Washington, D.C. Photo Archive
2017 NEA Jazz Master Dave Holland; National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu; 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dr. Lonnie Smith; and Patrick Cook, BMI Director of Musical Theatre and Jazz, at the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Dinner.
Pictured (L-R front row): Mary Jo Gitler, representing 2017 NEA Jazz Master Ira Gitler; 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Dave Holland, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Dr. Lonnie Smith. (back row): 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dick Hyman; Fitz Gitler, representing 2017 NEA Jazz Master Ira Gitler; and National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu: Charlie Feldman, BMI Vice President of Writer-Publisher…
Charlie Feldman, BMI Vice President of Writer-Publisher and Industry Relations, at the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Dinner.
Aubrey Allicock as Young Emile Griffith during the Kennedy Center performance of BMI composer Terence Blanchard’s jazz opera “Champion.”
The company of “Champion.”
Arthur Woodley as Emile Griffith during the Kennedy Center performance of BMI composer Terence Blanchard’s jazz opera “Champion.”
Victor Ryan Robertson as Benny “The Kid” Paret and Aubrey Allicock as Young Emile Griffith during the Kennedy Center performance of BMI composer Terence Blanchard’s jazz opera “Champion.” Photo by Scott Suchman for Washington National Opera.
Andrew McLaughlin as Man in the Bar and Aubrey Allicock as Young Emile Griffith during the Kennedy Center performance of BMI composer Terence Blanchard’s jazz opera “Champion.”
Denyce Graves as Emelda Griffith during the Kennedy Center performance of BMI composer Terence Blanchard’s jazz opera “Champion.”
Principal dancer Joe Orrach, Aubrey Allicock as Young Emile Griffith (standing), and Victor Ryan Robertson as Benny “The Kid” Paret (leaning) during the Kennedy Center performance of BMI composer Terence Blanchard’s jazz opera “Champion.”