Strictly Jazz: The Music of Miles Davis

The Crosstown Strictly Jazz Series, presented by Crosstown Arts in collaboration with Strictly Jazz Entertainment, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. This special Jazz Month presentation of the series features the Muneer Nasser Quintet paying tribute to the music legend Miles Davis.

Muneer Nasser Quintet’s distinct brand of jazz is part Memphis blues, part New York fire, and a healthy dose of DC flavor. Born in 1967 to the late, great jazz bassist Jamil Nasser, Muneer’s exposure to jazz was early and powerful. Muneer says that in 1976 “my dad took me to see Dizzy Gillespie at the Village Gate and Dizzy blew the place apart. I had to get a trumpet and weeks later I did.”

After graduating from high school, he attended Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he played with Paul Jeffrey and gigged at churches and cultural venues around town. He transferred to Howard University and graduated with a BBA in International Business. While in Washington, DC, he performed at the Lincoln Theater, Bohemian Caverns, Westminster Church, Takoma Station, Cafe Nema, The Kennedy Center, and Twins Jazz.