08/29/2025
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: In collaboration with DC Jazz Festival
D.C. native and saxophonist Herb Scott is a star on the Washington, D.C. Jazz scene. While studying at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts under the award-winning educator Davey Yarborough, he performed with renowned trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. Herb studied Jazz Studies at Michigan State University under Jazz legend Rodney Whitaker and Professor Diego Rivera and toured with the MSU Jazz Band. His career includes performances at the White House, Dizzy’s Coca Cola-Club in New York, the Lincoln Center, the world-famous Baker’s Keyboard Lounge in Detroit, the Kennedy Center, Universal Studios Orlando, Constitution Hall, the Library of Congress, the Detroit Jazz Fest, the East Lansing Jazz Fest, and the DC Jazz Fest.
Herb’s first album as a band leader, Introducing Herb Scott on Alto Saxophone, a NU-Jazz Collective, was released in 2011. In 2015, Herb started the weekly Capitol Hill Jazz Jam session at Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, where Grammy Award® winner Roberta Flack once held her residency. Herb completed his first International Residency at the St. Regis Hotel in Doha, Qatar before returning to the U.S. and headlining at the Legendary Blues Alley Jazz and Supper Club in the fall of 2016.
In 2017, Herb formed a non-profit, The Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation which provides critical resources, including advocacy, to DC-based Jazz musicians, venues, and music education programs.
Herb released his new single “The Jazz Show” on January 9, 2019, for sale and streaming on all major platforms. And in 2020, Herb stepped up his jazz/rap fusion style with more tracks including “At the Jazz Show Original,” “Private Concert,” and “Baila.” In July 2020, Herb was named a DC Star by the DC Government’s Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment Agency (OCTFME). In 2022, Herb was named a Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award & Presidential Volunteer Service Award Honoree.
