Interviews The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis are ‘chasing energy,’ not genre, on powerful new LP For the members of D.C.-based pyrotechnic rock trio the Messthetics and luminary tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, the question... March 23, 2024 0
News Samara Joy to headline 20th anniversary DC Jazz Festival this September The DC Jazz Festival has announced headliners and other highlights for this coming September’s 20th-anniversary celebrations. Samara Joy, the 24-year-old... March 10, 2024 0
The Month in Shows 5 D.C. jazz picks for March 2024 Whenever March rolls around, I cannot help but think back to this time four years ago, when the COVID-19... March 6, 2024 0
News The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival goes big for 15th anniversary Arts organizations continue to feel squeezed by the limitations on post-pandemic arts funding, but Paul Carr still wants the... February 13, 2024 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for February in D.C. Welcome to April, and Happy Black History Month! With it arrive some time-honored DMV traditions, like the Mid-Atlantic Jazz... February 1, 2024 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for January in D.C. As the calendar turns, I want to wish all the readers of this column continued health in the coming... January 2, 2024 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for December in D.C. It’s the most wonderful time of the year – and by that, I mean that we in the D.C.... December 5, 2023 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for November in D.C. Election Day is Tuesday, November 7 for Virginia residents (ballot information here). If you’re in Virginia, the CB team... November 7, 2023 0
Interviews Charles Tolliver talks Strata-East, 1960s D.C., and why he keeps coming back to Trane Trumpeter Charles Tolliver is known for many things: co-founding the highly influential Strata-East label with his collaborator, the pianist... October 17, 2023 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for October in D.C. Festival season has passed, though the city’s jazz scene will stay hot even as autumn rolls in. And by... October 4, 2023 0