NASAR ABADEY · MONTY ALEXANDER · AFRO BLUE · MICHAEL BOWIE · DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER · CHOPTEETH · SHARON CLARK · ANAT COHEN · COLLECTOR'S EDITION · DC WRITERS CORP · DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA · PAQUITO D'RIVERA · FERTILE GROUND · SONNY FORTUNE · WINARD HARPER · CONRAD HERWIG LATIN SIDE PROJECT · LA TIMBISTICA · DANA LEONG · TAJ MAHAL · CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE QUARTET · NA'RIMBO · ORIGEM · RICKY PADRÓN · ANTONIO PARKER · CHUCK REDD · STEP AFRIKA! · GRADY TATE · TIME FOR THREE · MICHAEL THOMAS · MCCOY TYNER · THE W.E.S. GROUP · YARDENA · FREDERIC YONNÉT · AND MANY MORE!

For complete schedule and ticket information, go to www.dejazzfest.org

with over 100 performances in nearly 40 venues across the city.

Thursday
10/2/08

Step Afrika! and the W.E.S. Group · Atlas Performing Arts Center's Lang Theatre, 7:30 pm

Yardena · Goldman Theater, DC Jewish Community Center, 7:30 pm

Friday
10/3/08

Chopteeth, La Timbistica, and Fertile Ground · 9:30 Club, 7:00 pm

Step Afrika! and the W.E.S. Group · Atlas Performing Arts Center's Lang Theatre, 7:30 pm

Anat Cohen · National Museum of Women in the Arts, 7:30 pm

Saturday
10/4/08

Winard Harper Sextet · Atlas Performing Center's Lang Theatre, 7:30 pm

NEA Jazz Masters Concert · Lincoln Theatre, 8:00 pm
Featuring: The Duke Ellington Orchestra Special Guests: Paquito D'Rivera and Sharón Clark and The DC Bass Choir Special Guest: Christian McBride

Friday
10/3/08

Frederic Yonnét Quintet · National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, 5:00 pm

Saturday
10/4/08

12 - 6 pm · Sylvan Amphitheatre, National Mall

Featuring: Louisville Leopard Percussionists · La Timbistica · U.S. Army Blues · Miss Lucy Lion · Na'Rimbo · Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer

Sunday
10/5/08

12-7:30 pm · Sylvan Amphitheatre, National Mall

Featuring: Afro Blue · Taj Mahal · Christian McBride Quartet · Conrad Herwig Latin Side Project · McCoy Tyner Quartet · Dee Dee Bridgewater

The Duke Ellington Jazz Festival is sponsored in part with a grant from the DC Government, Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor; and in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, both supported in part by the NEA.