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Allyn Johnson
Native Washingtonian, ALLYN JOHNSON, is a multi-talented musician, composer, arranger and producer whose trademark sound gives brilliance and fortitude to the art of jazz improvisation. Allyn, a prodigy who began playing piano at the tender age of five, got his start playing piano for the youth choir in his uncle's church. There he honed his inner musical gift. While a student at the University of the District of Columbia, Allyn was mentored by the late great jazz legend Calvin Jones, a venerable figure in the international jazz community. At UDC, Allyn was the first recipient of the Felix. E Grant Scholarship Award in jazz performance
Beatin' the Odds
By Leigh Pilzer
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: SKCC; Lin; Waterkress; The Platinum Taxi; Beatin’ the Odds; And Then It Stopped; Last Year,
Lost Year; How Much Longer; Where Will We Go?
The 20th Anniversary DC JazzFest
by Jerome Wilson
2024 DC JazzFest Potomac Riverfront Washington, DC August 31 to September 1, 2024 Being the birthplace of Duke Ellington among other things, Washington, DC has had a long tradition as a hotbed for jazz, and been the site of several ambitious jazz festivals over the years. The most prominent one currently ...
The Archive Curator: Judith Korey
by B.D. Lenz
As jazz moves headlong into the future it becomes even more important to document its rich past. The development of this art form is a mirror to the development of the culture from which it comes and its origins provide an important insight into the current state of both. Thankfully, there are places dedicated ...
Leigh Pilzer: Beatin' the Odds
by Jack Bowers
Beatin' the Odds. To baritone saxophonist Leigh Pilzer, that is far more than a catchphrase: it is a grim yet ultimately happy reality. In 2017, Pilzer was diagnosed with cancer. After extensive treatments, her odds of surviving more than five years were reckoned as around thirty percent. But six years have gone by, and not only ...
Journey In Black
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Ancestral Folk Song, Grief, How It Ends, Anyone Who Had a Heart, Always Stay, Influence, The Things You Do (feat. Marquis Hill), Invitation, Brother Sister,
Walk Spirit Talk Spirit
Label: Your Majesty Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1. Knarrative Will Set Us Free
(Spirit
Talk Spirit)
McCoy Tyner | GVJ Lyrics
2. All Aboard The Gravy Train
(Gravy
Train)
Lou Donaldson | GVJ lyrics
3. Square Stay Out (No Room For
Squares)
Hank Mobley | GVJ lyrics
4. Music Around the World (Road
Song)
West Montgomery | GVJ lyrics
5. Come Fly Away With Me (Fly
With
The Wind)
McCoy Tyner | GVJ lyrics
6. Canteloupe Island
Herbie Hancock | Mark
Murphy
7. Go Moose The Mooche (Moose
The
Mooche)
Charlie Parker | GVJ lyrics
8. Do the Samba (Jive Samba)
Nat Adderly | GVJ lyrics
Take Five with Kristin Callahan
by AAJ Staff
Meet Kristin Callahan Kristin has been singing and performing since she was eight years old. She began studying jazz and piano in 2009 and performs at festivals and venues such as the Mid Atlantic Jazz Festival, SOUTH, Montpelier Arts Center, Wine in the Woods, Woodmere Art Museum, Rockwood Music Hall, Twins Jazz, and Rams Head On ...
Ben Williams at Hamilton Live
by Wendy Ross
Ben Williams Hamilton Live Ben Williams Birthday BashWashington D.C. December 27, 2018 Hamilton Live is a trendy performance venue located below The Hamilton restaurant in Washington, DC, mere blocks from the White House. It was the holiday season between Christmas and the New Year, an appropriately festive ...
