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DC Jazz Festival Premier
Performance:
Ron Carter
Fri, 6/1 & Sat, 6/2 8:30p & 10:30p
Undeniably, Ron
Carter is the preeminent bass player of the second half of the 20th century and
now beyond. His harmonic sophistication and dexterity on the acoustic bass sets
him apart from every other practitioner in the history of jazz. In addition to
the standard bass he has also employed the cello and the piccolo bass
throughout his career. The pursuit of music began in Detroit with the cello at
age 10, but he earned Bachelor of Music and Masters degrees as a bassist. While
still a student, he dazzled the jazz world with his prodigious ability. Among
his early affiliations were dates with Chico Hamilton, Eric Dolphy, Cannonball
Adderley, Thelonious Monk, and Art Farmer prior to joining Miles Davis' second
great quintet that also included Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Tony
Williams. The band toured and recorded exhaustively through the 1960s after
which he left the band and became the most widely recorded bassist in
jazz.
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Reggie Pittman Quartet ft.
Lottie Porch
Sunday, 6/3 :: 7p & 9p
Last seen in D.C.
last fall as a member of Joe Daley's Ebony Brass Quintet, trumpeter and
flugelhornist Reggie Pittman, is an educator, producer, and music engineer,
whose collaborations include Sarah Vaughan, Lester Bowie, Aretha Franklin, The
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey
Circus, and The Duke Ellington Orchestra. Lottie Porch is an award-winning
actor, writer and educator, director and producer for stage and screen. "My
poetry is about self-discovery...and sometimes telling those little secrets
(Lottie Porch)". Recent works include the Reggie Pittman - Loren Daniel Quartet
"From Point A to Point A", on Ivory Horn records, and Lottie Porch's "Poet I
Am", produced by Pittman.
Featuring: Reggie
Pittman -trumpet Lottie Porch - vocals Bill Moring - bass Tim Horner - drums
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Bohemian Caverns Jazz
Orchestra
Monday, 6/4 :: 8p & 10p
A "gem for the District..." & "an
essential force for D.C. jazz" -Washington City Paper
The Bohemian
Caverns Jazz Orchestra is a 17 piece big band cofounded by baritone saxophonist
Brad Linde, trumpeter Joe Herrera and club owner Omrao Brown. The BCJO presents
a variety of music from big band literature and features some of the District's
best musicians on Monday nights at the historic Bohemian Caverns. Music from
Ellington, Basie, Strayhorn, Thad Jones, Oliver Nelson, Maria Schneider and
originals by band members will embrace and challenge the tradition of big band
repertoire.
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Kiyem Ade Quartet
Tuesday, 6/5 :: 7p & 9p
Kiyem Ade,
formerly known as Keith Ailer, is a respected and accomplished jazz vocalist
who sometimes veers off into other genres to express his musical talents. He
was a semi-finalist in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocal Competition
and has worked with Donald Byrd, Gary Bartz, Buck Hill, Roy Hargrove, Marc
Cary, Keter Betts, Michael Bowie, Larry Willis, Marcus Johnson and other
internationally known jazz greats. Kiyem is known for his unique style of
singing and arrangements. He is known to always have a great group of musicians
when he appears live and audiences are sure to remember their musical
experience.
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Yotam Silberstein
Trio
Wednesday, 6/6 :: 8p & 10p
In only six years
since landing in New York, internationally-acclaimed guitarist Yotam has earned
a well deserved spot among the Jazz elite by collaborating with legendary
musicians such as James Moody, The Heath Brothers, Paquito D'Rivera, Monty
Alexander, Roy Hargrove, and the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars. Yotam's
mastery of the guitar is featured on an array of hit albums, ranging from his
recent releases, "Resonance" and "Brasil" on the Jazz Legacy Productions label,
to Monty Alexander's Grammy-nominated "Harlem-Kingston Express Live!" Whether
playing straight ahead jazz, modern, Brazilian, world music, blues or bebop,
Yotam's performances receive rave reviews from critics and fans. His stunning
showmanship in the Kennedy Center's 2011 production, "Ella!" featuring Dee Dee
Bridgewater, Al Jarreau, Dr. Billy Taylor and Janice Siegel, was so spectacular
that Yotam was invited back for a special appearance at the KC Jazz
Club.
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Dwayne Adell
Trio
Thursday, 6/7 :: 8p & 10p
Here in
Washington, D.C., we are blessed to have in our midst some of the greatest
musicians in the world. Pianist Dwayne Adell is near the top of that list.
Adell reads very little music. He has minimal knowledge of music theory. But
upon hearing him play, it becomes plain that none of this matters. He has the
ability to play virtually anything on the piano, from jazz to classical and
everything in between, all by ear. He once placed first in an international
classical piano competition, for which he learned challenging Rachmaninov
pieces simply by listening to a recording; his mastery was so complete that he
even added improvised variations. Adell was up against pianists who had been
playing from a very young age, with training from some of the most revered
conservatories on earth. None stood a chance against Adell's ability to
internalize an extremely difficult piece of music, and extrapolate from its
melody and harmony. -Capitol Bop
Featuring: Dwayne
Adell - piano Kris Funn - bass Quincy Phillips - drums
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DC Jazz Festival - Jazz in the
Hoods:
Marcus Strickland
Quartet
Fri, 6/8 & Sat, 6/9 8:30p & 10:30p
"Marcus
Strickland has started to turn heads in the most thriving but most competitive
jazz scene on the planet ...his tone: liquid and luminous, yet forceful and
exact." -Thomas Conrad (JazzTimes Magazine)
The great Miles Davis
once said, "The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and
does he have ideas?" If these are indeed the canonical essentials of a jazz
artist at his best, then saxophonist Marcus Strickland is one of today's truest
exemplars. Strickland's desire to preach above and beyond the jazz choir is
rooted in his affinity toward a multitude of musical styles. Growing up in a
household which encouraged the arts, Strickland's musical palette had been vast
long before his professional endeavors. This broad creative range, along with
his emergence as a singular voice on his instrument, helped Strickland land his
first recording deal as a leader with the Fresh Sound label, soon after the
Miami native graduated from New York's esteemed New School for Jazz and
Contemporary Music; a breeding ground for many who would become today's most
relevant figures in jazz. Strickland has a covetable list of recording and
performing credits, having collaborated with Wynton Marsalis, Tom Harrell, and
Dave Douglas, but Strickland's longest and most impressionable working
relationships include two of the most influential drummers ever to play the
instrument: Roy Haynes and Jeff "Tain" Watts.
Featuring: Marcus
Strickland - saxophones David Bryant - piano Ameen Saleem - bass Justin
Faulkner - drums
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Integriti Reeves
Sunday, 6/10 :: 7p & 9p
A new face and
voice from the Washington, D.C. area is separate from all the rest. Her sound
resonates from the area of the jazz greats such as Billie Holiday and Ella
Fitzgerald. Her interpretative style is ingenious and creative. A 2010 graduate
of The John Hopkins Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland with a BA
degree in Jazz Studies, studied under the tutelage of world renowned Jay
Clayton while attending Peabody and private lessons with Connaitre Miller,
Howard University Jazz Professor from 2006-2010. Integriti is a high school
graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts in 2006 where she began to
explore her vocal talents and received training in vocal styles and found a
comfort level as a dynamic jazz vocalist. It was during this time that she
learned the understanding of jazz values and easily incorporates this knowledge
in every performance.
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Join
us at our Restaurant and Lounge
the
Tap & Parlour @ Bohemian Caverns! |
As
always our full dinner menu will be available during
performances. Dress attire is upscale casual (no athletic wear)
and, although it is recommended, tickets do not have to be
pre-purchased,
the cover can be paid at the door prior if the show is not sold out.
Please
call with any questions 202-299-0800
We'll
see you soon!
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