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Tag: DC Jazzfest

Posted inArts

Trumpeter Roy Hargrove’s Extraordinary Soul Captured on Film

by Brenda C. Siler September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

I am hard-pressed to call an artist in their mid-career years an icon or a legend. Trumpeter and flugelhornist Roy Hargrove, who died in 2018 at age 49, is a legend. His creative footprint continues to impact talent in many music genres. It’s a raw look at his life. That’s what we get from “Hargrove,” […]

Posted inArts

Enjoying Elements of Jazz at DC Jazz Festival

by Brenda C. Siler September 27, 2022October 3, 2022
Posted inArts

Ron Carter Brings Smooth to DC Jazzfest

by Brenda C. Siler September 8, 2022September 8, 2022
"Come see me do my thing on the drums." (Courtesy of DC Jazzfest)
Posted inLifestyle

Diversity is the Word Which Best Describes DC Jazz Festival’s Lineup

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor August 24, 2022August 24, 2022
Posted inLifestyle

Sunny Sumter Promoted to President/CEO of D.C. Jazz Festival Organization

by WI Guest Author June 15, 2021December 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)
Posted inD Kevin McNeir, Lifestyle

DC JazzFest Returns for Another Year, Celebrates 15th Anniversary

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor April 24, 2019December 21, 2021
Leslie Odom Jr. performs at the District Wharf in southwest D.C. during the closing event of the DC JazzFest on June 16. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inEntertainment

DC JazzFest Brings Diverse Music Mix to D.C. Wharf

by Brenda C. Siler June 20, 2018October 31, 2020
Howard DC Jazz Awards: NEA Jazz Master Bennie Golson, tell his "Killer Joe Story" to the people at A Night at The Kennedy Center: DC JazzFest Salutes Howard University Jazz concert and awards, in the concert hall on Monday June 13 2016 in Southwest DC. /Photo by Roy Lewis
Posted inEntertainment, Photo Galleries

DC Jazzfest 2016 (Photos by Roy Lewis)

by WI Guest Author June 19, 2016October 30, 2020

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