THE SILVER SPRING JAZZ FESTIVAL’S HEADLINER IS CUBAN PIANIST AND COMPOSER CHUCHO VALDÉS.  HE IS A WINNER OF SEVEN GRAMMY AND SIX LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS, AND IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURE IN MODERN AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ.

This is the 20th year for the free Silver Spring Jazz festival, which along with headliner Chucho Valdés, will include a full lineup of diverse local talent including Feedel Band, The Eric Byrd Trio, Todd Marcus Quintet, Dupont Brass, Paul Carr and the Real Jazz Ambassadors and hometown favorite, Marcus Johnson.