5 live jazz picks for May in D.C.
May is upon us, which means the end of Jazz Appreciation Month and the beginning of arguably the best...
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Archival LPs revisit the lasting legacy of the Left Bank Jazz Society
For nearly 40 years, The Left Bank Jazz Society (LBJS) presented regular Sunday jazz shows in Baltimore, and turned...
5 live jazz picks for April in D.C.
Happy Jazz Appreciation Month! The annual 30-day celebration of jazz and creative music kicked off strongly on April 1,...
‘Different ways of relating:’ Kris Davis breaks down the vision behind her landmark album ‘Diatom Ribbons’
When Kris Davis won the “Rising Star Pianist” award in DownBeat‘s 2018 critics’ poll, it was not so much...
5 live jazz picks for March in D.C.
Happy Women’s History Month! The premiere event on the D.C. jazz scene this month is the Washington Women in Jazz...
This weekend, Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest celebrates ‘all hues’ of jazz in D.C. and beyond
When you think of the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, which celebrates its 14th edition this weekend at the Rockville Hilton,...
‘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...
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...