When Has Something Ever Ended? Gabriel Zucker Writes Music Against Resolution
Gabriel Zucker does not like resolution. One of his big aims as a composer is to subvert the tidily...
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Hear the debut single from Akua Allrich and Kris Funn’s Idol Beings
Vocalist Akua Allrich and bassist Kris Funn have performed together for years around the D.C. jazz scene. Funn is...
Alison Crockett celebrates the release of ‘Obrigada,’ an EP exploring Brazilian influences
The vocalist Alison Crockett is a one-woman powerhouse. You can hear the force of her entire body in the...
Drum innovator Milford Graves will make a rare D.C. appearance on Friday at the screening of ‘Milford Graves Full Mantis’
The drummer and polymath Milford Graves does not simply deal in rhythms and time, so much much as he...
Akua Allrich will celebrate 10 years of paying tribute to Miriam Makeba and Nina Simone
Akua Allrich performs with a rich, grounded vitality that often verges toward elation. She sings of hard love and...
Danilo Pérez prepares to debut a new supergroup in D.C. with Chris Potter and Avishai Cohen
From the outset of his career, the pianist Danilo Pérez has sought to create music with a global resonance,...
Hillfest brings live jazz and much more to Capitol Hill this week
The Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation is teaming up this week with the DC Department of Parks and Recreation to...
Hear Mark G. Meadows cover ‘Superstition’ by Stevie Wonder
The pianist and vocalist Mark G. Meadows has been known as a leading young figure on D.C.’s music scene...
Listen to ‘The Promise,’ the latest single from Danté Pope’s forthcoming album
On After 5 Music, his soon-to-be-released debut album, the multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Danté Pope reaches back into the classic...
In the Eliot Seppa Trio, a young bassist explores jazz’s dusty gems, plus some originals
Eliot Seppa Trio Sotto Wednesday, July 11, 2018 In the late 1950s, tiring of bebop’s complex harmonic language, some...