In 2015 the creators of SHAOLIN JAZZ became the first recipients of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’ Sister Cities International Arts Grant for a music exchange initiative between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Washington, DC. On Sunday July 17th at Busboys and Poets’ K Street location they will host a panel discussion with the focus of the discussion being the parallels between Ethio-Jazz and US Jazz, and Ethiopian Hip-Hop and US Hip-Hop.
