With performances from 5 Nationwide Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Masters, up-close-and-personal “Meet the Artist” conversations, and the music of widespread Grammy-winning artists Gregory Porter and Samara Pleasure, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 3, D.C. was the place to be for jazz. The New York-based trio New Jazz Underground gained the JazzPrix at DC […]
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DC JazzFest Brings Free Jazz Hop to Anacostia
Music for the complete household will come to Anacostia on Sept. 1 as DC JazzFest (DCJF) and the Anacostia Enterprise Enchancment District (BID) will host a collection of free concert events known as “Anacostia Jazz Hop” from 12 p.m. to eight p.m. at a number of places in historic Anacostia. “Anacostia Jazz Hop” guarantees conventional […]
D.C. Pianist José André Montaño a Fearless Jazz Prodigy on His Technique to the Prime
For those who hear about José André Montaño performing anyplace in D.C., you’ll want to be in that room. Principally self-taught, he began taking part in piano at age 4. Now at age 18 and a rising senior on the Duke Ellington Faculty of the Arts, Montaño has carried out in D.C., across the U.S. […]