Foster Dixon & Winds of Change
October 17, 2024 2:00 pm - October 17, 2024 3:00 pm
National Jazz Museum in Harlem | Free
Fostina Dixon is a composer, vocalist, and jazz soloist who plays soprano, alto, baritone saxes; flute; and clarinet. She has been a guest soloist with Abbey Lincoln, Barry Harris, Earl May, and the Big Apple Jazz Women. She has also played with Gil Evans, Roy Ayers, Tom Browne, Charli Persip Melba Liston, Cab Calloway, Slide Hampton, Frank Foster, Joe Williams, Nancy Wilson, Sammy Davis Jr., Prince, and Marvin Gaye, with whom she toured for four years. She was a member of the Gerald Wilson, Jimmy Cleveland, and Leslie Drayton big bands. Fostina has received a Christi Award for her contributions to promoting the arts in the community, an Outstanding Arts Educator award from the Delaware Board of Education, and an Outstanding Contributor award from the Council of Jazz Advocates for her work as an arts educator. The Founder and longtime Executive Director of the Wilmington Youth Jazz Band, she has also released five albums as a leader.