Join us at the 2019 Jazz and Freedom Festival for a full day of music and movement-building
The 4th Jazz and Freedom Festival Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 Doors 4 p.m. — Panel Discussion 4:30 — Music...
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Akua Allrich will celebrate 10 years of paying tribute to Miriam Makeba and Nina Simone
Akua Allrich performs with a rich, grounded vitality that often verges toward elation. She sings of hard love and...
Thursday: Star-studded ‘City of Poets’ project comes to the Atlas; come be a part of CapitalBop’s Riffin’ session
The Atlas Performing Arts Center on Thursday launches its Jazz Appreciation Mini-Series, in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month, with...
This Thursday: Riffin’ with young piano maestro Aaron Diehl
The idea behind Riffin’: CapitalBop Listening Sessions at the Atlas is to explore the roots of jazz, as they...
Riffin’ this Saturday: Flute innovator Jamie Baum joins us for a video listening session
Among the leading jazz flautists in New York City, Jamie Baum had the benefit of learning from late masters...
This Thursday! Grammy-nominated drum star Matt Wilson talks shop at our latest Riffin’ session
Riffin’: CapitalBop Listening Sessions at the Atlas, CapitalBop’s series of fun, ear-opening artist conversations, continues tomorrow with the world-renowned...
Live review | Reflections on a dream: ‘Holding It Down’ offers a portrait of war’s ravages
by Luke Stewart Editorial board Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd’s “Holding It Down” Atlas Performing Arts Center Friday, March...
Weekend in Jazz | 6.15-6.17: HR-57 gets back into the swing of things on H Street
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The DC Jazz Festival is over, but in this music called jazz, there’s always...
Interview | Rodney Richardson: A departing guitarist reflects on his hometown and comrades
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Rodney Richardson has lived in Washington, D.C. his whole life. He attended the Duke...
News | Steve Lehman comes to D.C., channeling and challenging the jazz tradition
by Luke Stewart Editorial board Saxophonist Steve Lehman is part of a squadron of improvisers who are raising the...