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Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival February 14-16, 2020 @ The Hilton Hotel, Rockville MD 20850 Rooms $115.00
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Paul Carr’s Blues Alley residency continues with two time Grammy nominee Roberta Gambarini!!! 🔥🎶🔥🎶🎷
10/06/2023

Paul Carr’s Blues Alley residency continues with two time Grammy nominee Roberta Gambarini!!! 🔥🎶🔥🎶🎷

CARRKEYS! CARRKEYS! CARRKEYS! Blues Alley TONIGHT! TONIGHT! Two Sets 7:00 & 9:00pm Don’t miss the very special collabora...
10/03/2023

CARRKEYS! CARRKEYS! CARRKEYS! Blues Alley TONIGHT! TONIGHT! Two Sets 7:00 & 9:00pm Don’t miss the very special collaboration of legendary saxophonists! 🎶🔥🎷🎶

Jazz At The Kramer next week features Michael Bowie and  Janelle Gill!!! Don’t miss one of the most innovative voices on...
10/03/2023

Jazz At The Kramer next week features Michael Bowie and Janelle Gill!!! Don’t miss one of the most innovative voices on bass, paired with one of the fearless and creative piano voices. 🔥🔥🔥 Second Wednesday Jazz in Downtown Silver Spring 6:00-8:00pm. Free, but you must register for tickets. See you there!

CARRKEYS! CARRKEYS! CARRKEYS! Blues Alley Tuesday October 3rd Two Sets 7:00 & 9:00pm Don’t miss the very special collabo...
10/02/2023

CARRKEYS! CARRKEYS! CARRKEYS! Blues Alley Tuesday October 3rd Two Sets 7:00 & 9:00pm Don’t miss the very special collaboration of legendary saxophonists! 🎶🔥🎷🎶

Tonight!
09/23/2023

Tonight!

Tomorrow!!! Come out and celebrate music of Buster Williams and John Coltrane at the finest room for Real Jazz! The Cato...
09/22/2023

Tomorrow!!! Come out and celebrate music of Buster Williams and John Coltrane at the finest room for Real Jazz! The Caton Castle!! Gets your tickets now!!

Come out and celebrate music of Buster Williams and John Coltrane at the finest room for Real Jazz! The Caton Castle!! G...
09/17/2023

Come out and celebrate music of Buster Williams and John Coltrane at the finest room for Real Jazz! The Caton Castle!! Gets your tickets now!!

Bob Boguslaw and James B King Jr. “Got next”@ Jazz At The Kramer Sept.13th! Free but click the link to reserve your tick...
09/12/2023

Bob Boguslaw and James B King Jr. “Got next”
@ Jazz At The Kramer Sept.13th! Free but click the link to reserve your ticket to the pianist to the “Presidents” Bob Boguslaw and the legendary James “King James” King on
bass!!’ Don’t miss this show

Experience a FREE evening of jazz music on the second Wednesday of each month at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room!

Happy Birthday to MAJF Director Paul Carr!
09/06/2023

Happy Birthday to MAJF Director Paul Carr!

Sunnyland Slim - b. 1907 - piano – 9/5
Paul Carr – b. – saxophone – 9/5
Bruce Harris - b. 1979 - trumpet – 9/5
Jeff Lofton - b. 1966 - trumpet – 9/5
Buddy Miles - b. 1947 – drums – 9/5
Albert Mangelsdorff - b. 1928 - trombone – 9/5

08/29/2023

Yeah, we went to church last night!!!! 🤣

Scenes from the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival’s Summer Series! The grand finale tonight @ El Golfo restaurant in Silver Spr...
08/24/2023

Scenes from the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival’s Summer Series! The grand finale tonight @ El Golfo restaurant in Silver Spring featuring The Wes Biles trio with Ella Gahnt and Iva Jean Ambush! This is going to be Amazing! Don’t miss out on a great time, great food and the MAJF RealJazz2 Vibe! Free parking too! 🤣 Cya there 🙏🏿🎶🔥

The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Summer Series Grande finale August 24th with the Wes “Suggh” Biles Trio featuring Ella Ga...
08/16/2023

The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Summer Series Grande finale August 24th with the Wes “Suggh” Biles Trio featuring Ella Gahnt and Iva Jean Ambush August 24th MAJF Summer Series Finale El Golfo Restaurant. We hope to see you 🙏🏾 . NEXT WEEK! 🎶🔥

08/08/2023

The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Summer Series finale August 24th with the Wes “Suggh” Biles Trio featuring Ella Gahnt and Iva Jean Ambush August 24th MAJF Summer Series Finale El Golfo Restaurant. We hope to see you 🙏🏾

https://august2023jak.eventbrite.com/This is a musical collaboration you don’t want to miss! One of the most distinctive...
08/07/2023

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This is a musical collaboration you don’t want to miss! One of the most distinctive and soulful voices in Lavenia A. Nesmith and the brilliance of the masterful Allyn Johnson on piano. This show is sold out, but please sign up on the wait list, there are always a few no shows. Second Wednesday’s jazz At the Kramer is bought to you by the Arts and Humanities of Montgomery County.

Experience a FREE evening of jazz music on the second Wednesday of each month at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room!

08/02/2023

Love this poster! MAJF Summer Series Finale featuring Iva Ambush, and Ella Gahnt with The Wes Biles trio!!! August 24th @ El Golfo Restaurant This is a fundraiser for MAJ toF 24’ come on out for some FUN! 🎉🎶

Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival February 14-16, 2020 @ The Hilton Hotel, Rockville MD 20850 Rooms $115.00 www.midatlanticjazzfestival.org

Question? 🎶🎷💯🙏🏾
07/31/2023

Question? 🎶🎷💯🙏🏾

We sincerely hope you are getting out and enjoying your summer!
07/28/2023

We sincerely hope you are getting out and enjoying your summer!

The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Summer Series Grande finale August 24th with the Wes “Suggh” Biles Trio featuring Ella Ga...
07/27/2023

The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Summer Series Grande finale August 24th with the Wes “Suggh” Biles Trio featuring Ella Gahnt and Iva Jean Ambush August 24th MAJF Summer Series Finale El Golfo Restaurant. We hope to see you 🙏🏾

Jazz At The Kramer…Save The Date! August 9th Features Vocalist Lavenia A. Nesmith and Pianist Allyn Johnson!! You don’t ...
07/24/2023

Jazz At The Kramer…Save The Date! August 9th Features Vocalist Lavenia A. Nesmith and Pianist Allyn Johnson!! You don’t want to miss this one. Link to tickets will be available soon.

The Wes “Suggh” Biles Trio featuring Ella Gahnt and Iva Jean Ambush August 24th MAJF Summer Series Finale El Golfo Resta...
07/23/2023

The Wes “Suggh” Biles Trio featuring Ella Gahnt and Iva Jean Ambush August 24th MAJF Summer Series Finale El Golfo Restaurant Please Share! 🙏🏾

Special thanks to everyone that came out Thursday night to the second MAJF Summer Series featuring Michael Bowie’s tribu...
07/22/2023

Special thanks to everyone that came out Thursday night to the second MAJF Summer Series featuring Michael Bowie’s tribute to the great Abbey Lincoln! Great to see so many folk sitting in! Don’t miss our final Summer concert on August 24th with The Wes Biles trio featuring vocalists Iva Jean Ambush and Philly’s own Ella Gahnt!!! Please visit Midatlanticjazzfestival.org for tickets 🙏🏾

Super excited!! Tonight!!!The MAJF Summer Series continues with legendary bassist/band leader/educator Michael Bowie tri...
07/20/2023

Super excited!! Tonight!!!The MAJF Summer Series continues with legendary bassist/band leader/educator Michael Bowie tribute to his former bandleader and jazz master Abbey Lincoln!! Featuring the talented Heidi Martin on vocals. So come on out, hear some great music, eat some great food and support the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest all at the same time!! 🙏🏾

07/18/2023

MAJF Summer Series Continues! Hope 2 Cya this Thursday! 🎶🔥🙏🏾🎷❤️🎶

Super excited!! The MAJF Summer Series continues with legendary bassist/band leader/educator Michael Bowie tribute to hi...
07/17/2023

Super excited!! The MAJF Summer Series continues with legendary bassist/band leader/educator Michael Bowie tribute to his former bandleader and jazz master Abbey Lincoln!! Featuring the talented Heidi Martin on vocals. So come on out, hear some great music, eat some great food and support the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest all at the same time!! 🙏🏾

07/13/2023

Super excited!! The MAJF Summer Series continues with legendary bassist/band leader/educator Michael Bowie tribute to his former bandleader and jazz master Abbey Lincoln!! Featuring the talented Heidi Martin on vocals. So come on out, hear some great music, eat some great food and support the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest all at the same time!! 🙏🏾

Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival February 14-16, 2020 @ The Hilton Hotel, Rockville MD 20850 Rooms $115.00 www.midatlanticjazzfestival.org

Only a few seats remain for tonight’s second Wednesday’s  show featuring the Chuck Redd and Robert Redd! Come on out a b...
07/12/2023

Only a few seats remain for tonight’s second Wednesday’s show featuring the Chuck Redd and Robert Redd! Come on out a beautiful evening of music, surrounded by an engaging art exhibit. We hope to see ya TONIGHT! 

Experience a FREE evening of jazz music on the second Wednesday of each month at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room!

Can’t wait for this one this Wednesday!! Enjoy a fantastic evening of music with The Redd Brothers on Wednesday, July 12...
07/10/2023

Can’t wait for this one this Wednesday!! Enjoy a fantastic evening of music with The Redd Brothers on Wednesday, July 12th at 6:00 p.m. in the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room! Click the button below to RSVP for Jazz at the Kramer featuring vibraphonist Chuck Redd and pianist Robert Redd.

Experience a FREE evening of jazz music on the second Wednesday of each month at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room!

Don’t miss Michael Bowie’s powerful tribute to the great Abby Lincoln featuring Heidi Martin! July 20Th! Free parking an...
07/05/2023

Don’t miss Michael Bowie’s powerful tribute to the great Abby Lincoln featuring Heidi Martin! July 20Th! Free parking and the food is amazing! We hope to see you!

07/04/2023

Sean Jones🔥🔥🔥 MAJF Summer Series kick off! Whew!

Paul Carr Quartet with special guest legendary master drummer Winard Harper at Takoma Station his Saturday! Winard has p...
07/04/2023

Paul Carr Quartet with special guest legendary master drummer Winard Harper at Takoma Station his Saturday! Winard has played with Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Betty, Carter, and pharaoh sanders just to name a few. He is one of the most charismatic and exciting drummers ever to pick up the sticks. The band also features Allyn Johnson on piano and Michael Bowie on bass. This promises to be an exciting show 🔥 We hope to see you! Please jkproductions.org for tickets. 🙏🏾🎶

Tonight Night! Sir Sean Jones Quartet kicks off the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Summer Series! Featuring Allyn Johnson, K...
06/29/2023

Tonight Night! Sir Sean Jones Quartet kicks off the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Summer Series! Featuring Allyn Johnson, Kris Funn and Jevon Rushton!!! Great music, great food, free parking and support the MAJF! We hope to see ya!

Tomorrow Night! Sir Sean Jones Quartet kicks off the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Summer Series! Great music, great food, ...
06/28/2023

Tomorrow Night! Sir Sean Jones Quartet kicks off the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Summer Series! Great music, great food, free parking and support the MAJF! We hope to see ya!

06/17/2023

NEA Master Delfeayo Marsalis joins The Paul Carr Quartet for a tasty gumbo of jazz grooves and fun! Featuring Allyn Johnson, William MoBetta Ledbetter and Quincy Phillips! We hope to see ya! 🎶🔥

Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival February 14-16, 2020 @ The Hilton Hotel, Rockville MD 20850 Rooms $115.00 www.midatlanticjazzfestival.org

Tomorrow 🔥🔥🔥🔥Jazz At The Kramer This is going to be 🔥🔥🔥Amy K Bormet is a pianist, vocalist, and composer. As creator, pr...
06/13/2023

Tomorrow 🔥🔥🔥🔥Jazz At The Kramer This is going to be 🔥🔥🔥
Amy K Bormet is a pianist, vocalist, and composer. As creator, producer and performer for the Washington Women in Jazz Festival, now in its 13th year, she has collaborated with Fay Victor, Mary Halvorson, Allison Miller, and more than 75 women and non-binary musicians from around the globe.
Tomorrow!
Jessica Boykin-Settles attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, DC under the tutelage of saxophonist and jazz educator, Davey Y. Yarborough. She earned a BFA in Jazz Performance at New School University in NYC where she studied with musicians and jazz legends such as Reggie Workman, Junior Mance, Arnie Lawrence, Buster Williams, Sheila Jordan and Teri Thornton. Jessica continued her education at Howard University where she earned a Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies. While there, she was a member of the premier vocal jazz ensemble Afro Blue, under the direction of Connaitre Miller. She is currently on faculty at Georgetown University.

Experience a FREE evening of jazz music on the second Wednesday of each month at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room!

Tomorrow!! Amy K Bormet, pianist and Jessica Boykin-Settles , vocalist next week Jazz At The Kramer!! June 14th 6-8:00pm...
06/13/2023

Tomorrow!! Amy K Bormet, pianist and Jessica Boykin-Settles , vocalist next week Jazz At The Kramer!! June 14th 6-8:00pm Free! Please register to reserve your spot today!

Experience a FREE evening of jazz music on the second Wednesday of each month at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room!

Amy K Bormet, pianist and Jessica Boykin-Settles , vocalist next week Jazz At The Kramer!! June 14th 6-8:00pm Free! Plea...
06/05/2023

Amy K Bormet, pianist and Jessica Boykin-Settles , vocalist next week Jazz At The Kramer!! June 14th 6-8:00pm Free! Please register to reserve your spot today!

Experience a FREE evening of jazz music on the second Wednesday of each month at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room!

06/05/2023

We hope you can join us for our first annual summer series! The Sean Jones, Quartet!! One of the greatest trumpet players of our time! Don’t miss this awesome show! This is a fundraiser for the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival! 🎶

Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival February 14-16, 2020 @ The Hilton Hotel, Rockville MD 20850 Rooms $115.00 www.midatlanticjazzfestival.org

Delfeayo Marsalis with the Paul Carr Quartet @ Blues Alley!!  June 27th Two Shows 7:00pm & 9:00pm for tickets www.bluesa...
05/31/2023

Delfeayo Marsalis with the Paul Carr Quartet @ Blues Alley!! June 27th Two Shows 7:00pm & 9:00pm for tickets www.bluesalley.com

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2020 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival

Save the Date! MAJF 2020 will be President’s Day Weekend, February 14 through 16, 2020 at the Rockville Hilton Hotel.

MAJF 20/20 : A Look at #RealJazz

2020 will be the 11th Annual Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival! In 2010, the first Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival (MAJF) was launched by the Jazz Academy of Music, Inc., a Maryland non-profit organization, whose mission is to advance and preserve jazz music through education and outreach. MAJF is known for “real jazz” which is Jazz orientated, i.e. Swing Jazz, Bebop Jazz, Latin Jazz, or Funk Jazz. The MAJF’s three day event has been a huge success, with attendance of thousands of jazz lovers each year. Attendees are comprised of listeners, educators, students, parents and musicians. Attendees travel to the festival from points all along the Mid-Atlantic seaboard and beyond.

The MAJF showcases local and touring jazz artists of traditional genres. Also, showcased are the gospel and blues genres that are primary influences of jazz music. One of the most important aspects of the festival is the focus on the education of young musicians. Middle and high school, as well as, collegiate level jazz bands perform at the festival. The students also have the opportunity to attend master classes conducted by the touring musicians that are performing at the festival, film screenings covering legacy musicians, play in open “jam sessions” with professional musicians and of course see the pros in live performances. Many of these opportunities are free and open to the public.

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Sad news about Dr. Brian Horton passing. I met him earlier this year while hosting Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival his ensemble was so amazing.
" hard-charging, soulful post-bop style" All About Jazz
Arts Up Next: Please join us Monday evening for a virtual conversation with Paul Carr, Saxophonist/Educator and Director of the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Admission is Free. Paul plays an outsized role in jazz performance and education in the DC area, while spilling into the international scene where his students populate bandstands worldwide. The Houston native has made himself indispensable to the DC jazz education and concert scene, annually presenting the major stars of the jazz firmament while maintaining a full performance schedule in his own right.
This was the trip that shifted everything for me in 2022. Attending the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival. This was always my lane. I wandered from it for a while. But, I'm back in it and we're cooking again. Doing new things along with the things that work.. Keep evolving.
1️⃣ MONTH LEFT TO APPLY!

The 3/31 deadline to apply for our 2022 international band competition is almost here! Enter today for a chance to win the $15,000 grand prize along with a main stage performance at the 2023 and much more.

Reigning co-champions The Giveton Gelin Quintet and Dayramir González & Habana enTRANCé were even able to perform at last month's Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival as part of their yearlong association with .

Don't wait any longer, apply now: https://bit.ly/DCJazzPrix-Apply

📸: Justin Featherstone
So glad you're back!!! What are the Master Classes this morning & tomorrow? Tks! Have a great festival!
Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival begins today
The countdown has begun!
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow at the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival!
Lori Williams
This weekend at Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival
I finally get to meet Violinist/Violist Chelsey Green this weekend at the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival!!! She's been on my radio shows TWICE and I LOVE her music!
Looking forward to hitting the road. Hope to see you soon.

Feb. 16 McGill University
Guest Performer (Montréal, CN)

Feb. 19 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival
Camille Thurman w/ the Darrell Green Quartet (Rockville, MD)

Feb. 24 Charleston Jazz Academy
Guest Clinician/Performer (Charleston, SC)

Feb. 26 Charleston Music Hall
Camille Thurman +Charleston Jazz Orchestra (Charleston, SC)

Feb. 28-March 3 NCCU Jazz Studies Artistic Residency
South Arts Creative Roads Artistic Residency (Durham, NC)

Bam Cases Conn-Selmer Inc. Henri SELMER Paris Saxophones Key Leaves D'Addario Woodwinds
This Weekend Friday February 18th
Our Very Own Lori Williams
Live At The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival
Check your inbox, the 2022 Winter Newsletter just dropped! 📰

This newsletter gives more details on the annual 's permanent move to Labor Day Weekend starting this Sept., profiles our newest DCJF Education Teaching Artist Corcoran Holt Music, and highlights 2021 co-champs Giveton Gelin Quintet and Dayramir González & Habana enTRANCé's upcoming performances at Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival this weekend!

Read the full newsletter here: https://bit.ly/DCJF-Newsletter-Winter22
Tia Fuller is performing this coming weekend for Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival
This weekend in Maryland, the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival!!! I cannot wait to get down there and hear the beautiful vocals of Lori Williams and spirited violin play of Chelsey Green along with her band, Chelsey Green and The Green Project. This week will FLY by!!! Music is medicine and Lord knows I need some this week!!! Can't wait!!!
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I'm looking forward to seeing you at Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival February 18 - 20, 2022
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Do you have a list of vendors who will be at the MAJF?
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