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CULTURE / BUSINESS / RETAIL / COMMUNITY / ACCESS ISSUE #13 SUMMER/FALL 2018 ROSSLYNVA.ORG FREE The Virginia Wine Festival is coming to Rosslyn this fall. Details at rosslynva.org/events See Rosslyn live and in motion on our new YouTube channel: RosslynVA MORE ON PG 2 Stay updated! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @RosslynVA Learn more about new dining in Rosslyn at rosslynva.org/dining 1PM: AZTEC SUN Known for their infectious songwriting, rhythmic versatility and energetic performances, Aztec Sun has twice landed a spot on Washington City Paper’s coveted “best of” list. Modeled in the funk and soul traditions, they’re a go-to band for live events and house parties in the D.C. area. 3:45PM: ORQUESTA AKOKÁN Listening to Orquesta Akokán, you can’t help but feel the spirits of Cuba’s musical giants radiating from the speakers. Their arrangements carry the exquisite beauty, pathos and playfulness of the renowned dance orchestras of the 1940s and 1950s yet still manage to sound fresh and new, as their debut recording on Daptone Records attests. 5:30PM: Two-time Grammy award winner and former Snarky Puppy keyboardist Cory Henry will headline the 2018 Rosslyn Jazz Fest with his new band The Funk Apostles. The group will bring their unique blend of blues, soul, R&B, Afrobeat, gospel and jazz to the festival in advance of their album release later this year. NPR calls Henry “a master,” and says his “musical charisma is a match for a nearly 400 pound [Hammond B-3] organ.” One of modern music’s most inventive minds, he’s truly come into his own as a bandleader and storyteller. COMMUNITY CORY HENRY HEADLINES ROSSLYN JAZZ FEST SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 / 1-7PM GATEWAY PARK 1300 LEE HIGHWAY SATURDAY, SEPT 8 / 1-7PM / ROSSLYNVA.ORG/JAZZFEST 2:20PM: TRUE LOVES The Rosslyn Jazz Fest marks the East Coast debut for True Loves, an eight-piece instrumental soul group from Seattle. John Richards of KEXP calls them one of the city’s best bands. “It’s the soundtrack to that car chase you’ve always wanted to be in,” he says. /JAZZFEST

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CULTURE / BUSINESS / RETAIL / COMMUNITY / ACCESS

ISSUE #13 SUMMER/FALL 2018ROSSLYNVA.ORG

FREE

The Virginia Wine Festival is coming to Rosslyn this fall. Details at rosslynva.org/events

See Rosslyn live and in motion on our new YouTube channel: RosslynVA

MORE O

N PG 2

Stay updated! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @RosslynVA

Learn more about new dining in Rosslyn at rosslynva.org/dining

1PM: AZTEC SUN Known for their infectious songwriting, rhythmic versatility and energetic performances, Aztec Sun has twice landed a spot on Washington City Paper’s coveted “best of” list. Modeled in the funk and soul traditions, they’re a go-to band for live events and house parties in the D.C. area.

3:45PM: ORQUESTA AKOKÁN Listening to Orquesta Akokán, you can’t help but feel the spirits of Cuba’s musical giants radiating from the speakers. Their arrangements carry the exquisite beauty, pathos and playfulness of the renowned dance orchestras of the 1940s and 1950s yet still manage to sound fresh and new, as their debut recording on Daptone Records attests.

5:30PM: Two-time Grammy award winner and former Snarky Puppy keyboardist Cory Henry will headline the 2018 Rosslyn Jazz Fest with his new band The Funk Apostles. The group will bring their unique blend of blues, soul, R&B, Afrobeat, gospel and jazz to the festival in advance of their album release later this year. NPR calls Henry “a master,” and says his “musical charisma is a match for a nearly 400 pound [Hammond B-3] organ.” One of modern music’s most inventive minds, he’s truly come into his own as a bandleader and storyteller.

COMMUNITY

CORY HENRY HEADLINES ROSSLYN JAZZ FEST

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 / 1-7PM

GATEWAY PARK 1300 LEE HIGHWAY SATURDAY, SEPT 8 / 1-7PM / ROSSLYNVA.ORG/JAZZFEST

2:20PM: TRUE LOVES The Rosslyn Jazz Fest marks the East Coast debut for True Loves, an eight-piece instrumental soul group from Seattle. John Richards of KEXP calls them one of the city’s best bands. “It’s the soundtrack to that car chase you’ve always wanted to be in,” he says.

/JAZZFEST