Giovanni Russonello
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Lena Seikaly, Dan Roberts & Lenny Robinson at the April D.C. Jazz Loft
It’s Jazz Appreciation Month. The museums and clubs are packing in the amazing programming, but to appreciate the breadth...
4.4-4.6: Mining the divide between art forms, plus two great jazz vocalists
Two bands arrive this weekend hawking their own ideas about the close relationship between jazz and hip-hop. On Friday...
3.28-3.30: Jon Batiste, Sunny Jain, Kris Funn, Mickey Bass and much more
This Friday night, D.C. bass powerhouse Kris Funn brings his funky quartet, Corner Store, to the Hill Center. Before...
This Sunday: One Mic festival’s panel on jazz and hip-hop, featuring Derrick Hodge
You knew it was only a matter of time before the Kennedy Center undertook an earnest, deep-in-the-stacks celebration of...
3.21-3.23: Washington Women in Jazz Fest finale, Amiri Baraka tribute & more
This weekend marks the end of the Washington Women in Jazz Festival. The best way to celebrate is on...
Craig Handy on Mingus, major labels and that irresistible New Orleans second line groove
Craig Handy, a bright and tuneful post-bop saxophonist, is among the assortment of artists recently signed to OKeh Records,...
Presenting Mary Halvorson and Allison Miller at the Wash. Women in Jazz Fest
The Washington Women in Jazz Festival is in its fourth year, and it’s bigger and badder than ever. At...
3.14-3.16: Miles Davis tribute, young gun Kush Abadey & Wash. Women in Jazz
All this weekend Blues Alley features a cross-generational tribute band to Miles Davis, offering the rare opportunity to see...
3.7-3.9: Make some noise for Women’s History Month: Bullettes, Bormet & more
You can hardly go wrong this weekend on the D.C. jazz scene. Two exciting jazz projects with consciously African...