The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for September in D.C. The running theme of this column tends to be: “There is a lot of great music happening in D.C.... September 7, 2022 0
Features For D.C. jazz musicians, COVID-19 spells difficulty now—and uncertainty ahead “I remember, as a little girl, the riots on U Street in 1968,” said the 58-year-old vocalist Sharón Clark,... April 15, 2020 0
Interviews ‘Every time something happened I found myself at the piano’: Elijah Jamal Balbed takes ‘Karma Suite’ to Kennedy Center When Elijah Jamal Balbed premiered the “The Karma Suite,” his first long-form composition, at the final Union Arts D.C.... January 22, 2020 0
The Month in Shows 5 jazz picks for January in D.C. Happy New Year! Lots of great music is happening in the District in the third decade of the millennium,... January 2, 2020 0
Videos Watch the Elijah Jamal Balbed Quartet perform ‘Washington Hospital Center’ at our September Spotlight Residency Our second-ever Spotlight artist-in-residence was Elijah Jamal Balbed, a prolific young voice on the tenor saxophone in D.C. Balbed... October 10, 2018 0
Announcing... DC Jazz Loft this Sunday! Join us at Union Arts while you still can, for sets from Elijah Jamal Balbed, Aaron Martin + Alex Hamburger It’s that time of year again: D.C.’s dog days are coming to a close. To celebrate a summer packed... August 9, 2016 1
Live reviews A family affair: WPFW celebrates Bohemian Caverns’ Omrao Brown, with a lot of help from his friends WPFW Honors Omrao Brown Bethesda Blues & Jazz Monday, July 11, 2016 For 90 years, with a few interruptions,... July 18, 2016 1
Elijah Jamal Balbed’s ‘Lessons from the Streets:’ hard-swinging new sounds from a leading young lion At this point, Elijah Jamal Balbed is undoubtedly the ubiquitous, shining young lion of the tenor saxophone in D.C.... January 5, 2016 1
Announcing... CapitalBop at the Funk Parade: Three dance-inducing bands on U Street, this Saturday afternoon For the second annual Funk Parade, a daylong shutdown-slash-activation of U Street’s famous Black Broadway corridor, CapitalBop presents three... April 28, 2015 0
Weekend in Jazz | 2.7-2.9: The jazz loft premiers new acts; Kenny Garrett headlines at Blues Alley Editorial board This is your weekend to discover something new. The February edition of the D.C. Jazz Loft is... February 7, 2014 0