Jamie Sandel
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The all-virtual 2021 Jazz and Freedom Festival honors the legacy of venues lost during the pandemic
Almost one year into the coronavirus shutdown, we’re starting to hear people reminisce on last March, asking themselves: What...
Save D.C. Venues: The Music Venue Relief Act
Join our coalition of musicians, organizers and advocates calling on the city to step in before we lose more...
Watch Steve Arnold and Sea Change perform ‘Wide Eyed’ at the Spotlight Residency
True to the group’s title, the emotional tone of a Sea Change set moves in tides, or waves —...
D.C. jazz musicians march against homophobia in the community
Saxophonist Elijah Jamal Balbed convened a demonstration earlier this month in support of D.C.’s LGBTQ+ musicians, responding to the...
6 new D.C. jazz recordings
In spite of our strange new gig-less reality, the D.C. jazz scene has had a busy couple of weeks...
‘This is Black America standing up:’ a conversation with Katea Stitt about jazz and justice in D.C.
The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of law enforcement have prompted a watershed moment...