The Potomac River Jazz Club is proud to present New Orleans’ own banjo and guitar virtuoso Don Vappie, backed by the local Conservatory Classic Jazz Band.  Don is an internationally celebrated exponent of the New Orleans banjo tradition and Creole culture.  He was the subject of a PBS documentary aired nationally and was inducted into the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame.  He plays often with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.  The popular Conservatory Classic Jazz Band has been playing trad jazz and swing regularly in the DC area since 2003.
