Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival

Join US in honoring the life and work of the "first lady of jazz," legendary pianist and composer Mary Lou WILLIAMS. This year’s two-day FESTIVAL FEATURES PERFORMANCES BY DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, the Jamie Baum Septet+, the Savannah Harris "4," Fay Victor, and more phenomenal women leading today’s jazz scene.Program: NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater hosts the Kennedy Center’s 28th Annual Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, a two-day celebration honoring the "first lady of jazz" Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981) and the phenomenal women who continue to shape the genre. On Friday, host and incomparable vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater takes the stage with prolific pianist Bill Charlap. The evening also features the Jamie Baum Septet+, led by the visionary jazz flutist and composer. Saturday’s performance spotlights versatile avant-garde drummer Savannah Harris’ Savannah Harris "4" and utterly captivating vocalist/sound artist/composer Fay Victor, who has "invented her own hybrid of song and spoken word, a scat style for today’s avant-garde" (The New York Times). Click Here For Buy Tickets [https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/jazz/2024-2025/mary-lou-williams-festival/]