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April 26 12pm-1pm at Union Station – Free lunchtime concert sponsored by the Mayor’s Office with Amy K Bormet Trio (Corcoran Holt, CV Dashiell III)

April 29 Birdland at Chevy Chase Lake 11am Leigh Pilzer Startet, 12pm Amy K Bormet Trio

April 30 5th Annual DC Jazz Leaders Gala with Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation

May 3  Biomorphic Forms (Amy K Bormet, Alex Hamburger, Nicole Davis, Keith Butler Jr.) for Fringe Festival at the Duck Pond SW

May 4 7pm Biomorphic Forms at the Arts Club of DC $20-30 ticket includes wine and hors d’oeuvres.

May 18 7 and 9pm with Jessica Boykin-Settles at Blues Alley

May 19 6-9pm Washington Women in Jazz at the Canal Center in Alexandria

June 8 Duo show for Jazz at the Kramer with Jessica Boykin-Settles

July 18 No Trick Pony (Bormet, Keith Butler Jr., Brian Settles) at Rhizome DC with our friends from Michigan – Balance Duo!

August 12 Washington Women in Jazz at the Parks at Walter Reed

Thrilled to make this festival happen with Alex Hamburger- read all about it and get your tickets now, will definitely sell out!
Sunday, April 02
Doors: 3:30pm
$25

Doors at 4:00 | Show at 4:30
All Ages
$25

Tickets
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Join us for the inaugural “My Body, My Festival”, a DC music festival/ fundraiser for the DC Abortion Fund! This eclectic festival will feature DC’s top musicians, from Jazz to Blues, RnB to folk, uniting to help make reproductive choice a reality.

 

Host: Katea Stitt from WPFW

 

Line Up:

 

– Jenna Camille

 

– Elena La Fulana

 

– The Honey Larks

 

– Biomorphic Forms (Amy Bormet/Alex Hamburger/Keith Butler/Nicole Davis)

 

– Attic Sessions

 

 

DCAF will have an information table and speaker

 

The Outrage will be selling reproductive justice merch and donating a percentage of any proceeds
Outreach partners: Washington Women in Jazz Festival and Strange Woman Records

 

Made possible with sponsorships by: Ellen and Mike Gold, Dianne Hunt Garden Designs, Ginny and Randy Cohen

No Trick Pony (Keith, Amy, Brian) at Rhizome for CSF
No Trick Pony (Keith, Amy, Brian) at Rhizome

No Trick Pony 2/1/23 7pm at Arts Club DC

Buy tickets and more info

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No Trick Pony is a Washington, DC power-trio. Consisting of seasoned DC veterans Amy K. Bormet (piano, voice), Keith Butler (drums), and Brian Settles (saxophone), the group presents a unique sound that most often finds Bormet constructing song, poetry, and harmony, above a quiet tornado of exploration from Settles and Butler underneath. Though each member is steeped in streams of traditionally defined music — jazz, popular music, punk, and classical, to name a few —  the group tends to focus on a deconstruction of the strict barriers of jazz, exploring instead on the transitional points between composition and improvisation. Groove abounds as a way to moor the listener in these explorations, which have the uncanny ability to present as both song and not-song. No Trick Pony has appeared at The Duck Pond in Georgetown, Rhizome DC in Takoma Park, and was a featured billing as part of the 2022 Capital Fringe Festival.

Clip of 12/4 performance at Catalytic Sound Festival

Vocalist Bridgett Nesfield and Drummer Kendell Haywood pose with Amy K Bormet
Bridgett Nesfield and Kendell Haywood
step. and repeat.
Watch me step. Watch me repeat.
Angela Mascia and Warren Shadd
Tried to get Staci to pose like my prom date, but she didn’t fall for it.
A selfie with Christie, THE STAR OF THE EVENING!

A great night watching the incredible Christie Dashiell! What a treat to see her on the big stage, my true friend from our Howard University and inaugural WWJF days! Big thanks to L A Randall (who takes so many great photos of the DC Jazz scene, including several for Washington Women in Jazz Festival!) And a special shoutout to Staci Griesbach  from LA, who reached out to me to be her +1 VIP. Thanks for the hang, and the hors d’oeuvres! <3

P.S. Check out my up-and-coming homies vocalist Bridgett Nesfield and drummer Kendell Haywood!