The Black Academy of Arts and Letters
7th Annual Riverfront Jazz Festival
Live Jazz | R&B | Soul | Blues | Neo-Soul
Aug 30 – Sep 1, 2024
Labor Day Weekend
Dallas, Texas
(All stages/performances indoors)
2024 LINEUP
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30
OPENING NIGHT
JAMMIN’ NEW ORLEANS STYLE!
REMEMBERING THE BIRTHPLACE OF JAZZ
(Bring Your Decorative Umbrellas and Hankies for Second Line Party)
Featuring THE DALLAS SECOND LINE JAZZ BAND
- Marcus Parks
- Kevin Butler
- Kenyahtah Graham
- Carren Allen
- Randy McGill
- Christian Bennett
- Charlie Mills
- ReggieTbone
- Frank Moka
- Phil Joseph
- CEELO GREEN
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 31
- THE STRING QUEENS
- FANTASTIC NEGRITO
- NORMAN BROWN
- MAYSA
TRIBUTE TO 10 GREAT MEN JAZZ SINGERS
Cab Calloway, Al Jarreau, Joe Williams, Al Hibbler,
George Benson, Nat “King” Cole,
Billy Eckstine, Oscar Brown, Jr.,
Jon Hendricks, Jr., Louis Armstrong
FEATURING
- Reuben Lael
- Lawyer Turner
- Davante Thornton
- Dezma Lehman
- Kevin Hawkins
- Garry Williams
- LaDarius Waits
- Albion Josiah
- Nathan Myers
- Marquis Barnes
- STOKLEY
- JEFFREY OSBORNE
- GINUWINE
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
- FOUR BROTHERS ON BASS
- Featuring AJ Brown,
- Walter Hamilton, TAJ, Braylon Lacy
- STANLEY JORDAN
- CASSANDRA WILSON
- TAKE 6
- MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- Featuring RUBEN STUDDARD
- JOHN MCLAUGHLIN WILLIAMS
- Guest Conductor
TRIBUTE TO 10 GREAT WOMEN JAZZ SINGERS
Billie Holiday, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley Horn, Betty Carter,
Carmen McRae, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, Nancy Wilson
- Harper Jones
- Erika Nicole Johnson
- K. Woods
- Lucki Azariah
- Jada Arnell
- Mandi
- Drea Randall
- Chaney Christie
- Tamera Peterson
- Andrea Wallace
- DOWN TO THE BONE
- PATRICE RUSHEN
- SHEILA E.
A JAZZY FESTIVAL FINALE! OLD-SCHOOL STYLE
- TOWER OF POWER
PROMISING YOUNG ARTISTS STAGE
TO BE ANNOUNCED
The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc.
Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center
1309 Canton Street, Dallas, TX 75201
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS
VISIT WWW.TBAAL.ORG
OR CALL 214.743.2440
