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The top 5 D.C. jazz albums of 2025


This past spring, in one of his last acts as artistic director for jazz at the Kennedy Center, Jason Moran gathered some of the great practitioners of this music for a summit of listening, improvisation and spontaneous composition. It was a night about making. This has felt all the more radical in light of the…





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Saturday, January 3

LaPortas – Alexandria

Sharón Clark Trio

Sharón Clark is perhaps the most powerful jazz vocalist in Washington, D.C. She belts Great American songbook standards and soars over lush arrangements created by her regular pianist Chris Grasso. She performs in a trio every Saturday at LaPorta’s in…