Dion Parson
Cesar Orozco Credit: Michael G. Stewart
Muddy Waters daughter, Mercy Morganfield, is bringing Jazz and Blues to Kent Island and the Eastern Shore.
Morganfield, a member of the Kent Island Yacht Club and connected in the music industry, is a former board member of the Blues Foundation and helped set current policy in the industry for recognizing the contribution the founding fathers of the blues made to root music in America and beyond. Her famous dad once said, the blues had a baby and they named it Rock n Roll.
This is the first time in history there has been a major Jazz festival with national headliners in this area including Mindi Abair, Cécile Mclorin Salzant and Pieces of a Dream. Plus, Ben Williams, Emmet Cohen Trio, Dion Parson & 21st Century Band, Anaïs Reno, Ellington Carthan a