Results for "Washington"

Peter Kelley

Born: August 13, 1957

Renee Collins Georges

Born: June 25

Renée Collins Georges, is a Los Angeles, California native, who has carved out a career as a vocalist, voice over talent, songwriter and teaching artist. Always using her voice to entertain and educate, Renée is a vocalist, songwriter (ASCAP), voiceover talent, Recording Academy member (DC Chapter), and teaching artist  (Arts for Learning in Baltimore, Maryland, and Arlington County Public Schools); A 2017 Mid Atlantic Jazz Vocal Competition finalist; a Jenga Music LLC Voice Coach, and a 2015 Grant Award recipient of the DC Arts and Humanities, Creative Sparks Initiative. She is the Founder, Executive/Creative Director of Kidz MusiQ Club LLC, Jazzing Up Learning!™ (a music arts initiative with the goal to introduce, entertain and promote jazz appreciation for children and teens)

Jonathan Steele

Born: September 24, 1970

Jon Steele is a bass player, educator, arranger, and composer in Washington DC. He's gigged with many of the best jazz musicians in town, recorded with all kinds of artists, and maintains a loyal roster of students. His latest release as a leader features world class musicians- Kevin Hays, Vinnie Colaiuta, Tedd Baker, Tom Williams, and Mike Pavone. Having studied both jazz and classical at the University of Tennessee, Jon graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Studio Music and Jazz and a Master's degree in Double Bass Performance. He has toured throughout the U.S., and worked with a diversity of artists such as Donald Brown, Louise Mandrell, and Sarah Lipstate, and also with symphonies in Tennessee and North Carolina

Dick Smith

Vocalist and former Washington Redskin Dick Smith is a legend in D.C., both as a performer and as organizer of Jazz Night in Southwest, the long-running concert series that draws hundreds of music fans every Friday night. It's no wonder Washingtonian Magazine named him one of the "wizards" who makes the D.C. music scene what it is today. As the crowd that follows him wherever he goes will tell you, Dick is more than just a performer – he is an entertainer extraordinaire. 


Adrian Norton

Born: January 5, 1963

I began my musical journey by playing the trumpet in Elementary and Jr. High School. By the seventh grade I switched over to the Tuba, due to the fact that everyone else played the trumpet and there was a need for someone to play the Tuba. That is where I started and learned to love the foundation of the bass and how very important it was to music in general. I started playing the electric bass when I was 14 years old. I continued my musical journey at Suitland Sr. High School and at Prince Georges Community College. I am also one of the founding fathers of the popular 80’s Go-Go band Ayre Rayde

Sharon Simpkins

Born: August 21

Kristin Callahan

Kristin has been singing and performing since she was 8 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 Stage with the Chuck Redd Quintet. In 2015, Kristin recorded “Poor Butterfly” with bassist, Blake Meister for the Maryland Public Television show, “Artworks.” In November 2017, she sang for the NBC Executive’s Event with guitarist, Rich Barry and pianist, Pascal Le Boeuf and a month later was featured in the Melting Pot Big Band at the Havre De Grace Opera House

The Airmen of Note

The Airmen of Note is the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force. Stationed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., it is one of six musical ensembles that comprise The U.S. Air Force Band. Created in 1950 to continue the tradition of Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces dance band, the current band consists of 18 active duty Airmen musicians including one vocalist. Through the years, the Airmen of Note has presented its own brand of big band jazz as well as more contemporary forms of jazz to audiences via annual tours across the United States, deployments around the world and local performances throughout metropolitan Washington, D.C

Bob Gibson Big Band

The Bob Gibson Big Band was formed in 2006 to explore the full dimension of Big Band Jazz. Members come from all walks of life and varied musical backgrounds with a shared love for free artistic expression in the jazz idiom. Music professionals and dedicated amateurs, teachers and former service band players bring a wealth of experience to their craft.

Russwin Francisco

Born: April 4, 1966

Russwin Francisco co-owned Black Fox Lounge, a jazz venue in Washington DC which frequently received excellent industry reviews. He is an accomplished vocalist comfortable with many genres of music ranging from sacred and spirituals to folk, showtunes and doo wop. Francisco has performed singing and non-singing roles in Washington community theaters and theater festivals for more than 30 years. He produced and appeared in the musical film The Girl Who Left Home. He is an accredited investor in Broadway's Here Lies Love.