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A high note at the Thelonius Monk Jazz Competition

CUTTIN’THE CHORDS AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
Washington Life was proud to serve as the magazine media sponsor for the 2005 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. The talent raised the roof of the Kennedy Center as young guitarists competed for cash scholarships and performed with some of the world’s premier jazz greats, including Terence Blanchard, Wayne Shorter, Peter Bernstein, Rodney Jones and Vic Juris. Jazz icon Herbie Hancock, Oscar winner for his“Round Midnight” fi lm score and winner of 10 Grammys, introduced the evening and fi lm star Billy Dee Williams emceed.

JAZZ LEGENDS JAM
The incomparable Dee Dee Bridgewater nearly stopped the show as she sang a duet with venerable trumpeter Clark Terry, who left Duke Ellington to join the NBC “Tonight Show” band, (becoming the fi rst African-American musician to be employed by the network.) Thelonious Monk, Jr., the jazz and R&B drummer and recording artist who chairs the institute named for his father, has worked hard to preserve America’s jazz legacy.

CREATING FUTURE LEGENDS
Carter said that thanks to corporate sponsorship, the 19-year-old institute is able to continue its educational programs around the country and the world to bring jazz to millions of people, despite drastic cuts in government funding for the arts.

Thelonious Monk, Jr.

Bill Paley, Carolyn Peachey and Herbie Hancock
Lage Lund and Dee Dee Bridgewater

Competition Winner Lage Lund performs with George benson

Nancy Reynolds Bagley
Billy D. Williams

Stanley Jordan
Junko Moriya

Terence Blanchard and terri lyne carrington

PHOTOS BY JONAH KOCH

 



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