by Steve Monroe
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Celebrate spring … and the coming of JAM
For starters, John Coltrane and the 50th anniversary of his composition “A Love Supreme” will be celebrated in a series of in-museum, online and community events developed by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History beginning Wednesday March 26, according to museum information, with a webcast at 11 am of a private Jazz Appreciation Month launch ceremony at the museum.
Portrait of John Coltrane by artist Joseph Holston
from smithsonianjazz.org
A Love Supreme” is Coltrane’s musical hymn, says Smithsonian information, “about the transformation that faith and music sparked in his life … [his] musical declaration of spirituality and faith in a loving God who supported him through drug addiction and other human failures. The original “A Love Supreme” music score will be on exhibition in “American Stories” at the museum through June 17. A specially created image of Coltrane by artist Joseph Holston graces the Smithsonian’s Jazz Appreciation Month commemorative poster. Also Wednesday March 26, the Ravi Coltrane Quartet performs in honor of the anniversary of “A Love Supreme” at 7:30 p.m. at Lisner Auditorium, presented by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and the George Washington University music department. Tickets are free with RSVP; go to www.lisner.gwu.edu/ravi-coltrane-quartet for complete information.
JAM events at the Smithsonian begin with a workshop at 1:30 pm and a concert at 6 pm on April 4 by Bobby Sanabria and Quartet Ache in the Warner Brothers Theater at the American History Museum.
For more information on the webcast, go to www.smithsonianjazz.org.
Charles Rahmat Woods, on flute, plays at Maggiano’s
Restaurant in Northwest D.C. March 26, April 16 and 30.
Also coming up this week are shows Wednesday March 26 by the Charles Rahmat Woods Trio at Maggiano’s in Northwest DC. Woods, the multi-talented flute, sax player and bandleader, has recently released his solo CD, “The Language of Birds” on his Rahmat Shabazz (www.rahmatshabazz.com) label. The recording, flavored with Native American and African melodies, is a “Jazz meditation,” says Woods, with his flute and saxophone playing weaving an artful, spiritual journey. Stay tuned for more on “The Language of Birds” and Woods, who is also scheduled at Maggiano’s April 16 and 30.
Also Wednesday March 26 is a performance at the Howard Theatre of Indigo Love & The Renaissance Trio featuring Nasar Abadey, Allyn Johnson & James King, as part of a series of Jazz at the Howard shows. Other shows in the series are Jon Batiste & Stay Human March 29 and sax legend Gato Barbieri April 10.
Thad Wilson’s Big Band is at Columbia Station March 27, and also April 3, while The Loews Madison Hotel features Veronneau March 27, Lyle Link March 28, and Marshall Keys April 5, with young lion sax man Elijah Jamal Balbed returning to the Loews Madison April 11.
The Greater U Street Jazz Collective, still receiving acclaim for its “Balling the Jack” CD, is at Twins Jazz March 27; the Antonio Parker Jazz Quintet is at Westminster, Bassist Kris Funn performs at the Hill Center March 28; and multi-dimensional pianist Tim Whalen is at Twins Jazz March 28-29. Up the road a bit, the Steve Davis and Larry Willis Quintet performs March 30 at Caton Castle (www.catoncastle.com) in Baltimore and Transparent Productions jazz at Bohemian Caverns March 30 features vocalist Leena Conquest.
Trumpeter and bandleader Thad Wilson is the artist
in residence on Tuesdays in April at Bohemian Caverns.
Thad Wilson is also at Bohemian Caverns on Tuesdays in April beginning April 1; Pianist Janelle Gill performs in Burnett Thompsons’s Piano in The White House Series April 3 at the David M. Rubenstein Center for White House History at The Decatur House at Lafayette Square, focusing on the late Marian McPartland’s 1998 White House performance. For more information, contact Burnett@PianoJazz.com.
Vocalist Krislynn Perry is at the UDC Recital Hall April 7 and the Atlas features Andriessen’s Piano/Andriessen’s Jazz with the Brad Linde Ensemble April 9. And don’t forget Cyrus Chestnut, April 10 at Blues Alley, Branford Marsalis April 12 at the George Mason University Performing Arts Center, and Transparent Productions’ show April 13 at Bohemian Caverns featuring Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures, a diverse and multi-instrumental event.
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