Hear these four just-released D.C. jazz albums
Fall 2020: We’re rounding the seventh month of a generation-defining pandemic; U.S. social and political tensions are coming to...
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A chat with Sunny Sumter, DC Jazz Festival executive director and ‘Jazz Hero’
As the longtime executive director of the DC Jazz Festival, Sunny Sumter has guided the festival through over a...
Live jazz, socially distanced? Ghostline DC, a new ‘restaurant collective,’ thinks it can be done
A newly opened space in Glover Park is trying out an innovative model for restaurants operating amid the coronavirus...
With government aid tied up, struggling jazz venue owners ponder their options
In early spring, when the coronavirus pandemic’s drastic impacts were still sinking in, many on the D.C. jazz scene...
Twins Jazz, a U Street institution, closes permanently
Twins Jazz, a vibrant supper club that has served for two decades as a cornerstone of the U Street...
For Vernard Gray, supporting jazz meant strengthening his community in Southeast D.C.
For over 50 years, Vernard R. Gray served as a pillar of D.C.’s cultural landscape: organizing art exhibitions, presenting...
Seven Tones Project brings musicians and filmmakers together (virtually) to celebrate Duke Ellington
After working on a World War I documentary for four years, D.C.-area filmmaker Paul Glenshaw and his filming partner...
Eighteenth Street Lounge to close after decades as a D.C. nightlife mainstay
A late-night haven for jazz in D.C. will disappear after the popular nightclub Eighteenth Street Lounge announced this week...
DC Jazz Festival hosts a week of live webcasts to benefit local musicians
The DC Jazz Festival, held annually in June, is postponed this year until at least the fall due to...
Nicole Saphos brings in new voices — and refines her own — on ‘Takoma Sessions’
On her third album, the bassist and singer-songwriter Nicole Saphos introduces a slightly more intimate voice. She also introduces...