♫ Mark Sutton Presents Sunday Jazz Set at 3rd Street Jazz Vol. 1

Mark is a new-ish Twitter friend. It's always cool to befriend someone that has a love and appreciation for jazz!

His show this week features music from Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, Horace Silver, Wayne Shorter, Blue Mitchell and many more.

Every Sunday 3rd Street Jazz will bring you classic jazz - don't trip and miss it! 

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2013 Thelonious Monk Int'l Jazz Saxophone Competition and All-Star Gala Concert to Take Place September 15-16 in Washington, DC!

Washington, D.C. -- The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz today announced the 2013 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition and All-Star Gala Concert will take place at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, September 16. The 2013 Competition and Gala is made possible through generous support from Cadillac, the presenting sponsor for the weekend.

This year's Competition will feature 14 of the world's most outstanding young jazz saxophonists who have been selected to perform before a panel of jazz greats including Jane Ira Bloom, Jimmy Heath, Branford Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, and Bobby Watson.

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FYI - 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition & Gala Concert Tickets on Sale Now!

On Monday, September 12, jazz lovers and supporters will gather to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.!

Event hosts Herbie Hancock, Phylicia Rashad, and Billy Dee Williams will honor Aretha Franklin with the Institute's 2011 Maria Fisher Founder's Award. 

Performers will included John Beasley, Terence Blanchard, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ron Carter, Joey DeFrancesco, ELEW, Kurt Elling, Kevin Eubanks, Roberta Gambarini, Jimmy Heath, Lionel Loueke, Joe Lovano, Ellis Marsalis, Christian McBride, TS Monk, Jason Moran, Gretchen Parlato, John Patitucci, Danilo Perez, Dianne Reeves, Marcus Roberts, Wayne Shorter, Ben Williams, and many more (as of August 2.) 

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