by justin | Aug 2, 2021 | News
DACAMERA is partnering with Discovery Green for Jazzy Sundays in the Parks, a free live music series made possible by the Kinder Foundation, celebrating the legacy of jazz in Houston. The series also includes free, family-friendly concerts every Sunday in September at...
by justin | Aug 2, 2021 | News
On September 17 at 8:00 PM, DACAMERA presents a free performance by Cuban percussionist Pedrito Martinez at Miller Outdoor Theatre. Martinez was named the Percussionist of the Year for 2021 by the Jazz Journalists Association. Cuban-born and New York-based Pedrito...
by justin | Apr 1, 2021 | News
DACAMERA returns to the downtown Theater District from August 20 to 22, 2021, for HOUSTON SUMMERJAZZ. Made possible in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts’ Cultural Districts Program, the festival will celebrate jazz with a series of safe, socially-distant...
by justin | Mar 22, 2021 | News
The great poet Adam Zagajewski has died in Poland at age 75. Zagajewski was a dear personal friend of and often a collaborator with DACAMERA Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg. At the time of this death, Adam Zagajewski was Poland’s most famous poet, winner of the...
by justin | Mar 1, 2021 | News
Pianist Ethan Iverson, formerly of the ground-breaking jazz trio The Bad Plus, has posted comments about DACAMERA’s free stream of Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Piano Quintet on his popular blog, Do The Math. Iverson writes: “Weinberg is not a familiar name...
