EUGENIE JONES
Eugenie Jones is an award-winning singer/songwriter/producer based in the Seattle, WA, area with an international fan base. Her recordings and concerts with jazz icons Reggie Workman, Bobby Sanabria, Julian Priester, Lonnie Plaxico, and many others have earned the entertainer praise in every major jazz publication, a #7 ranking on Jazz Week’s Top 50, and a #30 spot on Jazz Weeks top one-hundred albums. Jones is also a 2023 recipient of the Jazz Journalists Association’s Jazz Hero award for her efforts intersecting jazz performance events with community service.
Rating her recording Black Lace Blue Tears 3.5 out of 4 stars, DownBeat called the singer “impressive.” At the same time, legendary Blue Note Records artist Joe Chambers describes Jones as “an excellent singer, with a voice, style, and range that encompasses multiple idioms.”
Jones brings an authentic and electric presence to the stage, packaged within a uniquely exquisite voice. Accompanying her performance is an a-list line-up of New York musicians, including Lafayette Harris/p, Lonnie Plaxico/b, and Dwayne Broadnax. This concert will feature reimagined jazz classics, soulful jazz originals, and a taste of soul classics by Nina Simone, Anita Baker, James Brown & more!
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BANSKO JAZZ FESTIVAL
Three groups perform each evening beginning at 8:00pm.
The Lineup:
August 5: Velislav Stoyanov | Frank Gambali and His All~Star Band | Cinga Manga Funk
August 6: Camelia Todorova and Konstantin Kostov Trio | Ari Erev Trio | Petar Slavov Special Quartet
August 7: Veronika Todorova & Christopher Herman | Yonder Fokan Trio | Lucy Woodward Quartet
August 8: Xul Gaspar Selko Quintet | On The Road~JP3 | Mauro Sigura Quartet
August 9: Bluetronic~Miroslava Katsarova Trio | Presti~Lanzoni Duo | Zara Macfarlane Quartet
August 10: Show Trio | Sheki And Friends | Jackson Mathod Quintet
August 11: Posbalkanton | Georgi Kornazov Quartet | Jesus Molina & Los Dromeros
August 12: Desy & The Shiny Stockings with Guest Atanas Popov | Espen Eriksen Trio and Andy Shepherd | Alfredo Rodriguez Trio
Tickets:
Single Event: 30~50 bgn | $16.84 ~ $28.07
Eight Event Package: 120~260 bgn | $67.38~ $145.99
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KENNY GARRETT
Kenny Garrett [saxophones]
Keith Brown [piano]
Corcoran Holt [bass]
Rudy Bird [percussion]
Ronald Bruner [drums]
Newly named an NEA Jazz Master for 2023, Kenny Garrett and his swinging quintet will go on a musical journey! The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship is the nation’s highest honor in jazz. Each year since 1982, the program has elevated to its ranks a select number of living legends who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of jazz.
With his illustrious career that includes hallmark stints with Miles Davis, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, as well as a heralded career as a solo artist that began more than 30 years ago, Kenny Garrett is easily recognized as one of modern jazz’s brightest and most influential living masters. And with the marvelous Sounds From The Ancestors, the GRAMMY® Award-winning Garrett shows no signs of resting on his laurels.
Kenny Garrett’s latest release, Sounds From The Ancestors, is a multi-faceted album. Similar to how Miles Davis’ seminal LP, On the Corner, subverted its main guiding lights – James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone – then crafted its own unique, polyrhythmic, groove-laden, improv-heavy universe, Sounds From The Ancestors occupies its own space with intellectual clarity, sonic ingenuity and emotional heft.
Friday & Saturday: 7:00pm | 9:30pm
Sunday: 5:00pm | 7:30pm
Ticket Fees: $3.46 – $4.16
Streaming: $10.00 + $1.70 fee
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SHARÓN CLARK: TRIBUTE TO BALTIMORE’S ETHEL ENNIS
Sharón Clark [Vocals]
Benjie Porecki [Piano]
Lenny Robinson [Drums]
Michael Bowie [Bass]
Sharón Clark will be doing a tribute to Baltimore’s own, Ethel Ennis, who was an American jazz singer whose career spanned seven decades. Ennis spent the majority of her life in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, where she was affectionately known as the “First Lady of Jazz.”
“You can’t underestimate the transformation of what seems like an ordinary song when an interpreter like Sharón Clark…tears it apart and peers inside” – The New York Times
DC jazz fans beat a path to clubs whenever singer Sharón Clark takes the stage. This prolific artist has assumed the mantle of Washington’s Queen of Jazz. Jazz Times calls her “a revelation… I never thought I’d hear a singer with the range, musicality and command of tone and timbre that was Sarah [Vaughan] at her best, but now I have.” As a youngster, Sharón Clark started her career with her twin sister as the Bottle Caps, making promotional appearances for the Coca-Cola Company, and she got her first solo jazz gig singing at King’s Dominion. Today, she’s a regular at DC’s Blues Alley and is a featured soloist with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. No stranger to the road, Sharón Clark has headlined at major festivals across the U.S. and toured internationally—she has a faithful fan base in Europe, Russia and Israel.
Ticket Fees: $3.10 – $3.46
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CHRISTIAN SANDS QUARTET
Christian Sands – Piano
Marvin Sewell – Guitar
Yasushi Nakamura – Bass
Ryan Sands – Drums
Christian Sands is an American jazz pianist and composer. Sands was mentored by pianist Billy Taylor, who allowed the teenager to close one of the sets that Taylor played at the Kennedy Center. Sands went on to study at the Manhattan School of Music. The school’s Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, led by Bobby Sanabria, recorded the album Kenya Revisited Live in 2009; it was nominated for a Latin Grammy. After graduating, Sands joined Inside Straight, one of bassist Christian McBride’s bands. In 2014, Sands cited as influences McBride, Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Garrett, and Marcus Roberts, because “They’re coming from the tradition of bringing people into the music, but also moving it forward into new directions”. In the same year, Sands became an American Pianists Association Jazz Fellowship Awards Finalist.
His third album for Mack Avenue Records, Be Water, was released in 2020 and received a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Instrumental Composition category for the song “Be Water II.” On his stunning new album, Be Water, pianist Christian Sands takes inspiration from water’s tranquility and power and muses on the possibilities offered by echoing its fluidity and malleability. Just embarking on his 30s, Sands has already enjoyed a remarkable career trajectory, touring and recording with Christian McBride’s Inside Straight and Trio, as well as collaborating with the likes of Gregory Porter and Ulysses Owens.
Friday 6/23 & Saturday 6/24: 7:30pm | 9:30pm
Sunday 6/25: 5:00pm | 7:00pm
Ticket Fees: $3.46 – $4.16
Streaming: $10 | $1.70 Fees
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