To celebrate and uplift the rich local his tory of Jazz in the Nation's Capital\, we've invited DC historian Sandra B utler Truesdale\, and the DC Legendary Musicians for a performance and aut hor talk on Truesdale's book\, \;Washington DC Jazz\, cowritten with D r. Regennia N. Williams. \; This conversation will be moderated by Aar on Myers and followed by a Q&\;A and concert. Join us for a Jazz Concer t and Author Talk at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on a Satu rday afternoon.
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\nAbout the Book:\n
Washington\, DC\, Jazz focuses\, primarily\, on the history of stra ight-ahead jazz\, using oral histories\, materials from the William P. Got tlieb Collection at the Library of Congress\, the Felix E. Grant Jazz Arch ives at the University of the District of Columbia\, and Smithsonian Jazz. Home to "Black Broadway" and the Howard Theatre in the Greater U Street a rea\, Washington\, DC\, has long been associated with American jazz. Duke Ellington and Billy Eckstine launched their careers there in the early 20t h century. Decades later\, Shirley Horn and Buck Hill would follow their l eads\, and DC's "jazz millennials" include graduates of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. For years\, Bohemian Caverns and One Step Down were a mong the clubs serving as gathering places for producers and consumers of jazz\, even as Rusty Hassan and other programmers used radio to promote th e music. This volume also features the work of photographers Nathaniel Rho des\, Michael Wilderman\, and Lawrence A. Randall.
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\nAbout the Author:
\nRev. Dr. Sandra Butler-Truesda le is the founder and chairperson of DC Legendary Musicians\, Inc.\; music programmer at WPFW FM Radio\; and associate minister at Washington&rsquo\ ;s Metropolitan AME Church. A native Washingtonian\, she has worked with p erformers like Ray Charles and James Brown and served as an elected member of the DC Board of Education.
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