With its service awards, Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation gives ‘flowers’ to six of D.C.’s musical heroes
“I never saw myself as a leader,” saxophonist and educator Paul Carr said at the 5th annual D.C. Jazz...
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This weekend, Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest celebrates ‘all hues’ of jazz in D.C. and beyond
When you think of the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, which celebrates its 14th edition this weekend at the Rockville Hilton,...
5 live jazz picks for December in D.C.
As I was looking over the calendar this month, I was reminded that nearly a year ago – after...
5 live jazz picks for December in D.C.
It’s a complicated time: Mayor Muriel Bowser has lifted the city’s mask mandate; Virginia re-instated one; the Omicron variant...
This weekend’s Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival will celebrate ‘the spirit of the DMV’
The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival is always a winter highlight for the DMV jazz scene, bringing together young blood and...
Takoma Station once drew ‘lines out the door’ for jazz. Now, it’s bringing the music back.
A new monthly jazz series begins at Takoma Station in upper Northwest on Sunday. The restaurant and bar was...
Paul Carr named 2019 JJA jazz hero
The Jazz Journalists Association last month named longtime Washington, D.C.-area saxophonist, educator and festival organizer Paul Carr a Jazz...
CapitalBop’s guide to the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival
For the last decade, the D.C. jazz educator and saxophonist Paul Carr has run the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, a...
Album review | Paul Carr’s Standard Domain
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Educators ought to have strong foundational beliefs, but pliable sensitivities. The robust tenor and...
Weekend in Jazz | 10.19-10.21: CapitalBop’s packed Saturday, invasion of NEA Jazz Masters, & more
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board What a weekend. At CapitalBop, we’re especially excited about Saturday night: We’ll be presenting...