![]() ![]() Throughout the season, major jazz artists headline the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, including the musician Nelson Mandela called “South Africa’s Mozart,” NEA Jazz Master Abdullah Ibrahim, and his septet Ekaya performing on International Jazz Day (April 30, 2023) and Grammy Award ®–winning legendary vocalist and guitarist George Benson (May 14, 2023). ![]() Then, stars in Brazil and South Africa, respectively, Hamilton de Holanda and Nduduzo Makhathini explore the diaspora of African musical culture to North and South America through the slave trade in the unprecedented musical suite, Routes of Discovery (February 23, 2023). Saxophonist Logan Richardson shares an evening of reflections on his own world experiences and music from his album Blues People, an edgy, modern-day mix of Kansas City blues, rock and roll, and Black American music (February 10, 2023). The club reopens with a unique opportunity to see five time Grammy Award ® winner esperanza spalding-whose …(Iphigenia) written with Wayne Shorter was a centerpiece of the Kennedy Center’s 50th Anniversary-in this special venue with acclaimed jazz pianist Fred Hersch (February 1–2, 2023). The Club at Studio K, which has quickly become one of D.C.’s hottest destinations to witness artists at the top of their craft in an intimate setting, returns in 2023. Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Ogressefinds the accomplished and wildly imaginative composer and vocalist combining her background in opera and jazz with her interests in visual arts, mythology, and theater in a 90-minute dramatic song cycle about a monster with a taste for human flesh (November 12, 2022). In Chucho Valdés’ La Creación, the legendary Cuban pianist and composer explores the story of creation according to the Afro-Cuban Santería religion in a four-movement suite (October 16, 2022). Two of the season’s works utilize jazz as a vehicle to spin epic tales. “The music is not without its relationship to society and my hope is that the music and artists presented on our stages help people reexamine how they think about the world, and even more so, how they think about themselves.” “Something I always aim to elevate in the programming is the idea that the Center is not just a singular entity but part of a vibrant constellation of arts and culture venues that helps shape this city and the audiences that experience the space,” stated Moran. ![]() The season also emphasizes how the language of jazz unites us across geographic divides, highlighting artists from the U.S., Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, and South Africa. (WASHINGTON)-Jazz at the Kennedy Center in the 2022–2023 season-the 12th presented under Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran-explores the improvisational excellence of the art form with jazz greats and rising stars alike expanding on ideas both timeless and genre defying. José André, Terence Blanchard, Doreen Ketchens, Carmen Lundy, Somi, Bob Thompson, Camille Thurman, and more Logan Richardson’s Blues People, and Hamilton de Holanda and Javon Jackson’s The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Ogresse, Chucho Valdés’ La Creación, ![]()
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