Interview | Flip Barnes: From the musical melting pot of 1970s D.C. to an experimental present by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board If you keep your ear to the ground on some of D.C.’s most outside-the-box... November 29, 2013 1
SPECIAL GIVEAWAY: Wayne Escoffery, a gentle giant of the sax, with Jeremy Pelt at Blues Alley by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Few straight-ahead tenor saxophonists in the past 30 years have topped Wayne Escoffery in... November 25, 2013 0
Weekend in Jazz | 11.22-11.24: Bohemian’s back! by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board After more than a month of dormancy after a car crashed into the building,... November 22, 2013 0
Weekend in Jazz | 11.15-11.17: Sounds glide in from Cuba, India and the annals of jazz’s past by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board A couple of very different tributes to famous jazz figures are coming to clubs... November 15, 2013 0
Interview | Omar Sosa discusses putting a personal spin on Miles Davis’ landmark record, Kind of Blue by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The Cuban pianist Omar Sosa’s latest album is called Eggún, or “spirit of the... November 14, 2013 1
Weekend in Jazz | 10.8-10.10: The Bandwagon rolls in, D.C. Jazz Loft gets a new home & much more by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board You’ve heard about Jason Moran — the feature in the New Yorker, the chatter... November 8, 2013 0
Weekend in Jazz | 11.1-11.3: Curtis Fuller’s Brasstet, Eddie Palmieri’s Latin septet & Christian McBride by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The straight-ahead trombonist Curtis Fuller and the Latin pianist/bandleader Eddie Palmieri — two NEA... November 1, 2013 0
Weekend in Jazz | 10.25-10.27: Avant-garde heroes, a young vocal master & Mulgrew memorial shows by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board When an artist whose position in the avant-garde jazz pantheon is already secure presents... October 25, 2013 1
Interview | Brian Settles on his new album, and finding fresh approaches to intensity (AUDIO) by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Brian Settles builds an edgy sound chemistry, tinted by warble and subtle irritation and... October 21, 2013 2
Weekend in Jazz | 10.18-10.20: High society by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board This will be the second consecutive weekend without music at Bohemian Caverns. The subterranean... October 18, 2013 0