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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, December 27

Jojo Restaurant and Bar – District of Columbia

Brandon Woody Trio

Trumpeter Brandon Woody and his band Upendo have been regulars in the D.C.-Baltimore jazz scenes for the last decade. Until now, the band has been best known locally for their electrifying live performances. But they’re taking their D.C-Baltimore sound global with their…