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Jazz: 2008-2009 Season

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  • [Benny Golson at 80.] Benny Golson at 80

    Jan 24, 2009 at 7:30 PM | Buy Now
    The Kennedy Center salutes the 60-year career of award-winning saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Benny Golson in a concert hosted by Danny Glover with appearances by the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Al Jarreau, Ron Carter, and others.

  • [<i>So in Love: An Evening of Cole Porter</i>, with Patricia Barber.] So in Love: An Evening of Cole Porter, with Patricia Barber

    Feb 13, 2009 at 7:30 PM | Buy Now
    Vocalist Patricia Barber performs music from The Cole Porter Mix--her 2008 Blue Note Records CD that includes "I've Got You Under My Skin," "What Is This Thing Called Love?," and "You're the Top."

  • [<i>So in Love: An Evening of Cole Porter</i>, with Ann Hampton Callaway.] So in Love: An Evening of Cole Porter, with Ann Hampton Callaway

    Feb 13, 2009 at 9:30 PM | Buy Now
    Enjoy a sexy, suave, and swinging time with vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway and her Trio, as they take a cosmopolitan romp through the Cole Porter songbook.

  • ['Dedicated to You': Kurt Elling in a John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman Tribute.] "Dedicated to You": Kurt Elling in a John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman Tribute

    Feb 28, 2009 | Buy Now
    Kurt Elling brings Ernie Watts, the Ethel String Quartet, and the Laurence Hobgood Trio aboard for Dedicated to You, Elling's creative re-imagining of John Coltrane's collaboration with "romantic balladeer" Johnny Hartman.

  • [KC Jazz Club: Edmar Castaneda Trio.] KC Jazz Club: Edmar Castaneda Trio

    Mar 27, 2009 | Buy Now
    "A jazz harpist of imposing talent" (The New York Times), Colombian-born Edmar Castaneda has turned the New York jazz scene on its ear, transforming the harp into a percussive lead instrument.

  • [KC Jazz Club: René Marie: <i>Voice of My Beautiful Country</i>.] KC Jazz Club: René Marie: Voice of My Beautiful Country

    Mar 28, 2009 | Buy Now
    MAXJAZZ recording artist and Kennedy Center favorite René Marie has been called "a jazz singer with the talent, the imagination, and the sheer presence to be included in the very top level of performers" by the Los Angeles Times.

  • [The Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary--On Tour.] The Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary--On Tour

    Apr 5, 2009 | On Sale 2/12/09, [Remind Me.]
    Blue Note Records artists--pianist Bill Charlap, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, saxophonists Ravi Coltrane and Steve Wilson, guitarist Peter Bernstein, drummer Lewis Nash, and bassist Peter Washington--perform well-known hits from this renowned label's vault.

  • [Discovery Artist in the KC Jazz Club: Marc Cary and the Focus Trio.] Discovery Artist in the KC Jazz Club: Marc Cary and the Focus Trio

    May 1, 2009 | On Sale 2/12/09, [Remind Me.]
    As cool and collected as they come, pianist/composer and DC native Marc Cary has been ranked by DownBeat Magazine as one of the four "most multi-dimensional" keyboard players on the scene today.

  • [KC Jazz Club: John Clayton and Gerald Clayton: <i>Father and Son</i>.] KC Jazz Club: John Clayton and Gerald Clayton: Father and Son

    May 2, 2009 | On Sale 2/12/09, [Remind Me.]
    Three-time Grammy-nominated bassist John Clayton's talents are consistently in demand. His son, pianist Gerald performs with an "Oscar Peterson–like style, highly controlled touch and dynamics and rhapsodic, episodic soloing" (The New York Times).

  • [Discovery Artist in the KC Jazz Club: Ambrose Akinmusire.] Discovery Artist in the KC Jazz Club: Ambrose Akinmusire

    May 8, 2009 | On Sale 2/12/09, [Remind Me.]
    Winner of the 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition, Ambrose Akinmusire performs music that works its "way under the skin, delivering a tickle one moment and an electric jolt the next" (Variety).

  • [KC Jazz Club: Roger Kellaway: <i>Tribute to Oscar Peterson</i>.] KC Jazz Club: Roger Kellaway: Tribute to Oscar Peterson

    May 9, 2009 | On Sale 2/12/09, [Remind Me.]
    Roger Kellaway "is a rare pianist with the technical command and historical knowledge to recreate a portion of Oscar Peterson's ‘power, clarity, musicality, and will to swing,' all while sounding like himself" (JazzTimes).

  • [<i>Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival</i> - 14th annual.] Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival - 14th annual

    May 14 - 16, 2009 | On Sale 2/12/09, [Remind Me.]
    Hosted by Dee Dee Bridgewater, the festival marks its 14th thrilling year with three evenings of star-studded performances featuring the world's top female jazz artists.

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