I am sure you and your team have accomplished many things throughout these years. Q: Over the years, you went through a rebranding of the festival’s name, formerly known as the Duke Ellington Jazz Fest. So, it’s really quite unique in that way.
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We are fortunate enough to have partnerships with five embassies during the Jazz Festival: Italy, Korea, Japan, Spain and Canada, and they are all part of the Fishman Embassy Series concerts offered during the festival and throughout the year. Plus, where can you go where you have embassies in one city? Most countries around the globe have an embassy here. There is no other partnership like it in the world. They want to go to the museums, because we have a lot of Jazz there, too. We have people that come from as far as Oakland, Richmond, Chicago, New York, and Philly and they come because they want to experience DC and get their Jazz on at the same time. People that live in Maryland and Virginia can come and experience a part of DC they have never gone to. DC residents can experience their great city by going to Jazz for 2 weeks in various neighborhoods throughout all four quadrants of the city. We are in 22 neighborhoods, over 40 venues we call it a Jazz take over in DC. He actually started the festival in 2004 and what makes us unique is that we are really city wide. Our founder, Charles Fishman, was Dizzy Gillespie’s manager for many years. What makes this festival so unique and different from many other Jazz festivals around the country?Ī: I had the great privilege of being involved with the festival since 2008. Q: Sunny, you have been part of this Festival since 2008. "More than 125 performances in over 40 venues throughout DC " Edmar and Hiromi are unique they just started a tour together and I am excited to see them for the first time, as well. Pat Matheny is going to grace us with his amazing musicality at the Kennedy Center, which is the big showcase event that we do there. Robert Glasper is coming to the Yards, but we also have a wonderful London artist, Jacob Collier, people call him the human beat box, and he is coming to the Yards as well. That was the idea we wanted to be able to celebrate the international language of Jazz and the global aspect of what Jazz is. Between that and our partnerships, we have put together a lineup that is very diverse.
We have an extraordinary artistic director, Willard Jenkins, who is an award-winning Jazz journalist and a curator that does work in New York, the Tri-C Jazz Festival in Ohio, and he has been doing this festival for a couple of years now.
Q: This year’s lineup is very impressive: Robert Glasper, Kenny Garrett, Hiromi, Edmar Castañeda ! How challenging was it to put together the lineup for this year?Ī: I think 2017 is our best year yet.
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