Space for this program is limited; registration required.

Enoch Pratt Free Library is excited to collaborate with Keystone Korner Baltimore for a June Music Series celebrating Black Music Month! One of Keystone Korner’s core tenets is to make some of the best music in the world accessible to the public in a loving environment. In this spirit, Pratt is excited to welcome an array of renowned local talent to our branches for this music series.

On June 16, Pratt welcomes Ebban Dorsey to the Cherry Hill Branch for an evening of jazz and community.

Ebban Dorsey, 20-year-old alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, is from Baltimore, Maryland and has studied with Blake Meister, Carl Grubbs, Tim Green, and Gary Thomas. Ebban has gained a lot of experience playing Jazz and has even performed with Carl Grubbs, Gary Bartz (Performed on a live recording for the documentary titled, “Blues Chronicles”), Kamasi Washington, John Lamkin, Warren Wolf, Benito Gonzales, Kenny Garett, Tia Fuller, Sean Jones, Wycliffe Gordon, Tanya Darby, Erica Von Kleist, Mimi Jones, Shamie Royston, Reginald Thomas, Allison Miller, José James, Matthew Stevens, The Chuck Redd Band, Christian Scott, and many more. She was a member of NYO Jazz 2020 as well as NYO Jazz 2021 and recorded an album with the 2021 Jazz band. She has also performed a jazz rendition of “This Land is Your Land” at the Baltimore Orioles stadium as part of the “Women of Music” concert series, and later performed the national anthem alongside Ephraim Dorsey for the 2020 season opener. Ebban Dorsey is an extraordinary musician with a bright future ahead of her.