DC Jazz Festival hosts a week of live webcasts to benefit local musicians
The DC Jazz Festival, held annually in June, is postponed this year until at least the fall due to...
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Samuel Prather has a message for right now: ‘Love Always Wins in the End’
Samuel Prather admits that he cannot remember which unarmed Black person’s murder it was that first inspired him to...
Ben Williams speaks up, and sings out, on ‘I Am a Man’
After the 2016 presidential election, bassist Ben Williams began a new project to address the changing social climate in...
Here are 25 D.C. jazz musicians you can support during Bandcamp’s online fundraiser on Friday
As artists in the DMV deal with concert cancellations brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, fans are looking for...
Nightclubs go dark as D.C. announces new coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and bars
The District of Columbia is closing all nightclubs and establishing new social-distancing rules for restaurants and bars in order...
5 jazz picks for March in D.C.
As spring emerges throughout the month of March, festival season kicks into gear in D.C. It’s a major milestone...
Melissa Aldana has burgeoning ‘Visions’ for her quartet
Melissa Aldana’s 2019 album Visions represents a new horizon for the tenor saxophonist. The 31-year-old, winner of the 2013...
Ahmad Jamal on having a ‘spiritual anchor,’ remembering Jimmy Heath and the world beyond the piano
Ahmad Jamal first sat down at a piano at the age of 3; was playing Liszt and Ellington by...
5 jazz picks for February in D.C.
You can celebrate Valentine’s Day with jazz at many shows next week — including CapitalBop’s presentation of trumpeter Marquis...
‘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....