Archival LPs revisit the lasting legacy of the Left Bank Jazz Society
For nearly 40 years, The Left Bank Jazz Society (LBJS) presented regular Sunday jazz shows in Baltimore, and turned...
Category: Features
Braxton Cook brings his experiences, inspirations and love of family to ‘Who Are You When No One Is Watching?’
There’s something to be said for an artist that doesn’t just make music with the objective of creating hits....
Through Cats’ Eyes: Saxophonist Brian Settles’ intimate, evocative images of Brookland D.C.
Editor’s note: This article is part of a recurring series highlighting D.C. musicians who double as photographers, part of...
The lost but not forgotten history of the African Music Gallery, a D.C. institution
The past 10 years or so will likely be remembered as a breakthrough moment for West African pop music...
Fight in Hell: How Jason Moran uplifts the legacy of James Reese Europe — and inspires action today
In May 1919, W.E.B. Du Bois penned one of his most famous editorials, “Returning Soldiers.” Having fought in the...
House without organs: Rhizome DC, hear and now
The word – the troubling, discouraging word – didn’t come from their landlord, remembers Layne Garrett. Sometime late in...
Cécile McLorin Salvant is bringing her magnum opus ‘Ogresse’ back to the Kennedy Center. Here’s what to expect.
Whether she’s putting her spin on a Burt Bacharach number or an old American folk standard — or performing...
Through Cats’ Eyes: D.C.’s jazz scene from the lens of drummer Keith Butler
Editor’s note: There is a long tradition of jazz musicians who double as serious photographers. As dual practitioners, these...
As DC JazzFest’s 2022-23 artist in residence, Orrin Evans is in the business of building bridges
When Orrin Evans was asked to become the DC Jazz Festival’s latest artist-in-residence — a yearlong position that runs through...
D.C. jazz clubs face the future
“Will I be able to play my instrument with other people in a venue? I don’t know, and that’s...