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...
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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
Individually, most members of the New World are young mainstays of the D.C. jazz world. But together, they have...
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...
How Kris Funn found his sound in the ‘gateway jazz’ of the CornerStore
When Kris Funn and his group CornerStore were announced as the winners of the 2018 DCJazzPrix, the DC Jazz...
Here’s what to catch at the DC Jazz Festival
The DC Jazz Festival, which begins this Friday, July 7, is a 10-day showcase of some of the best...
Andrew’s Music: A selected discography of D.C. icon Andrew White
Longtime Northeast D.C. resident Andrew White is an indelible figure in the jazz world, both here and abroad. As...
Amy K. Bormet is back in D.C. again, and she’s making a bigger impact than ever
After living in Los Angeles for five years, Amy K. Bormet is back in the District — and the...
How Stuff Smith’s favorite violin came back to D.C.
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon “Stuff” Smith was the life of any party he ever walked into. He loved a crazy...