Victor Provost isn’t just the only jazz steel pan player in D.C. – he’s one of the region’s best improvisers, on any instrument. He pairs up with the Trinidad and Tobego-raised Strathmore AIR alumna Josanne[...]

The pianist Marcus Johnson makes highly danceable smooth jazz, with strong inflections of funk. He frequently indulges in pop covers, and is arguably the city’s best-known smooth jazz musician.

Gospel singer-songwriter Anthony Brown performs.

Johnny Gill of New Edition fame performs a pair of Valentine’s Weekend shows.

The Virginia-based quartet Veronneau can sound like gypsy jazz colliding gently with Appalachian folk one moment, then slide into a smooth Brazilian samba the next. Lynn Véronneau’s voice is crisp and strong, and she sings[...]

Paul Carr hems the 10th annual Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, featuring acts drawn all around the Mid-Atlantic states, from high school and college ensembles to area regulars. Day 1 highlights include: 5 p.m. Opening ceremony feature[...]

Gregory Porter’s powerful voice runs from limpid to barbed and straining — but he’s always deliberate, always in control. His songwriting will toss your mind back to the classic, gospel-influenced soul of the 1960s; his[...]

Johnny Gill of New Edition fame performs a pair of Valentine’s Weekend shows.

Paul Carr hems the 10th annual Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, featuring acts drawn all around the Mid-Atlantic states, from high school and college ensembles to area regulars. Day 2 highlights include: 12 p.m. Paul Carr’s Jazz[...]

Paul Carr hems the 10th annual Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, featuring acts drawn all around the Mid-Atlantic states, from high school and college ensembles to area regulars. Day 3 highlights include: 1 p.m. Michael Thomas Quintet[...]

Feelin’ The Funk!, a 10-piece collective made up of sidemen from The Stylistics, the James Brown band and others perform the music of Parliament-Funkadelic and other ’70s icons.