How Kris Funn found his sound in the ‘gateway jazz’ of the CornerStore
When Kris Funn and his group CornerStore were announced as the winners of the 2018 DCJazzPrix, the DC Jazz...
Category: Features
Here’s what to catch at the DC Jazz Festival
The DC Jazz Festival, which begins this Friday, July 7, is a 10-day showcase of some of the best...
Andrew’s Music: A selected discography of D.C. icon Andrew White
Longtime Northeast D.C. resident Andrew White is an indelible figure in the jazz world, both here and abroad. As...
Amy K. Bormet is back in D.C. again, and she’s making a bigger impact than ever
After living in Los Angeles for five years, Amy K. Bormet is back in the District — and the...
How Stuff Smith’s favorite violin came back to D.C.
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon “Stuff” Smith was the life of any party he ever walked into. He loved a crazy...
Westminster Presbyterian, D.C.’s jazz church, celebrates 20 years of connecting music, body and spirit
In Hebrews 10:24-25, Saint Paul the Apostle writes, “And let us consider how we may spur one another on...
What we can learn from the loss of a beloved U Street jazz gig
Walking down the street, you hear a saxophone blazing full-throttle and you see the drummer in the window, giving...
Eboneé A.D’s ‘Observations of Heaven’ is not jazz. It’s not hip-hop. It’s a one-woman journey toward liberation.
To be a trendsetter means to defy normalcy, and to fearlessly present the future to those who otherwise might...
Giving back and paying it forward: the story of Davey Yarborough, D.C.’s most beloved jazz educator
As the school year starts back up again, I can’t help but think back on one of the most...
Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra, a D.C. jazz ‘street university,’ celebrates its 20th anniversary
On a cold January night in D.C., a dozen musicians are crammed onto the compact stage at Twins Jazz....