{"id":8864,"date":"2017-12-20T13:34:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T13:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=8864"},"modified":"2017-12-20T16:55:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T16:55:18","slug":"a-glimmering-christmas-celebration-from-kennedy-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/a-glimmering-christmas-celebration-from-kennedy-center-8864\/","title":{"rendered":"A Glimmering Christmas Celebration from Kennedy Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/jazz-piano-christmas-2017.png\" alt=\"NPR Jazz Piano Christmas 2017\" title=\"NPR Jazz Piano Christmas 2017\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/jazz-piano-christmas-2017.png 708w, https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/jazz-piano-christmas-2017-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A wonderous pianistic display of female artists and piano jazz styles, <a href=\" https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/12\/15\/570475826\/a-jazz-piano-christmas-2017\">NPR presents A Jazz Piano Christmas<\/a> &#8211; the annual holiday tradition featuring four celebrated jazz pianists performing their favorite seasonal music.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Winner of the Kennedy Center&#8217;s Mary Lou Williams Jazz Piano Competition Helen Sung and 2018 NEA Jazz Master Joanne Brackeen return to the Terrace Theater, along with Brazilian virtuoso Abelita Mateus and Cajun blues master Marcia Ball. 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