Interview | DeJohnette, Lovano, Spalding and Genovese arrive on Saturday with the Spring Quartet
I was talking to Esperanza Spalding in late 2011 about her soon-to-be-released album, Radio Music Society, when she mentioned...
Category: Interviews
Interview | Christie Dashiell, D.C.’s next-generation jazz diva, on her musical inspirations
The vocalist Christie Dashiell, 25, has completed much for a musician her age. You might recognize her face from...
Audio | Poets reflect on the legacy of Amiri Baraka, lyrical warrior and preeminent jazz historian
Editorial board The poet, jazz critic, activist and playwright Amiri Baraka was a man of letters — which, for...
Interview | Flip Barnes: From the musical melting pot of 1970s D.C. to an experimental present
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board If you keep your ear to the ground on some of D.C.’s most outside-the-box...
René Marie, debuting new material in Bethesda, majors in upsetting expectations (Reposted)
Editor’s note: This interview was originally published in 2013, when René Marie was first touring in support of her...
Interview | Omar Sosa discusses putting a personal spin on Miles Davis’ landmark record, Kind of Blue
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The Cuban pianist Omar Sosa’s latest album is called Eggún, or “spirit of the...
Interview | NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri on the ‘concentrated power’ of his Latin Jazz Septet
What’s the first thing you notice about Eddie Palmieri’s music? Is it the rugged flow of his percussionists, who...
Cécile McLorin Salvant, a strong and exacting young virtuoso, finds treasure in the attic
When time gets in between things, its rivers stretching out like highways, ideas or experiences that might present themselves rather...
Interview | Brian Settles on his new album, and finding fresh approaches to intensity (AUDIO)
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Brian Settles builds an edgy sound chemistry, tinted by warble and subtle irritation and...
Interview | Warren Wolf: A distinctive voice on a daunting axe
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board How do you make the vibraphones sound solid, even sanguine? The instrument’s marbled notes are...