Donvonte McCoy

Walk Spirit Talk Spirit

By George V. Johnson, Jr.

Label: Your Majesty Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1. Knarrative Will Set Us Free (Spirit Talk Spirit) McCoy Tyner | GVJ Lyrics 2. All Aboard The Gravy Train (Gravy Train) Lou Donaldson | GVJ lyrics 3. Square Stay Out (No Room For Squares) Hank Mobley | GVJ lyrics 4. Music Around the World (Road Song) West Montgomery | GVJ lyrics 5. Come Fly Away With Me (Fly With The Wind) McCoy Tyner | GVJ lyrics 6. Canteloupe Island Herbie Hancock | Mark Murphy 7. Go Moose The Mooche (Moose The Mooche) Charlie Parker | GVJ lyrics 8. Do the Samba (Jive Samba) Nat Adderly | GVJ lyrics

Changamire

Raised on the music of Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn and Dinah Washington, Changamire? is a jazz vocalist and recording artist from Washington, DC. Glenn Turner, pianist for the late Gil Scott Heron, was her first vocal coach.

In 2001, she self-released her critically acclaimed debut album, Only Human, which features a 14-piece string section. AllAboutJazz.com wrote, "It's difficult to nail down just what makes her voice so darn compelling. Maybe it's the comfort and familiarity, maybe the confiding honesty. Whatever the case, it works exceptionally well.”

The Baylor Project at the DC Jazz Festival

by Bridget A. Arnwine
September 8, 2022

The Baylor Project The District Wharf The DC Jazz Festival Washington, DC September 3, 2022 The 18th Annual DC Jazz Festival (August 31—September 4, 2022) closed out five days of music with a weekend of spectacular performances at The District Wharf, an outdoor space teeming with restaurants, shopping and waterfront ...