‘Ain’t But a Few of Us:’ Willard Jenkins on why Black jazz writers’ voices matter
The idea for Ain’t But a Few of Us, Willard Jenkins’ new volume exploring the experiences and work of...
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5 live jazz picks for February in D.C.
After a brief period of hibernation in January, the D.C. jazz scene is starting to roar back to life....
5 live jazz picks for January in D.C.
Happy New Year! I hope you all – readers, musicians and other D.C. jazz movers and shakers – got to...
Hear the Howard University Jazz Ensemble’s grand send-off to Andrew White
The late saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist and polymath Andrew White was a D.C. jazz legend. At once a musician ahead of...
‘The Nutcracker’ gets a new groove, thanks to Joe McCarthy and the Afro-Bop Alliance
The Afro-Bop Alliance is known for combining the swaying, dance floor-ready rhythms of Latin America – Cuba, in particular...
5 live jazz picks for December in D.C.
As I was looking over the calendar this month, I was reminded that nearly a year ago – after...
Your guide to this weekend’s Catalytic Sound Festival at Rhizome
The Catalytic Sound Festival will bring together creative musicians from D.C., Baltimore and beyond, to Rhizome DC this Saturday...
Cécile McLorin Salvant is bringing her magnum opus ‘Ogresse’ back to the Kennedy Center. Here’s what to expect.
Whether she’s putting her spin on a Burt Bacharach number or an old American folk standard — or performing...
5 live jazz picks for November in D.C.
Blues Alley is already back to presenting live music, less than a week after the club’s attic caught on...
5 live jazz picks for October in D.C.
At last, the summer of our discontent – like every oppressively muggy summer in D.C. – is over and...