Take 5!: Jazz At Saam With Max Light at Smithsonian American Art Museum

Join us as SAAM's popular "Take 5!: Jazz at SAAM" concert series returns to the Kogod Courtyard. Beat the heat and enjoy the musical styling of Washington, D.C. native and artist Max Light. He received his bachelor's degree at New England Conservatory and his master's degree from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. Light won second place in the 2019 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Guitar Competition and released his debut trio recording "Herplusme" the following year. In March of 2022, he released the album "Songs We Love" in collaboration with tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger...

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Join us as SAAM's popular "Take 5!: Jazz at SAAM" concert series returns to the Kogod Courtyard. Beat the heat and enjoy the musical styling of Washington, D.C. native and artist Max Light. He received his bachelor's degree at New England Conservatory and his master's degree from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. Light won second place in the 2019 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Guitar Competition and released his debut trio recording "Herplusme" the following year. In March of 2022, he released the album "Songs We Love" in collaboration with tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger. Light has performed at the legendary Wally’s Jazz Café and served as an artist-in-residence at Hotel 7132 in Vals, Switzerland.

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