August 12 Friday Night Jazz at EM Metro Features Saxophonist Herb Scott

August 12 Friday Night Jazz at EM Metro Features Saxophonist Herb Scott

D.C. Native and jazz saxophonist Herb Scott will perform Friday night, August 8, at Eastern Market Metro Plaza from 5:00pm until 6:30pm. 

Scott is a star on the Washington, D.C. Jazz scene. While studying at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts under the award-winning educator Davey Yarborough, he performed with renowned trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock.  For more, go here:  https://bit.ly/3PzUeCI

According to Brian Ready, Executive Director of Barracks Row MainStreet, Live Jazz on Friday Night at EM Metro Plaza will take a vacation for the rest of August and resume on September 2.  The concert series will continue through the end of October and comes to Eastern Market Metro Plaza through the efforts of Barracks Row Main Street and the Department of Parks and Recreation.  CM Charles Allen secured funding in the current FY DC Budget to program the performance space at the Plaza.