5 live jazz picks for September in D.C.
The running theme of this column tends to be: “There is a lot of great music happening in D.C....
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For D.C. jazz musicians, COVID-19 spells difficulty now—and uncertainty ahead
“I remember, as a little girl, the riots on U Street in 1968,” said the 58-year-old vocalist Sharón Clark,...
‘Every time something happened I found myself at the piano’: Elijah Jamal Balbed takes ‘Karma Suite’ to Kennedy Center
When Elijah Jamal Balbed premiered the “The Karma Suite,” his first long-form composition, at the final Union Arts D.C....
5 jazz picks for January in D.C.
Happy New Year! Lots of great music is happening in the District in the third decade of the millennium,...
Watch the Elijah Jamal Balbed Quartet perform ‘Washington Hospital Center’ at our September Spotlight Residency
Our second-ever Spotlight artist-in-residence was Elijah Jamal Balbed, a prolific young voice on the tenor saxophone in D.C. Balbed...
DC Jazz Loft this Sunday! Join us at Union Arts while you still can, for sets from Elijah Jamal Balbed, Aaron Martin + Alex Hamburger
It’s that time of year again: D.C.’s dog days are coming to a close. To celebrate a summer packed...
A family affair: WPFW celebrates Bohemian Caverns’ Omrao Brown, with a lot of help from his friends
WPFW Honors Omrao Brown Bethesda Blues & Jazz Monday, July 11, 2016 For 90 years, with a few interruptions,...
Elijah Jamal Balbed’s ‘Lessons from the Streets:’ hard-swinging new sounds from a leading young lion
At this point, Elijah Jamal Balbed is undoubtedly the ubiquitous, shining young lion of the tenor saxophone in D.C....
CapitalBop at the Funk Parade: Three dance-inducing bands on U Street, this Saturday afternoon
For the second annual Funk Parade, a daylong shutdown-slash-activation of U Street’s famous Black Broadway corridor, CapitalBop presents three...
Weekend in Jazz | 2.7-2.9: The jazz loft premiers new acts; Kenny Garrett headlines at Blues Alley
Editorial board This is your weekend to discover something new. The February edition of the D.C. Jazz Loft is...