May 14 - 16, 2009
Terrace Theater
$38.00
Host for the Concerts - Dee Dee Bridgewater
All the 2007 and 2008 concerts sold out--so for 2009, be sure to reserve your seats in advance for this annual Kennedy Center festival featuring today's top female jazz artists. The Washington Post says the festival “speaks volumes about the contributions women have made to jazz--and continue to make--both here and abroad."
Thursday, May 14 at 7 p.m.
Esperanza Spalding, bassist and vocalist; Janis Siegel, vocalist; and Anat Cohen, clarinetist/saxophonist, leading her Anzic Orchestra
Friday, May 15 at 7 p.m.
Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocalist; Annette A. Aguilar, percussionist, leading her ensemble StringBeans; Hailey Mae Niswanger, saxophonist and winner of the 2008 Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Competition
Saturday, May 16 at 7 p.m.
Anne Drummond, flutist; Carmen Lundy, vocalist; and Maria Schneider, composer, leading the Maria Schneider Orchestra
For more information contact All About Jazz.
