Ravita Jazz at Blues Alley

Ravita Jazz hits Blues Alley on June 16 with music from new release, Alice Blue. Enjoy jazz, funk and blues tunes delivered by some of the DMV’s finest - including guest saxophonist Lionel Lyles! Critic Raul da Gama calls the album "relevant and enduring," adding that Ravita has "a true gift for melodic and harmonic invention." Listeners will be treated to Ravita originals such as "Alice Blue" and "Almost Blue" and pianist Greg Small's "Hereafter" and the hyper-relevant "Signal & Noise." Vocalist Deirdre Jennings hits a home run with clever covers and true jazz junkies will get their fix with Charlie Parker’s “Yardbird Suite” and Hank Mobley’s “This I Dig of You.” ...

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Ravita Jazz hits Blues Alley on June 16 with music from new release, Alice Blue. Enjoy jazz, funk and blues tunes delivered by some of the DMV’s finest - including guest saxophonist Lionel Lyles! Critic Raul da Gama calls the album "relevant and enduring," adding that Ravita has "a true gift for melodic and harmonic invention." Listeners will be treated to Ravita originals such as "Alice Blue" and "Almost Blue" and pianist Greg Small's "Hereafter" and the hyper-relevant "Signal & Noise." Vocalist Deirdre Jennings hits a home run with clever covers and true jazz junkies will get their fix with Charlie Parker’s “Yardbird Suite” and Hank Mobley’s “This I Dig of You.”

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