Album reviews | Debuts from Andréa Wood, Amy K. Bormet and the legendary Butch Warren
Two of D.C.’s rising vocal talents, Andréa Wood and Amy K. Bormet, have just released strong debut albums. Then...
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Album review | The ‘debut’ of a legend: Butch Warren’s French 5tet
by Giovanni Russonello Five decades after he toured the world with Thelonious Monk and recorded with just about everyone...
Album review | Amy K. Bormet’s Striking
by John Cook On her debut solo release, Striking, pianist and vocalist Amy K. Bormet blends elements that don’t...
Album review | Andréa Wood’s Dhyana
by Giovanni Russonello More and more these days, jazz vocalists are using innovation to reassert the idea that the...
Album review | The Jolley Brothers’ Memoirs Between Brothers (AUDIO)
by Giovanni Russonello Things you won’t hear on Memoirs Between Brothers, the refreshing debut album from rising D.C. jazz...
Looking back, part 2 | D.C.’s top CDs of 2010
by Giovanni Russonello and Luke Stewart In 2010, D.C. undeniably experienced something of a jazz renaissance; even in today’s...