Dimitiriou's Jazz Alley presents 5x Grammy-winner, Recording Academy 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award winner, B.B. King "Entertainer of the Year" Taj Mahal in a Quintet format for his annual Thanksgiving residency. The Quintet is made up of Taj Mahal (vocals, guitar, piano, banjo and more), internationally renowned bassist Bill Rich, steel drummer Robert Greenidge (Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band), revered percussionist/drummer Tony Durham and Jim Pugh on keyboard/organ (Etta James, Robert Cray, Chris Isaak, Clarence Foundation, D.K. Harrell). Set times Friday and Saturday (11/22-23 and 11/29-30) at 7:30pm AND 9:30pm. Set times on Sunday (11/24 & 12/1), Tuesday (11/26) and Wednesday (11/27) at 7:30pm only. Doors open at 6:00pm Friday 11/22 and 5:30pm all other nights.
$101.50 Includes a $12.00 Handling Fee.
This show is supported by KBCS, KNKX and the Washington Blues Society.
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“When I began, soul was something people had. It wasn’t a style of music,” Taj Mahal says. No matter where we come from, we are all part of the same circle. We all want to dance, to get out of our heads, and tap into ourselves. When delivered by the Taj Mahal Quintet, the blues can take us there. For more than 40 years, Grammy-winning legend Taj Mahal and his band have taken blues on a joyride through reggae, funk, jazz, cajun, and more, leaving a trail of swinging hips and raised palms in their wake. The quintet is made up of internationally renowned bassist Bill Rich and steel drummer Robert Greenidge (Jimmy Buffet’s Coral Reefer Band), revered percussionist/drummer Tony Durham and Hawaiian based guitarist and lap steel master Bobby Ingano. The five match musical virtuosity with downhome grit unlike anyone else: a blend of sophistication and humble familiarity that is equally at home on a shotgun-shack porch or a Carnegie Hall stage. According to Taj, the collaboration extends far beyond the Taj Mahal Quintet themselves. “Music is like theater to a lot of people -- they’re watching it,” he says. “Well, you can watch it, but you’re supposed to participate. The audience is just as much a part of the music as the musicians are.” Taj pauses, then adds with a warm laugh, “I do like it when they dance.”