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...
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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....
John McLaughlin, a fusion guitar legend, is on his final tour
Some musicians hang on a bit too long, ending their careers with a slow fade. It can be painful...
CapitalBop’s best D.C. jazz albums of 2016
D.C.’s jazz scene has long been a bastion of straight-ahead tradition, but these days it’s quickly expanding its definitions...
Newly released ‘Live at the 4 Queens’ presents Shirley Horn, D.C. jazz royalty, at the peak of her powers
Of all the most storied musicians with an association to D.C. – Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye, Mike Stern, Jelly Roll...
Farewell to Bohemian Caverns: Musicians remember the ‘sole home of soul jazz’
When the City Paper revealed last week that Bohemian Caverns would be shutting down, the ground beneath D.C. seemed...