With government aid tied up, struggling jazz venue owners ponder their options
In early spring, when the coronavirus pandemic’s drastic impacts were still sinking in, many on the D.C. jazz scene...
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For Vernard Gray, supporting jazz meant strengthening his community in Southeast D.C.
For over 50 years, Vernard R. Gray served as a pillar of D.C.’s cultural landscape: organizing art exhibitions, presenting...
‘He was very powerful, but he was not loud:’ D.C.’s jazz community remembers Brother Ah
Brother Ah spent his life dedicated to music. He was a multi-instrumentalist, an educator, a radio DJ, a philosopher. And...
Two months into pandemic, many area musicians are still waiting for government aid
Two months after social-distancing measures shuttered the workplaces of thousands of performing artists in and around D.C., many local...
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,...
Bass clarinet specialist Todd Marcus plays small ball with new ‘Trio+’ album
The Baltimorean bass clarinetist Todd Marcus has become known for going big. His albums for nonet, 2006’s In Pursuit...
The REACH Opening Festival at the Kennedy Center places jazz in the spotlight
The REACH — the Kennedy Center’s new expansion, which opens to the public this Saturday — was specifically designed...
Take a look inside the REACH, the Kennedy Center’s new expansion (and jazz venue)
The Kennedy Center will open the REACH this Saturday, a 4.6-acre, $250 million expansion with a new state-of-the-art building...
Manga, Maria Schneider and ‘fiction music’: The New World celebrates its debut album this weekend
[ai1ec post_id=”129514″ view=”agenda”] Individually, most members of the New World are young mainstays of the D.C. jazz world. But...
13 albums in 4 years: Brad Linde looks back on a recent hot streak, and contemplates what’s next
Brad Linde started this new year, as many of us do, with a resolution. “I decided in January,” he...