Features After 37 Years On and 2 Years Off, ‘Hot Jazz Saturday Night’ is back on the airwaves at WAMU The coronavirus pandemic has crippled the jazz community in every outpost, and D.C. is no exception. Venues have permanently... January 11, 2021 0
Album reviews 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... October 30, 2020 0
Interviews 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... September 24, 2020 0
News 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... September 16, 2020 0
Features 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... September 11, 2020 0
News 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... August 27, 2020 0
Features 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... July 10, 2020 0
News 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... June 29, 2020 0
News 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... June 27, 2020 0
News 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... June 19, 2020 0