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2023 Satchmo Award

10/18/2023

The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation Honors
NEA Jazz Master/Bassist Reggie Workman
with the 2023 Satchmo Award
at the FREE WBGO Jazz for Young People Concert,
Armstrong: Past, Present and Future,
at Flushing Town Hall, Saturday, October 21, 2023, at 11:00 am

New York, NY - October 12, 2023 - The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation (LAEF) will present the world-renowned bassist, composer, bandleader, educator and NEA Jazz Master Reggie Workman with the foundation’s prestigious Satchmo Award for his seven decades of jazz musicianship and education during WBGO’s Kids Jazz Concert Series at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Saturday, October 21, 2023, at 11:00AM.

2023 HBHF

10/13/2023

World-Renowned Bluesmen BOBBY RUSH and ERIC GALES,
Latin Jazz Percussion Master PETE ESCOVEDO
and Legendary Afro-Cuban Vocalist OMARA PORTUONDO
Headline the 6th Annual Highmark Blues & Heritage Festival,
Friday and Saturday, November 3-4, 8:00 pm,
at The August Wilson African American Cultural Center

PITTSBURGH, PA – The 6th Annual Highmark Blues & Heritage Festival presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield lights up downtown Pittsburgh, this year showcasing the extensions and connections of the blues – from Africa to the Americas – with two generations of Blues stars, Bobby Rush and Eric Gales on Friday, November 3, and two grand masters of Latin music, percussionist extraordinaire Pete Escovedo featuring Nestor Torres and singer and original member of the Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo on Saturday, November 4. Both evenings take place at The August Wilson African American Cultural Center, 980 Liberty Avenue, at 8:00 pm.

Joan Watson-Jones Returns to The Lilypad 10/21/23

10/10/2023

Vocalist Joan Watson-Jones Returns
to The Lilypad Saturday, October 21 | 4:30 pm

CAMBRIDGE, MA, October 10, 2023 – Vocalist/lyricist/composer Joan Watson-Jones sings with conviction, swings with precision and turns a lyric into a cool, compelling musical story. Hear her melodious narratives at The Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge Street in Cambridge, on Saturday, October 21, at 4:30 pm.

2023 Satchmo Award

The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation HonorsNEA Jazz Master/Bassist Reggie Workman ​with the 2023 Satchmo Awardat the FREE WBGO Jazz for Young People Concert,Armstrong: Past, Present and Future,at Flushing Town Hall, Saturday, October 21, 2023, at 11:00 am

2023 HBHF

World-Renowned Bluesmen BOBBY RUSH and ERIC GALES,Latin Jazz Percussion Master PETE ESCOVEDO and Legendary Afro-Cuban Vocalist OMARA PORTUONDOHeadline the 6th Annual Highmark Blues & Heritage Festival,Friday and Saturday, November 3-4, 8:00 pm,at The August Wilson African American Cultural Center

Joan Watson-Jones Returns to The Lilypad 10/21/23

Vocalist Joan Watson-Jones Returnsto The Lilypad Saturday, October 21 | 4:30 pm​

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The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation Honors
NEA Jazz Master/Bassist Reggie Workman
with the 2023 Satchmo Award
at the FREE WBGO Jazz for Young People Concert,
Armstrong: Past, Present and Future,
at Flushing Town Hall, Saturday, October 21, 2023, at 11:00 am

Vocalist Joan Watson-Jones Returns
to The Lilypad Saturday, October 21 | 4:30 pm