- Sunday | March 23 | 2 sets: 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM
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- Eldorado Ballroom
- 2310 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004
- 713-524-5050 | boxoffice@dacamera.com
The exceptionally talented New Orleans-based bass player Amina Scott has performed with Jazzmeia Horn, Nicholas Payton and Herlin Riley. Her debut recording Where The Wild Seed Grows draws inspiration from pioneering novelist Octavia Butler.
Series Sponsors: The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance
“nuanced and innovative compositions…the sky’s the limit for Amina Scott.”
— Offbeat Magazine
RECOMMENDED EVENTS
Imani Winds; Michelle Cann, piano – From Paris To Harlem: The French-American Connection
- Friday | January 17 | 7:30 PM
- Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
The 2024 Grammy Award-winning wind quintet joined by the recipient of the 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, pianist Michelle Cann for a captivating mix of timeless and contemporary, including music of Poulenc, Paquito D’Rivera and Lalo Schifrin.
Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix
- Saturday | January 25 | 8:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
After her astonishing, high-energy DACAMERA debut at Miller Outdoor Theatre, we couldn’t wait for Lakecia Benjamin – recently nominated for two 2025 Grammy Awards – to make her first jazz series appearance!
Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Marcus Gilmore
- Friday | April 11 | 8:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
One of the most lyrical and intimate voices of contemporary jazz piano, Brad Mehldau has forged a unique path, which embodies the essence of jazz exploration, classical romanticism and pop allure. From jazz to R&B, and pop/rock and hip-hop/neo-soul to classical, nine-time GRAMMY-winning bassist, composer, and bandleader Christian McBride is a luminary with one hand ever reaching for new heights. In all of his playing, drummer/composer Marcus Gilmore integrates a unique style where he is musically expanding rhythm, while supporting the diverse array of the finest musicians in the world with whom he plays.
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.
LET’S KEEP IN TOUCH.
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