- Saturday | January 25 | 8:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
- 501 Texas Ave. Houston TX 77002
- 713-524-5050 | boxoffice@dacamera.com
After her astonishing, high-energy DACAMERA debut at Miller Outdoor Theatre, we couldn’t wait for Lakecia Benjamin – the 2024 JJA Jazz Awards Alto Saxophonist of the Year – to make her first jazz series appearance!
This dynamic alto saxophonist fuses traditional conceptions of jazz, hip hop and soul. With three Grammy Award nominations for her most recent recording Phoenix — for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Best Instrumental Composition and Best Jazz Performance — Lakecia Benjamin is taking the jazz world by storm. “The wide sense of adventure on Phoenix,” says All Music, “reveals Benjamin as ambitious as she is focused, energetic and perceptive.”
“The alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin plays jazz that is sprinkled with the rich flavors of funk and soul — she’s a crafty traditionalist who remains in step with the rhythms of the young generation.”
— The New Yorker
RECOMMENDED EVENTS
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
- Friday | October 4 | 8:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
Spanish Harlem Orchestra, the three-time Grammy Award-winning salsa and Latin jazz band, sets the gold standard for excellence in authentic, New York-style salsa.
Enhance your evening and add on the Fall Jazz After Party
Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Standards
- Friday | December 6 | 8:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
Drummer and NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington and her bandmates delve into the Grammy-winning New Standards Vol. 01, shining a powerful light on music from great women composers.
Jason Moran Presents “Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings”
- Friday | March 28 | 8:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
Experience the timeless genius of Duke Ellington’s music, brilliantly re-imagined by pianist Jason Moran, in this extraordinary celebration of the composer’s enduring legacy, 125 years after his birth.
OUR VALUES
Connection
We value and nurture rich and often unexpected connections among musical genres, art forms, and ideas; between people and places; between the past and the present.
Exploration
We believe that openness to new experiences and enthusiasm for learning are vital to human experience. At the vanguard of arts organizations, we continually evolve our ways of presenting to combine an unusual mix of in-depth exploration and accessibility.
Excellence
DACAMERA has become synonymous with quality; the common denominator of our diverse activities, on stage and in the community, is excellence.
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