Treat yourself to music performed by a quartet from the Howard University Jazz Ensemble during opening day of Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist, on view through July 6, 2025. Elizabeth Catlett, a Howard University graduate and DC native, tapped these local beginnings to launch a stellar career that spanned almost seven decades.
About the Howard University Jazz Ensemble
The Howard University Jazz Ensemble (HUJE) was founded in 1975 by its director Fred Irby, III. With outstanding performances in the United States, Europe, Latin America, China, Japan, Africa, and the Caribbean, HUJE is recognized as one of the foremost university jazz ensembles in the world. The group has been heard on radio, television, and in concert, with many of its members going on to become celebrated jazz artists. HUJE also performed at the 1992, 1996, and 2005 Kennedy Center Honors and has released 43 recordings in a distinguished series that began in 1976.
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