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Grammy-award winning jazz artist Samara Joy and internationally celebrated DJ D-Nice will take the stage as part of the 2024 DC Jazz Fest. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inLifestyle

Get Ready for DC Jazz Fest’s Epic 20th Anniversary

by Brenda C. SilerAugust 7, 2024August 7, 2024

The DC Jazz Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a lineup of jazz talent from around the world, featuring artists from Chile, Italy, Australia and the U.S., as well as local D.C. artists, and NEA Jazz Masters.

An all-star female jazz band closes out the 2024 Jazz Masters concert on April 13, at the Kennedy Center with a tribute celebrating “Ellington 125.” The band included pianist and D.C. native REDWOOD, vocalist Charenée Wade, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, bassist Katie Ernst, and drummer Camille Gainer. (Courtesy of Jati Lindsay)
Posted inLifestyle

2024 NEA Jazz Masters Share Artistic Journeys Through Celebratory Programming

by Brenda C. SilerApril 18, 2024April 18, 2024
The 2024 class of NEA Jazz Masters will be celebrated through free events in D.C. April 11-14. Honorees are Amina Claudine Myers (Courtesy Photo/Crystal Blake), Gary Bartz (Courtesy Photo/Alan Nahigian), Terence Blanchard (Courtesy Photo/Angeles) and D.C. area resident Willard Jenkins (Courtesy Photo/Jati Lindsay)
Posted inLifestyle

Music’s Best At the Top Through 2024 NEA Jazz Masters

by Brenda C. SilerApril 10, 2024April 10, 2024
The Chuck Brown Band (Courtesy of dcjazzfest.org)
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‘Jazz in the ‘Hood’ and ‘Great Masters of Jazz’ Highlight Final Week of Festival

by WI Guest AuthorJune 9, 2019December 21, 2021
**FILE** Jon Batiste performs onstage during Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2019 Gala - The Birth of Jazz: From Bolden to Armstrong at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 17, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Jazz At Lincoln Center)
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DC JazzFest Returns for Another Year, Celebrates 15th Anniversary

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior EditorApril 24, 2019December 21, 2021
Black Violin
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Jazz Lovers Prepare for Annual Musical Extravaganza

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior EditorJune 7, 2017October 30, 2020

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