Where to celebrate John Coltrane’s 90th birthday this Friday
This Friday, Sep. 23, marks the 90th anniversary of the day John William Coltrane entered our plane of existence....
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4.18-4.20: Jazz’s top brass at Blues Alley, plus young D.C. sax star Braxton Cook
by Giovanni Russonello & Allen Jones Editorial board D.C.’s own Braxton Cook has been on tour recently with the...
Interview | Terence Blanchard: An omnivorous innovator brings young band to Blues Alley
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Win free tickets to Terence Blanchard’s shows at Blues Alley this weekend by sharing...
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...
Weekend in Jazz | 5.18-5.20: Jazz Samba 50 years later, Kris Funn’s beat-breakin’ band, and more
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board From funk-driven contemporary jazz (Kris Funn and Donvonte McCoy) to West African rhythms (Eme...
Weekend in Jazz | 12.16-12.18: Benny Golson swings, and Sunday is stuffed with local talent
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Hard-bop legend Benny Golson visits D.C. this weekend, as does the talented vocalist and...
Weekend in Jazz | 11.4-11.6: Underground sounds
by Giovanni Russonello Editor-in-chief Soulful saxophone acrobat Tia Fuller brings her quartet to Bohemian Caverns this Friday and Saturday....
Weekend in Jazz | 4.1-4.3: A Jolley way to kick off Jazz Appreciation Month
by Giovanni Russonello Welcome to this week’s installation of “Weekend in Jazz,” our list of every D.C. jazz show...
Jazz Preservation Festival: Thad Wilson, Wade Beach and others show that jazz is alive and well
[slideshow] by Giovanni Russonello For all the heavy-handedness and wringing of hands that permeate jazz preservationism, yesterday’s Ninth Annual...