2023 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute from Kennedy Center

Live online at WZUM.org Saturday night at 7:30 - and Broadcast Sunday night on WZUM AM/FM and online at 7:00pm

April is Jazz Appreciation Month - and WZUM is joining with @NEAarts and @kennedycenter to kickoff Jazz Appreciation Month with a special live stream of the 2023 #NEAJazzMasters Tribute. It will be on our homepage as a live stream at WZUM.org for the 7:30 Saturday night event - Plus, we’ll be broadcasting the whole event on the radio, Sunday night at 7, right at the MCG Spotlight Show.

This year’ honorees have a close connection to the airwaves of WZUM - including violinist Regina Carter, just in for a very special show back in December at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center.

Also honored this year - Detroit natives (like Regina Carter) drummer Louis Hayes and sax master Kenny Garrett. Being honored this year, posthumously, Sue Mingus recipient of the A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy.

The live event concert will be at the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Saturday, April 1 at 7:30pm. We’ll be broadcasting the whole event on the radio, Sunday night at 7, right at the MCG Spotlight Show.