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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...

May 12, 2011 4

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...

May 12, 2011 0

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...

May 12, 2011 1

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...

March 2, 2011 3

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...

December 30, 2010 5

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