Corcoran Holt on tough love, spiritual connection and finding the ‘Freedom of Art’
His latest record finds D.C. bass maestro Corcoran Holt at his most mature, exploring themes of transition, mentorship and spirituality.
What’s on the Calendar
Sunday, March 29
Pen Arts – District of Columbia
Washington Women in Jazz Festival [Day 2]
The annual Washington Women in Jazz Festival, founded by Amy K. Bormet, condenses its programming into a weekend marathon of presentations at the Pen Arts Building. The celebration of all non-male jazz musicians, activists and impersarios in the D.C. jazz…
My father’s music
Jazz was not my music. When I think of jazz, I see that as my father’s music. When I was growing up in the South Bronx, before I came to Washington, D.C., I was listening to folk rock. I was listening to Dylan and Phil Ochs and hanging out in Greenwich Village. I think that…
