Terri Lyne Carrington and an all-star crew set ‘new standard’ at the DC JazzFest
Terri Lyne Carrington and FriendsDC Jazz Festival at Arena StageSaturday, Aug. 31, 2024 Miles Davis once famously insisted that...
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Remembering New Orleanians past, pianist Ryan Hanseler makes the old shine like new
Ryan Hanseler featuring Jason MarsalisBlues AlleyMonday, Aug. 19, 2024 As much as jazz is built around experimentation and innovation,...
At Jubilee Arts, The Baltimore Jazz Collective carries the torch for Charm City
On a hot summer night in Baltimore’s Penn-North district, a leaderless sextet of auspicious local musicians offered an incredible...
Dominique Bianco brings jazz standards up-to-date, with help from Julius Rodriguez
Dominique Bianco featuring Julius RodriguezBlues AlleyFriday, November 8, 2022 For decades, critics, musicians and fans alike have claimed to...
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...
Sons of Kemet took their audiences from the ancient to the future. Now they’re passing the torch.
Sons of KemetUnion StageSunday, March 27, 2022 Time has a way of dilating at Sons of Kemet shows. A...
Where Eighteenth Street Lounge used to be, Sam Prather and his G.O! 4tet bring the music back
It’s midnight on a weekend in D.C. Just south of Dupont Circle, off a stretch of Connecticut Avenue where...
Tom Oren wins the 2018 Thelonious Monk competition
Tom Oren, a 24-year-old pianist from Tel Aviv, Israel, was named the winner on Monday of the 2018 Thelonious...
In the Eliot Seppa Trio, a young bassist explores jazz’s dusty gems, plus some originals
Eliot Seppa Trio Sotto Wednesday, July 11, 2018 In the late 1950s, tiring of bebop’s complex harmonic language, some...
R+R=NOW, featuring Robert Glasper and Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, tests a supergroup’s potential at the DC JazzFest
R+R=NOW The Anthem Saturday, June 16, 2018 Those expecting some grand political statement about resistance or revolution from R+R=NOW...