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Christie Dashiell Quartet
Presented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center
Friday November 7, 2025 at 7:30pm
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Friday November 7, 2025 at 7:30pm
The Christie Dashiell Quartet, led by one of jazz’s most captivating voices, GRAMMY®-nominated vocalist and composer Christie Dashiell and including pianist Allyn Johnson, bassist Romeir Mendez Mendez, and drummer Carroll (C.V.) Dashiell), returns to Caramoor after an impressive performance as part of the 2024 Jazz Festival. Washington, DC-born and North Carolina-raised, she lives at the musical crossroads of jazz, rhythm and blues, gospel and soul. Known for her improvisational prowess and effortlessly rich and clear tone, she has become one of the most sought-after artists on the scene today. Dashiell’s album Journey in Black was nominated for a GRAMMY® in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category and earned a coveted five-star review from DownBeat. With her soulful sound and remarkable technical skill, Dashiell weaves stories that touch the heart and lift the spirit.
Artists
Christie Dashiell, vocalist
Carroll (C.V.) Dashiell, drums
Romeir Mendez, bass
Allyn Johnson, piano
“one of today’s most innovative vocalists and composers”
– DownBeat Magazine
“Dashiell possesses a sumptuously rich timbre, a powerful storytelling gift and the ability to craft songs which lodge immediately in the heart.”
– Jazzwise
About the Artist
Christie Dashiell Quartet
Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Greenville, NC, contemporary jazz vocalist Christie N. Dashiell honed her skills at Howard University and later at the Manhattan School of Music. Ms. Dashiell’s trajectory includeSemperformances with Howard’s premiere vocal jazz ensemble, Afro Blue. She has also performed at the Kennedy Center as a participant in the 2010 Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead program; at the Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C.; and, as a part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz for Young People program. She is the recipient of DownBeat magazine’s Best College Graduate Jazz Vocalist and Outstanding Soloist awards in the jazz vocal category. Most recently, Ms. Dashiell appeared on season three of NBC’s The Sing-Off, as a member of Afro Blue. She can be heard on several nationally released recordings including John Blake’s Motherless Child, The Jolley Brothers’ memoirs Between Brothers, and as a Kennedy Center Discovery Artist on NPR’s JazzSet hosted by Dee Dee Bridgewater. She has since performed in concert with Emesperanza Spalding, Fred Hammond, Smokey Robinson, Geri Allen, and Allan Harris.
