(L-R): Debbie Veney, board of the DC Jazzfest, Oliver Johnson came from Dallas, TX for his first jazzfest, and Karen Parker from D.C., enjoy the DC Jazzfest 19th annual festival celebrating jazz in the Nation’s Capital, at The Wharf in Southwest Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. Photo by Cheriss May, for The Afro.