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Guy and Gals 2024
Jazz Night Out
SATURDAY
September 21, 2024
7:30PM - 9:30PM
TICKET $25
$30 AT THE DOOR
$15 FOOD & DRINK MIN.
Vocalist Kendra Johnson
Kendra Johnson, vocalist and recording artist, has been immersed in music her entire life. As many vocal artists do, she began singing in the church at an early age and continues to lift her voice in song every chance she gets. Kendra’s love of music crosses several genres, from gospel to jazz, soul to R&B, contemporary to pop. Together, they shape her own unique musical style. This Motown born vocalist has performed throughout the East Coast, Midwest, the Carolinas and the DC Metropolitan area. In recent years, she has performed at various venues which include The National Museum of African American History and Culture, The Andrew Mellon Auditorium, The Fillmore, Twins Jazz Club, Montpelier Arts Center, Jojo’s, An die Musik, Alice’s Jazz and Cultural Society and the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival to name a few. Kendra’s vocal journey has been blessed with corporate requests that extend from opening AT&T’s first Black History celebration at the Smithsonian, performing at the National Association of Broadcasters gala honoring Jon Bon Jovi, Howard University, the United States Naval Academy, the Food and Drug Administration, The Victim’s Rights Foundation and various other events hosted throughout the DMV.
Under the direction of Connaitre Miller, Associate Professor of Music and Vocal Jazz Coordinator at Howard University, Kendra performed at the Strathmore Arts Complex. She was also one of the featured vocal artists on DC’s own jazz composer/pianist Terry Marshall’s debut CD, Arrival. Kendra periodically performs with local jazz artists and plans to embark upon her own recording project in the near future.
The Band:
Steven Bundick
With a sound that could only come directly from one's soul, Steven Bundick a/k/a Steven B. has been spreading his "musical gospel" to all with willing ears to hear. His arresting but yet creatively soft tonality as well as its haunting drive, seeks to capture his audience's attention just as the Pied Piper leads his trail of following mice. Steven B. comes straight at you with the mission of getting into your musical consciousness. His saxophone sound is not that "fluff and puff - technically enhanced" elevator or doctor’s office music that we have been subjected to digest. Filling each musical moment with sincere emotional colors, his saxophone is the tool used to tell a story.
His story! His voice!! His way!!!
The journey of discovering one's musical voice is a personal and oftentimes an arduous lifelong pursuit. However once discovered, one could look back and attribute the building blocks of that journey were shaped by many, many musical influences. Such is the case for Steven B. The musical influences that have cultivated and shaped his musical ideas and sound are John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Frank Morgan, Julian Cannonball Adderly, Grover Washington Jr, Wayne Shorter, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Stanley Turrentine, Bobby Watson, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Kirk Whalum, Kenny Garrett, Gerald Albright, Earth Wind & Fire, as well as dozens of lesser-known musicians and artists. These influences combined with life's experiences and his spiritual walk are the synthesis of Steven B's musical voice.
"Every time I put the saxophone in my mouth or sing a song, I feel it's another chance or opportunity for me to touch someone emotionally. Be it happiness, sadness, anger or any other emotion, it's my job or my ministry if you will, to move an individual emotionally. At the very least I want to take them on an emotional journey that hopefully at the end they're feeling something totally different than what and where they started. That is my attempted mission as a musician."
To date Steven B. has shared the stage performing with or opened for such national recording artists as: Jean Carne, Shirley Jones, Jeffery Osborne, Regina Bell, George Duke, Vickie Winans, Norman Connors, Michael Henderson, Tom Browne, Miki Howard, Chante Moore, Ledisi, Yolanda Adams, Richard Smallwood, Phyllis Hyman, Glenn Jones, Kenny Lattimore, Eban Brown, Jennifer Holiday, Nona Hendryx, Sherrie Winston, Tanya Blount, George Howard, Bob Baldwin, Blue Magic, SOS Band, Heatwave, Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, comedians George Wilborn and Chris Thomas and actor/musician Malcolm Jamal Warner just to name a few. He has also had the honor and pleasure of participating in intimate "jam" sessions with the late great jazz saxophonist Frank Morgan, the late funky organist Jack McDuff, trumpet titan Roy Hargrove, pianist and songstress the late Ms. Shirley Horn and "Mr. Magic" himself the late great Grover Washington Jr.
Currently and for the past 15 plus years now Steven B. has been working and rendering his sweet saxophone sound and vocal talents in the music ensemble of the legendary vocalist Jean Carne. “Playing and singing in Jean's band and being under her tutelage has been a wonderful experience for me. It's such an honor. From her totally professional and on-spot stage presence to her firsthand stories and accounts of being in the music business for more than forty years have been invaluable lessons. No matter the venue or the audience, she is always ready and prepared - full throttle! And to top it off, she's the sweetest person and a pleasure to work with. Truly a REAL DIVA, not a wanna be!!!"
Today equipped with his soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, Steven B. is thrusting into the future ready to harken his musical clarion call.
A musical clarion call that should be heard, must be heard, will be heard!!
Daryl L.A. Hunt, a.k.a. DAWU!
Now you know the best kept secret in the music business!
You have only to ask award winning gospel songstress, Yolanda Adams, about her highly successful tours, which propelled Daryl from keyboardist extraordinaire for Sisters in the Spirit (2001 & 2002) to music director for Yolanda for the Kirk Franklin HOPEVILLE tour (2003-2004) to programmer for the Yolanda Today tour (2006).
DAWU's stirring string arrangements are also featured on Yolanda's THE EXPERIENCE: Live at Constitution Hall CD, a Grammy Award winning masterpiece.
Grammy award winner and legends Roberta Flack and Richard Smallwood can attest to his musical genius and his incredible versatility.
A child prodigy, Howard University Alumnus and music scholar, Daryl's trademark is his penchant for penning amazing songs with a flair for musical composition that is new and fresh, passionate and powerful. His melodies are commanding and clever heartsongs with penetrating harmonies and fluid lyrics that tell a sensitive and compassionate story. His unusual blend of jazz, classical, gospel and R&B is full of DAWUisms that bear no comparison in modern times.
A native New Yorker with roots in London and the West Indies, Daryl's musical personality is as unique as the blend of cultures he embodies. DAWU is currently the musical director for Broadway diva and R&B singer, Stephanie Mills and East coast MD for Rahsaan Patterson.
He has just completed and released a solo project for recording artist, Sylver Logan Sharp (of CHIC), which he produced, composed, co-wrote, mixed and mastered in his Maryland, based studio.
Daryl L.A.Hunt is the newest vibe of the 21st century whose star is rising like a beacon of the future. DAWU, a secret??? Not for long!
David Marsh
David W. Marsh III is a graduate of the Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. David is equally at home in Jazz, R&B, Blues, Latin, Caribbean, Brazilian, Classical, Funk, Reggae, Gospel and Persian as well as rock and pop styles of music. He has performed in Japan, Italy, Canada, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Brazil, former Soviet Union and throughout the United States with the DC Youth Orchestra, the St. Augustine's Gospel Choir, and recording artists such as Nestor Torres & Gil Scott Heron. Locally, he has performed at Blues Alley, the Kennedy Center, the White House, Constitution Hall, the Warner Theater and many other area venues. David recorded with Jennifer Holiday, Doug Carn, St. Augustine's Gospel Choir, Carey Creed, Stickman, Kevin Campbell, Dan Reynolds, Matt Niese, Yvette Spears, Juanita Williams, Vaughn Nark and the Rejoice Conference Choir. He is the bass player for "Cook, Dixon and Young" (formally Three Mo' Tenors). He performed on the group’s recent PBS special and CD. Cook, Dixon and Young have performed concerts at venues such as the Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl and Wolf Trap and with the prestigious Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Washington DC Opera, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
Frank T. Williams, IV
Jazz drummer, composer and educator, Frank T. Williams, IV, has been playing jazz drums professionally for over 30 years, and has been playing drums since he received his first drum set, at age 5. Since then, Mr. Williams has performed, toured and jammed with a variety of jazz luminaries and legends such as Nat Adderley, Douglas Carn, John Lamb, The Marcus Printup Quartet, The Michael Thomas Quintet, Andrew White, Marcus Roberts, Eric Lewis, Benito Gonzales, Ben Williams, Bob Murad and Wynton Marsalis.
Currently, Mr. Williams primarily performs with the Michael Thomas Quintet. This quintet has been together for 20 years, and received a first round Grammy ballot entry in 2010 for their CD release, “Live at Twins Jazz” Volume 2. The 5th CD recorded with this powerhouse quintet. Frank also performs with pianist and composer extraordinaire Bob Murad, and is a guest artist drummer on his latest released CD, “The Observer”.
Mr. Williams also performs freelance with a number of local and national musical acts and keeps a private percussion studio of anywhere from 10 to 15 percussion students. Thus far, all of Mr. Willams’ private students who have continued through high school have been accepted to college on full music scholarships.
Mr. Williams has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education for Florida A&M University and a Master of Arts Degree in Education from Gratz College. With over 25 years of teaching experience, Mr. Frank T. Williams IV has a unique perspective as a clinician and private teacher.
Frank T. Williams IV has endorsements with Grover Pro Percussion, Soultone Cymbals, Rampad and is a voting member of the Grammy Academy.
Emcee - Iva Jean Ambush
Producer - DeCasto Brown
Venue Details
El Golfo Restaurant (Assigned Seating)
8739 Flower AvenueSilver Spring, Maryland 20901
