5 D.C. jazz picks for August 2026
Maria Grand, Bark Culture, Ledisi, Robert Glasper and more uplift D.C. this August.
What’s on the Calendar
Thursday, August 13
Jojo Restaurant and Bar – District of Columbia
Brian Settles Trio
Tenor saxophonist Brian Settles can be found just about anywhere there’s jazz being played in D.C., comfortable at shaping the expansive vision of composers like Steve Arnold, leading the charged, Afro-Caribbean anthems of Reginald Cyntje or honking icy, haunting free…Mentioned in past coverage
‘I Remember Miles’: elders recall a ‘special relationship’ between Miles Davis and D.C.
In a career spanning nearly 50 years, Miles Dewey Davis helped guide many of the major evolutions in jazz music. A pioneer of the cool-jazz, hard-bop, modal and fusion styles, he later pushed boundaries with his explorations of hip-hop alongside producer Easy Mo Bee, right up until his death in 1991. Less well-known is the…
