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Bobby Felder’s Capitol All-Stars with Dick Smith

Bobby FelderRobert Nicholas Felder, born in Tampa, Florida, was the last of 12 siblings. His interest in music was first developed on a trombone that was handed down by his brother Billy, a successful baseball player in the Negro Baseball League. In his youth, Mr. Felder developed academically and musically, graduating from Tampa’s Middletown High School by age 16, and playing and arranging music for dance bands. One of his earliest band mates was the Legendary Ray Charles, both of whom played in one of Tampa’s most popular bands, Charley Bradley and the Hondeydrippers.

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Bobby Felder’s Capitol All-Stars with Dick Smith / The Orioles / The Jewels 11/24/08: Bobby Felder’s Capitol All-Stars with Dick Smith / The Orioles / The Jewels

These groups transport audiences through the musical history of D.C.'s famed Howard Theatre where Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Eckstine, Billy Taylor, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Chuck Brown, Aretha Franklin, and others performed. Part of Jazz in DC, a celebration curated by Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz Dr. Billy Taylor that highlights DC's influence on the development of jazz.

Bobby Felder’s Capitol All-Stars with Dick Smith / The Orioles / The Jewels

These groups transport audiences through the musical history of D.C.'s famed Howard Theatre where Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Eckstine, Billy Taylor, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Chuck Brown, Aretha Franklin, and others performed. Part of Jazz in DC, a celebration curated by Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz Dr. Billy Taylor that highlights DC's influence on the development of jazz.

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