The 2024 Silver Spring Jazz Festival’s headliner was 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 was the 20th year for the free Silver Spring Jazz festival, which along with headliner Chucho Valdés, included 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.