Supporters enjoyed an evening of music and dance at the DuSable Museum and Washington Park Refectory with performances by the Drum Divas and Grammy-nominated all female jazz trio Straight Ahead featuring guest vocalist Kimmie Horne, the great-niece of the legendary Lena Horne. Text and photos by Mel Ferrand
The 8th Jazz n July was themed “Change: Community, Healing, Advancing, Nuturing, Growing, and Evolving,” and was accurately titled as Affinity marked the beginning of a new era with the addition of its first executive director (Kim L. Hunt) as well as a youth program coordinator and administrative intern on staff.