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International Jazz Day to Celebrate 10th Anniversary with Global Concert

by WI Guest Author April 28, 2021December 21, 2021

International Jazz Day will celebrate its 10th anniversary Friday with an all-star concert featuring Andra Day, Dianne Reeves, Angélique Kidjo and Dee Dee Bridgewater.

The late music icon Aretha Franklin receives the Institute’s Maria Fisher Founder’s Award in 2011 at the Kennedy Center with (from left) Institute Chairman Herbie Hancock, Jennifer Hudson, Colin Powell, Dianne Reeves and Madeleine Albright. (Photo by Steve Mundinger and the Institute)

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Thelonious Monk Institute Jazz Competition Returns to D.C.

by Brenda C. Siler November 20, 2018October 31, 2020

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Newport Jazz Festival 2017: A Maiden Voyage

by WI Guest Author August 16, 2017October 31, 2020