The Capital Focus Jazz Band (CFJB), an ensemble of students from the Washington, D.C. area led by director Dave Robinson, presents its fourth concert for Tri-State Jazz Society (and its first in a decade) on Sunday, January 26th at 2:00 p.m. at Community Arts Center, 414 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA.

An active jazz performer, historian, and educator, Dave Robinson has directed the Capital Focus Jazz Band since its formation in 1988. Dave is the founder of the Traditional Jazz Educators Network and the Jazz Education Network Traditional Jazz Society, in addition to Past President of the American Federation of Jazz Societies, and producer of the Smithsonian’s Jazz Concert Series.

The ensemble has performed at receptions for the President, the Vice President, the Secretary of State and many other dignitaries and they’ve played in venues that include the White House, the Capitol, the Kennedy Center, Preservation Hall (New Orleans), jazz clubs in New York, London and Amsterdam, and a variety of jazz festivals in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, to name a few.

Several alumni of The Capital Focus Jazz Band, Will and Peter Anderson, Matt Musselman and Ricky Alexander, have gone on to play for Tri-State Jazz Society with their own groups or as members of other bands.

Member admission is $10, general admission is $20. Introductory offer – start a new, first-time TSJS annual membership ($20) at the door and receive free admission to this concert. Full-time students with ID and children accompanied by a paying adult are free. There are no advance sales or reservations. Dancing is welcome at all performances. The Arts Center is less than a mile from the Media-Swarthmore exit of I-476 (the “Blue Route”) and has free parking. For information see www.tristatejazz.org or call (856) 720-0232.