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Paquito D'Rivera at DC Jazz Festival at
Courtesy of Meghan Ziobro | Posted on May 17, 2012
Where
When
Mon, June 4, 2012
7:30pm
At Door
Save the date
Musicians
Paquito D'Rivera
clarinetRon Carter
bassKenny Barron
pianoStefon Harris
vibraphoneLewis Nash
drumsMichael Philip Mossman
composer / conductorPernell Saturnino
percussionMark Walker
drumsAbout
Jazz Meets the Classics, a collaboration between the DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will feature an all-star lineup performing unique and exciting jazz interpretations of works by Bach, Chopin, Mozart, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. The show will be held Monday, June 4 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall as part of the 8th annual Festival, which takes place June 1-10.
“The DC Jazz Festival and The Kennedy Center have collaborated for the past eight years to bring enriching and entertaining jazz performances to residents and visitors of Washington, D.C.,” said DC Jazz Festival Executive Producer Charles Fishman. “The ground-breaking Jazz Meets the Classics demonstrates how artists can fuse two remarkable musical genres, jazz and classical, through creativity and virtuosity.”...