocalist Changamiré accepted an invitation to represent the US in an international jazz delegation from the German Federal Foreign Office, to tour and network with the jazz communities in jny: Berlin, jny: Frankfurt and jny: Darmstadt, she expected to discover new insights about the jazz industry and culture in Germany. But she was happily surprised ...
Sol Roots Band With Guest Pat Mother Blues Cohen at JV's Music Room on April 13
On Thursday April 13, the Sol Roots Band with guest Pat Mother Blues Cohen perform a special concert of dynamic funk, heartfelt jazz, and deep blues and soul at JV's Music Room located in Northern Virginia. Sol Roots and Pat “Mother Blues" Cohen are both Music Maker Foundation artists and have toured around the world, showcasing ...
We'll Meet Again—American Jazz Standards with Jaimee Paul and Leif Shires at John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts on February 4, 2023
Join the Pan American Symphony Orchestra for an evening of American jazz nostalgia with Nashville sensation, Jaimee Paul, singing favorites of the 1940’s such as the wartime hit, “We'll Meet Again." The performance will also feature selections from a swinging orchestral work, the “Zodiac Suite," by Mary Lou Williams, the talented, prolific African-American jazz composer, pianist, ...
The Baylor Project at the DC Jazz Festival
by Bridget A. Arnwine
The Baylor Project The District Wharf The DC Jazz Festival jny: Washington, DC September 3, 2022 The 18th Annual DC Jazz Festival (August 31—September 4, 2022) closed out five days of music with a weekend of spectacular performances at The District Wharf, an outdoor space teeming with restaurants, shopping and ...
Heidi Martin Releases The Stunning New Album 'Gifts & Sacrifices' On April 29th
Thu, April 21 The Heidi Martin Ensemble The Kennedy Center Washington, DC April 29, 2022 marks the release of Gifts & Sacrifices, the new album from American vocalist and composer Heidi Martin. Born in Washington, D.C., Heidi’s development as a professional artist began by studying with elders of jazz such as Grady Tate ...
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