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The Columbia Pike Blues Festival Brings D.C. Community Together on June 14th, 2025

Source: 9th Floor Music
June 8, 2025

Now in its 28th year, The Columbia Pike Blues Festival (June 14, 2025 from 1:00pm-8:30pm) is an electrifying summer celebration that brings music, community, and culture together in the heart of Arlington’s most vibrant corridor. This festival is the largest blues festival in the D.C. metro area. Presented by the Columbia Pike Partnership in partnership with Arlington Arts, the festival shines a spotlight on the phenomenal musical talent of Washington D.C. while honoring the rich diversity and lively spirit of ...
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Backgrounder: Dave Pike - Bossa Nova Carnival

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
September 15, 2023

Dave Pike is little known today but back in the early 1960s, he was a hip up-and-coming vibraphonist with enormous promise. He wasn't quite Gary Burton or Bobby Hutcherson, but he had a strong following and made great records. Pike had a cool, beat approach on the vibes and his playing taste was sophisticated and hip. Pike started recording with a quartet in 1956 called the Jazz Couriers. In 1958, he recorded Solemn Meditation with Paul Bley, Charlie Haden and ...
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Columbia Pike Blues Festival Featuring Vintage#18, Stacy Brooks, Sol Roots And More Set for June 18-20

Source: CapitalBlues News
June 16, 2021

Columbia Pike Blues Festival is one of Arlington Virginia’s most highly-anticipated events. This year a hybrid three-day Columbia Pike Blues Festival Weekend (Friday to Sunday, June 18th, 19th and 20th, 2021) combines live-streaming concerts and ticketed outdoor performances designed to help get everyone back into a summer groove! Three days of streaming and live concerts spotlight fantastic performers including: Robbin Kapsalis and Vintage#18 A retro-soul sound, with whiskey-soaked vocals, Robbin Kapsalis and Vintage #18 deliver hard-driving blues rhythms. Vintage#18 has ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dave Pike

Source: Michael Ricci
March 23, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Dave Pike's birthday today!

JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Dave Pike

Dave Pike was born in Detroit, MI in 1938, he started off as a drummer and later learned marimba and vibraphone. Pike\'s family moved to Los Angeles in 1954, he played backing for artists such as Dexter Gordon, Harold Land, Carl Perkins... more

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