TODAY: Frederic Yonnet @ DC JAZZ FESTIVAL on National MALL

UPDATE:

Frédéric Yonnet hits the stage around 3:30 pm followed by Roy Hargrove and Eddie Palmieri.

Sunday, June 12, 2011
Sylvan Theater on the National Mall, Washington, DC
Festival begins at 1 pm

Check the DC JAZZ Festival website for more details.

Sylvan Theatre is an outdoor amphitheater on the National Mall in Washington DC located at the northwest corner of 15th Street and Independence Avenue near the base of the Washington Monument.

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The D.C. Jazz Festival, formerly the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival, is back and French harmonicist Frederic Yonnet is among its line-up of internationally acclaimed artists. The festival’s signature event, Jazz on the National Mall boasts a free, daylong concert on June 12th that includes Yonnet; Chilean singer Claudia Acuña; star trumpeter Roy Hargrove and his hip-hop-leaning ensemble The RH Factor; and the Puerto Rican pianist Eddie Palmieri, leading his All-Star Salsa Orchestra.

The Festival will feature more than 100 jazz performances at concert venues and clubs throughout Washington, DC., from June 1-13, 2011.   Celebrating musical styles from Bebop and Blues to Swing, Soul, Latin and World music, the D.C. Jazz festival also includes performances at the Kennedy Center, the Phillips Collection, and in museums, clubs, restaurants and hotels.

“This year’s outstanding headliners help further our mission to provide Washington, D.C. area residents and out-of-town visitors with dazzling and enriching performances,” said DC Jazz Festival Executive Producer Charles Fishman. “We are proud to partner with top venues across the city to bring some of the finest artists in the jazz genre to the nation’s capital.”