Empirical, a cutting-edge U.K. jazz quartet, plays D.C. on Sunday
[ai1ec post_id=”129144″ view=”agenda”] The British jazz quartet Empirical began an odyssey of unconventional public performances in early 2015 with...
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Stories of love and resistance fuel Reginald Cyntje’s latest release, ‘Rise of the Protester’
Reginald Cyntje, it seems, was meant to play the trombone. When he raises the horn to his lips, he...
It turns out saxophonist Herb Scott is also a talented rapper — hear his new hip-hop single, ‘The Jazz Show’
“I ain’t making no bread at these jazz shows / So I started rapping with my saxophone / Just...
Eboneé A.D’s ‘Observations of Heaven’ is not jazz. It’s not hip-hop. It’s a one-woman journey toward liberation.
To be a trendsetter means to defy normalcy, and to fearlessly present the future to those who otherwise might...
Danilo Pérez prepares to debut a new supergroup in D.C. with Chris Potter and Avishai Cohen
From the outset of his career, the pianist Danilo Pérez has sought to create music with a global resonance,...
In the Eliot Seppa Trio, a young bassist explores jazz’s dusty gems, plus some originals
Eliot Seppa Trio Sotto Wednesday, July 11, 2018 In the late 1950s, tiring of bebop’s complex harmonic language, some...
Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra, a D.C. jazz ‘street university,’ celebrates its 20th anniversary
On a cold January night in D.C., a dozen musicians are crammed onto the compact stage at Twins Jazz....
What Solange and Sun Ra Have in Common
Solange and the Sun Ra Arkestra Kennedy Center Oct. 1, 2017 “You can’t have the White House without the...
Donny McCaslin on working with David Bowie, and playing the saxophone with open ears
I heard Donny McCaslin live for the first time this December, at the taping of his Tiny Desk Concert...
Jazz legend Wayne Shorter premiers ‘The Unfolding,’ an orchestral suite that reaches for the stars
Wayne Shorter Kennedy Center Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016 As many have said, “writing about music is a bit like...