Announcing... 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... January 8, 2019 0
Announcing... DC Jazz Loft this Sunday: Heidi Martin, Elijah Easton, Jamal Moore — three heavy hitters Our concert presenting has traveled far and wide this year. In April, we presented transcendent innovations from A-list jazz... July 6, 2016 0
Weekend in Jazz | 8.9-8.11: Visits from royalty returning from Newport, a local legend & more by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board We’re holding a D.C. Jazz Loft for the ages this weekend, featuring the virtuosic... August 9, 2013 0
Weekend in Jazz | 4.26-4.28: John Clayton with the SJMO, Heidi Martin’s Moon in Scorpio & more by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board A few months ago, we posted an in-depth profile of the under-sung vocalist and... April 26, 2013 0
Features Heidi Martin, an under-appreciated D.C. vocalist, challenges through introspection Editor’s note, 9.21.15: We’re reposting this profile of Heidi Martin in advance of her shows this weekend at the... February 27, 2013 3
Audio | A highlight reel from last month’s D.C. Jazz Loft, where experimentalism took on many forms At CapitalBop’s D.C. Jazz Loft last month, a variety of approaches to experimentalism made themselves heard. Whether it was... November 5, 2012 4
Where are the singer-songwriters in jazz? Sriram Gopal Swing District During the first half of the 20th century, popular performers rarely wrote their... November 1, 2012 19
**VENUE CHANGED** News | D.C. Jazz Loft is back this Sunday with Reginald Cyntje’s trombone ensemble & more by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Update: The location of this Sunday’s loft has been changed. It will be taking... October 10, 2012 1
Weekend in Jazz | 7.29-7.31: Terence Blanchard plays Blues Alley, and Buck Hill goes to church by Giovanni Russonello This Friday, D.C. saxophone legend Buck Hill leads a blowout concert at the District’s “Jazz Church,”... July 29, 2011 0