Jazz in the Mills 2025 Presents The Antonio Parker Group, feat. Sendy Brown

Join us on Sunday, March 16, 2025 for Jazz in the Mills with The Antonio Parker Group, featuring Sendy Brown, at The Other Barn in Oakland Mills, Columbia, MD.

Saxophonist Antonio Parker, a native son of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is known for his dynamic, energetic and virtuosic performances as well as his versatility in a variety of musical genres. His artistry is deeply rooted in the jazz tradition but incorporates a wide spectrum of musical influences. He is a visionary artist who has been performing nationally and internationally for over 20 years.

Antonio is a graduate of Howard University where he received undergraduate and graduate degrees in jazz studies. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of the District of Columbia.

His many artistic achievements include serving as a USIA (United States Information Agency) Jazz Ambassador to Africa, where he performed and conducted jazz workshops in Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Zaire, Congo, Morocco, and Tunisia. He has also toured and performed in Japan, London, Scotland, Paris, Spain, Canada, Austria, as well at the pyramids in Egypt with Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. Antonio has recorded and/or shared the stage with many well-known artists and entertainers, including Go-Go legend Chuck Brown, The Blackbyrds, The O’Jays, Peabo Bryson, Ruben Studdard, Betty Carter, Illinois Jaquet, Jean Carne, and Christian McBride. His 2002 debut CD, “The Exchange,” was very well received. His latest recording, the 2-disc “Steppin’ Out” Live @ HR-57 (released in 2012 on his Airegin Label), documents his constant growth as a performer, composer, and bandleader. His latest recording, Planetentiary, released in 2016, continues to demonstrate Antonio’s multifaceted musical tastes. The CD fuses jazz, funk, fusion and groove and showcases his growing compositional and production abilities.

Antonio has taught music in the Washington, DC public schools and the Prince George’s County Public School system. He is the founder and executive director of the Inner City Jazz Foundation and continues to inspire and educate young people on the importance of jazz music. He has recently released a 17 volume book series entitled, The Language of Jazz: A Repository of Melodic Ideas and Linear Constructions through his company Jazzology Publications, LLC. This is his very first foray into the area of book publishing and authorship.

Sendy Brown

As a child, Sendy’s voice touched the hearts of the congregation at her father’s church in Jersey City, NJ. At age 11, she was the featured soloist at a standing-room-only church concert. She continued singing the songs of Mahalia Jackson at area churches until she discovered her first Jazz album – a Billie Holiday recording.

That led her to Howard University’s School of Fine Arts in Washington, DC, where she became a protégé of Grady Tate. It was also at Howard, during a master class, that she impressed the legendary vocalist, Betty Carter, who complimented Sendy on her voice. Betty Carter’s style and Grady Tate’s tutelage became major influences on Sendy’s approach to music. While at Howard, she also met and married her husband Kwesi, who was studying West African Drumming while pursuing his engineering degree. This union would lead to exciting musical collaborations, and the birth of four children.

ADVANCE TICKETS ONLY.

Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online and at The Other Barn.

Snacks and beverages will be available for purchase. No outside food or beverages are allowed.

Must have ticket. No Exceptions, No Refunds, No Replacements.

Jazz in the Mills is sponsored by Ms. Lavenia Nesmith and the Oakland Mills Community Association.

The concert venue, The Other Barn, is handicap accessible with the concert on the 2nd floor of the venue. We have a handicap lift for guests and a bathroom on the 2nd floor.

Masks are encouraged for all guests.

For more information, please email [email protected].

Host or Publisher Brigitta Warren