Reginald Cyntje takes over as jazz director at Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Trombonist, composer and bandleader Reginald Cyntje will become the next director of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts’...
Tag: jazz
Our new CB Sessions video features Nicole Saphos’ unreleased song “Tryin’ to Be”
Nicole Saphos doesn’t need a stage, lights or amplifiers to deliver a powerful performance. I found that out for...
Ryan Porter, L.A. trombonist and Kamasi Washington collaborator, is now a DMV resident (for a limited time only)
How do you use your powers for good? When vested with newfound fame, how can you stay connected to...
Interview: Linda May Han Oh answers your questions
CapitalBop and NPR Music’s Jazz Night in America teamed up to present Linda May Han Oh’s Aventurine Octet in...
Manga, Maria Schneider and ‘fiction music’: The New World celebrates its debut album this weekend
Individually, most members of the New World are young mainstays of the D.C. jazz world. But together, they have...
Aaron Martin and Lionel Lyles, saxophonists from different sonic worlds, play at Sunday’s DC Jazz Loft
This month’s DC Jazz Loft features two veteran saxophonists with cutting-edge ideas, each leading his own band. Come to...
5 August D.C. jazz picks
The outdoor concert season has now hit its peak and is beginning to wind down, but places like the...
Herbie Hancock has been busy. On Tuesday he kicks off a world tour in D.C.
Herbie Hancock is always thinking about the future. As a keyboard player, he helped define the course of post-bop...
13 albums in 4 years: Brad Linde looks back on a recent hot streak, and contemplates what’s next
Brad Linde started this new year, as many of us do, with a resolution. “I decided in January,” he...
Lafayette Gilchrist couldn’t figure out how to sound like other pianists. So he embraced his own style.
Lafayette Gilchrist was 17 years old when he touched a piano for the first time. He now realizes that...