Schedule

Friday

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2:30 PMRobert Frost Middle School Jazz Band
Featuring: Director, Ken Krohn
PerformanceAtrium
4:00 PMThe Maurice Lyles QuartetPerformanceAtrium
5:00 PMJessie's Soul Line Dancers
Featuring: Workshops-Open Dancing (Line Dancing, Hand Dancing, Chicago Steppin’)
Learn to Line Dance--Free and Open
OtherMadison Room
5:00 PMThe Alex Poetzschke Group
Featuring: Alex Poetzschke--Alto Sax, John Rodrguez--Tenor Sax, Lee Nathanson--Guitar, Nguyen Khoi Nguyen--Piano, Phil Ravita--Bass, Paul Keesling--Drums
PerformanceAtrium
6:00 PMJanice BrownPerformanceMAJF Club
6:00 PMPanel Discussion: Where's the Black Audience for Jazz
Featuring: Modertor: Willard Jenkins Panelist: Nasar Abadey, Michael Thomas, Winard Harper
InterviewBilly Taylor Room
6:00 PMThe Jazz Academy Youth Ensemble
Featuring: Director, Paul Carr
PerformanceAtrium
7:00 PMJamie Broumas GroupPerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
7:00 PMSherwood High School Jazz Band
Featuring: Director, Alex Silverbrook
PerformanceAtrium
7:30 PMBonnie Harris, Vocalist
Featuring: Vince Smith (piano), Wes Biles (bass) and Jeff Neal (drums)
PerformanceMAJF Club
7:30 PMThe Eric Byrd Trio and The Brother Ray Band
Enjoy the sounds of Ray Charles
PerformanceBilly Taylor Room
8:00 PMWilliams Jones College Prepatory School, Chicago Illinois
Featuring: Frank L. Menzies, Director
PerformanceAtrium
8:30 PMThe Winard Harper GroupPerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
9:00 PMMark Mosley GroupPerformanceMAJF Club
9:00 PMBlake High School Jazz Band
Featuring: Director, Brian Damron
PerformanceAtrium
10:00 PMCarmen Bradford
Featuring: The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Orchestra, with Terell Stafford under the direction of Paul Carr
PerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
12:00 AMMAJF Midnight Jam Session with the Wes Biles TrioPerformanceMAJF Club

Saturday

09:00 AMJessie's Soul Line Dancers
Featuring: Workshop: Line Dancing
Learn to Line Dance--Free and Open
OtherJefferson Room
09:30 AMJazz Band Competition: T.C. Williams High School; Alexandria, Virginia
Featuring: Director: Doug Rogers
PerformanceAtrium
10:00 AMJazz Band Competition: Yorktown High School; Arlington, VA
Featuring: Director Brian Bersh
PerformanceAtrium
10:30 AMJazz Band Competition: Jefferson High School; Shanandoah Junction, West Virginia
Featuring: Director: J. P. Lynch
PerformanceAtrium
11:00 AMInterview: Carmen Bradford--The Art of Jazz Singing
Featuring: Host: WPFW's Miyuki Williams (Host of "A Sunday Kind of Love")
InterviewBilly Taylor Room
11:00 AMMAJF Little Theatre Presents "Bud Not Buddy"
Featuring: Presented in partnership with The Adventure Theatre
Bud, Not Buddy
Winner of the Newbery Award Coretta Scott King AwardIt's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things. 2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers of Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!! Bud's got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road and find this mystery man, nothing can stop him--not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself. Bud, Not Buddy is full of laugh-out-loud humor and wonderful characters, hitting the high notes of jazz and sounding the deeper tones of the Great Depression.
PerformanceRoosevelt Room
11:00 AMJazz Band Competition: Fairfax High School; Fairfax, Virginia
Featuring: Director, Alan P. Johnson
PerformanceAtrium
11:00 AMDrum Master Class -- Winard HarperMaster ClassTruman Room
11:30 AMJazz Band Competition: CE Jordan High School; Durham, North Carolina
Featuring: Director, Andrew Weiss
PerformanceAtrium
11:30 AMBerklee College of Music Presents The Zach Brown QuartetPerformanceMAJF Club
12:00 PMHoward University Jazz Ensemble
Featuring: Director, Fred Irby
PerformanceAtrium
12:00 PMChad Carter
Featuring: Frank Owens (Piano), Herman Burney (Bass), Keith Killgo (Drums), and Antonio Parker (Saxophone)
PerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
12:00 PMSaxophone Master Class -- Alex HoffmanMaster ClassTruman Room
12:30 PMVocal Masterclass with Carmen Bradford
Vocalist that wish to sing for Ms. Bradford at the Masterclass must be prepared to sing two standards and bring the lead sheet.
Master ClassBilly Taylor Room
1:00 PMSine Qua Non
Featuring: Michael Bowie
PerformanceMAJF Club
1:00 PMJazz Band Competition: Mountain Ridge High School; Frostburg, Maryland
Featuring: Director, David Kauffman
PerformanceAtrium
1:00 PMTrumpet Master Class -- Terell StaffordMaster ClassTruman Room
1:30 PMJazz Ain't Dead Dance Troupe
Featuring: Maurice Chestnut from the Award Winning Play, Bring in da Noise Bring in the Funk
PerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
1:30 PMJazz Band Competition: Walt Whitman High School; Bethesda, Maryland
Featuring: Director, Terry Alvey
PerformanceAtrium
2:00 PMMAJF Little Theatre Presents "Bud Not Buddy"
Featuring: Presented in partnership with The Adventure Theatre
Bud, Not Buddy
Winner of the Newbery Award Coretta Scott King AwardIt's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things. 2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers of Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!! Bud's got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road and find this mystery man, nothing can stop him--not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself. Bud, Not Buddy is full of laugh-out-loud humor and wonderful characters, hitting the high notes of jazz and sounding the deeper tones of the Great Depression.
PerformanceRoosevelt Room
2:00 PMJazz Band Competition: Black River Public School; Holland, Michigan
Featuring: Director, Jon Montgomery
PerformanceAtrium
2:00 PMInterview: Up Close & Personal with NEA Jazz Master Roy Haynes
Featuring: Discussion with Nasar Abadey
InterviewBilly Taylor Room
2:00 PMTrombone Master Class -- Doug ElliotMaster ClassTruman Room
2:30 PMJazz Band Competition: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (2011 3rd Place Award Winner)
Featuring: Director, Marshall White
PerformanceAtrium
3:00 PMJoanna PascalePerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
3:00 PMKathy LyonPerformanceMAJF Club
3:00 PMJazz Band Competition: Washington Lee High School; Arlington, Virginia (2011 2nd Place Award Winner)
Featuring: Director, Alex Robinson
PerformanceAtrium
3:00 PMJessie's Soul Line Dancers
Featuring: Workshop--Hand/Chicago Steppin
Learn to Hand Dance--Free and Open
OtherJefferson Room
3:00 PMInterview with a Young Lion: Warren Wolf
Featuring: Conducted By: Bobby Hill (Host of WPFW's Wednesday Midday Jazz)
Interview and Spins from Warren's recent Motema release
InterviewBilly Taylor Room
3:00 PMMAJF Junior Jam Session
Featuring: Jazz Academy Combo
PerformanceMadison Room
3:30 PMJazz Band Competition: Walter Johnson High School; Bethesda, Maryland ( 2011 1st Place Award Winner)
Featuring: Director, Christopher Kosmaceski
PerformanceAtrium
4:00 PMIntegriti ReevesPerformanceBilly Taylor Room
4:30 PMAmbuscade
Featuring: Iva Ambush
PerformanceMAJF Club
4:30 PMMAJF Little Theatre Presents "Bud Not Buddy"
Featuring: Presented in partnership with The Adventure Theatre
Bud, Not Buddy
Winner of the Newbery Award Coretta Scott King AwardIt's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things. 2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers of Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!! Bud's got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road and find this mystery man, nothing can stop him--not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself. Bud, Not Buddy is full of laugh-out-loud humor and wonderful characters, hitting the high notes of jazz and sounding the deeper tones of the Great Depression.
PerformanceRoosevelt Room
5:00 PMHigh School Band Competition FinalsPerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
5:00 PMRobert Frost Middle School Jazz Band
Featuring: Director, Ken Krohn
PerformanceAtrium
5:30 PMThe Movies At MAJF: Thunder Soul
It's was Afros and pleated shirts, James Brown and Bootsy Collins. It was the '70s, and at an inner-city Houston high school history would be made. Charismatic band leader, Conrad "Prof" Johnson, would turn the school's mediocre jazz band into a legendary funk powerhouse. Now, 35 years later, his students prepare to pay tribute to the man who changed their lives--the 92-year old Prof. Some haven't played their horns in decades, still they dust off their instruments, determined to retake the stage to show Prof and the world that they've still got it. Written by Anonymous
Film ScreeningBilly Taylor Room
6:00 PMSandra Y. JohnsonPerformanceMAJF Club
6:00 PMBaker Middle School Jazz Band
Featuring: Director, Mike Kamuf
PerformanceAtrium
7:00 PMWarren WolfPerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
7:00 PMThe Contemporary Jazz Event, Two Acts: Trey Eley and Chelsey Green
Featuring: Chelsey Green and the Green Project, Trey Eley Group
PerformanceAtrium
7:00 PMJessie's Soul Line Dancers
Featuring: Juke Joint Jumpin' Showcases
Dance Showcase-Free and Open
PerformanceMadison Room
7:30 PMAnthony E. Nelson Jr.PerformanceMAJF Club
7:30 PMAaron Seeber QuartetPerformanceBilly Taylor Room
8:30 PMDenise Thimes
Featuring: The Chris Grasso Trio
PerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
9:00 PMErnest EC3 Coleman and FriendsPerformanceMAJF Club
9:00 PMJessie's Soul Line Dancers
Featuring: Workshop: Request your favorite dance--Free and Open
OtherMadison Room
10:00 PMRoy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band
Featuring: Jaleel Shaw (Saxophones), Martin Berjerano (Piano), David Wong (Bass)
PerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
11:30 PMThe Movies at MAJF: Thunder Soul
It's was Afros and pleated shirts, James Brown and Bootsy Collins. It was the '70s, and at an inner-city Houston high school history would be made. Charismatic band leader, Conrad "Prof" Johnson, would turn the school's mediocre jazz band into a legendary funk powerhouse. Now, 35 years later, his students prepare to pay tribute to the man who changed their lives--the 92-year old Prof. Some haven't played their horns in decades, still they dust off their instruments, determined to retake the stage to show Prof and the world that they've still got it. Written by Anonymous
Film ScreeningBilly Taylor Room
12:00 AMMAJF Midnight Jam Session with the Wes Biles TrioPerformanceMAJF Club

Sunday

10:30 AMGospel Brunch with Janine Carter and Eric Byrd
Featuring: Janine Carter, Eric Byrd
Food purchased separately from the Hilton Hotel
PerformanceAtrium
12:00 PMBrittney WrightPerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
1:00 PMAmerican University Big Band
Featuring: Director, Josh Bayer
PerformanceAtrium
1:00 PMJessie's Soul Line Dancers
Featuring: Workshop: Gospel Line Dancing
Learn to line dance, gospel style--Free and Open
OtherMadison Room
1:30 PMPlay: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Featuring: Lavenia Nesmith-lead actor/vocalist, Stephen Key-pianist, Terron Whitehead-percussion, Harry Jackson-bass, Bebe Ross Coker-script writer, Julian Hipkins-narrator
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Mahalia comes to life in a musical drama performed by Lavenia Nesmith portraying the life of Mahalia in dialogue and song. The life of gospel great Mahalia gives impetus to her early childhood on the docks of Louisiana; her call to sing gospel in the church choir; her rise to celebrity with Thomas Dorsey's "Precious Lord" and her well earned national and international recognition.
PerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
2:00 PMLydia Lewis
Featuring: Lena Seikaly (vocals), Allyn Johnson (piano), TBA (Bassist)
PerformanceMAJF Club
2:00 PMBlues Alley Youth Jazz Band
Featuring: Director, Michael Bowie
PerformanceAtrium
3:00 PMInterview w/Nicholas Payton on Black American Music (BAM) Concepts and Controversy
Featuring: Interviewed Conducted by Willard Jenkins
InterviewBilly Taylor Room
3:00 PMVince Evans
Featuring: The Gospel Roots
PerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
3:00 PMEinstein High School Jazz Band
Featuring: Director, Joan Rackey
PerformanceAtrium
3:30 PMAnthony ComptonPerformanceMAJF Club
4:00 PMKim Burrell
Featuring: Vince Evans and the Gospel Roots
PerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
4:00 PMThe Josh Bayer GroupPerformanceAtrium
5:00 PMGeorge Washington Univeristy ComboPerformanceAtrium
6:00 PMThe Jazz Academy Orchestra under the direction of Paul CarrPerformanceMAJF Club
6:00 PMThe Movies At MAJF: Thunder Soul
It's was Afros and pleated shirts, James Brown and Bootsy Collins. It was the '70s, and at an inner-city Houston high school history would be made. Charismatic band leader, Conrad "Prof" Johnson, would turn the school's mediocre jazz band into a legendary funk powerhouse. Now, 35 years later, his students prepare to pay tribute to the man who changed their lives--the 92-year old Prof. Some haven't played their horns in decades, still they dust off their instruments, determined to retake the stage to show Prof and the world that they've still got it. Written by Anonymous
Film ScreeningBilly Taylor Room
7:00 PMLori WilliamsPerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
7:30 PMTacha Coleman Parr and Ron EllistonPerformanceMAJF Club
8:30 PMThe Trumpet Summit
Featuring: Brian Lynch, Nicholas Payton, Terell Stafford
PerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
9:00 PMCloudburst
Featuring: Wayne Wilentz, Stephanie Lebow, Jerry Overman, James Zimmerman
PerformanceMAJF Club
10:00 PMPaul Carr Quintet
Featuring: Terell Stafford (Trumpet), Joey Calderazzo (Piano), Michael Bowie(Bass), Lewis Nash (Drums)
PerformanceRonnie Wells Main Stage
12:00 AMMid-Night Jam Session w/ The Wes Biles TrioPerformanceMAJF Club

Monday

11:00 AMThe Larry Brown GroupPerformanceAtrium