House without organs: Rhizome DC, hear and now
The word – the troubling, discouraging word – didn’t come from their landlord, remembers Layne Garrett. Sometime late in...
Tag: avant-garde
CapitalBop presents a jazz-punk superbill on June 17: Harriet Tubman, The Messthetics and ¡FIASCO!
Words can’t describe the sound of the trio known as Harriet Tubman. But just calling it “freedom music” gets...
5 live jazz picks for December in D.C.
It’s a complicated time: Mayor Muriel Bowser has lifted the city’s mask mandate; Virginia re-instated one; the Omicron variant...
Remembering Aaron Martin Jr., a saxophonist with an unending commitment to the music
Editor’s note: Aaron Martin, a saxophonist who had been an important part of the D.C. jazz scene for decades...
Angelica Sanchez brings her new, nine-piece orchestra to our Traveling Loft
The New York Times’s Nate Chinen once wrote that Angelica Sanchez enjoys “building structures and breaking free of them.”...
Wendy Eisenberg on growing up in Gaithersburg, and making ‘multilingual’ guitar music
Wendy Eisenberg is a guitarist — and a vocalist, banjo player, writer and poet — who recently released a...
‘Pure fire improv:’ Roscoe Mitchell and Moor Mother in conversation
Roscoe Mitchell and Camae Ayewa, who performs as Moor Mother, are among the most fearless improvising performers of their...
Nate Wooley’s all-star quartet celebrates its debut album release at CapitalBop’s Traveling Loft
Trumpet luminary Dave Douglas calls Nate Wooley “one of the most interesting and unusual trumpet players living today.” And...
At the DC Jazz Loft this Sunday, catch Marshall Keys and Nik Francis
Last month’s DC Jazz Loft was a die-hards-only affair: Amidst the worst blizzard of the winter thus far, Brian...
Two of D.C.’s greatest improvising talents at the DC Jazz Loft in January: Janel Leppin and Brian Settles
Last month’s comeback DC Jazz Loft was somethin’ else. (Apologies to Cannonball Adderley.) A packed room heard improvisers from...