Young bass phenom Linda May Han Oh talks about her new album, ‘Walk Against Wind’
Linda May Han Oh often describes the improvisational exchanges between herself and her bandmates—whether the members of her current...
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Miles Mosley talks God, grooves and gigging with the West Coast Get Down
On “Young Lion,” the first track from his debut album Uprising, Miles Mosley announces himself to the world with...
Donny McCaslin on working with David Bowie, and playing the saxophone with open ears
I heard Donny McCaslin live for the first time this December, at the taping of his Tiny Desk Concert...
Zakir Hussain, a tabla trailblazer, still has ‘miles to go’
The last time tabla maestro Zakir Hussain took the stage in D.C., it was International Jazz Day 2016. He...
‘It’s a service:’ Bass great Stanley Clarke reflects on 40 years of ‘School Days,’ and his new place in the Smithsonian
More and more these days, you’ll find bassists at the center of what’s hip and happening in the jazz...
Cristian Perez’s Musica Mundi: Guitarist With a Global Appetite Shares His Vision
D.C. embodies the spirit of musical fusion. For decades, artists in the nation’s capital have stretched the boundaries of...
A conversation with Wayne Shorter, jazz’s patron bodhisattva
Few names in jazz, or in the music world as a whole, command as much reverence and attention as...
What’s next for rising vocalist Christie Dashiell? The young talent talks about family, reality TV fame and Janet Jackson
I first witnessed Christie Dashiell performing with Howard University’s jazz choir Afro Blue some years ago. I was struck...
Marquis Hill: Jazz’s most celebrated young trumpeter on the ‘Modern Flows’ of Black music today
Marquis Hill is fast becoming one of the leading trumpet players of his generation. His sound is strong but...
After a banner 2015, Reginald Cyntje uses a familiar musical family to conjure fresh ‘Moods and Colors’
Trombonist Reginald Cyntje was born on the island of Dominica and raised in St. Thomas, but for the past...