Photos | Khan Jamal at Red Door
by Giovanni Russonello Vibraphone innovator Khan Jamal traveled down from Philadelphia on Saturday to play with a slightly modified...
Category: Live reviews
Photos | Dispatch from the Big Apple: Geri Allen & Ben Williams hold it down at Winter Jazzfest
by Giovanni Russonello NEW YORK – It’s an undeniable reality that New York City is the Mecca for jazz...
Photos | A night of firsts with Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society and Fight the Big Bull
by Giovanni Russonello As we’ve already emphasized, 2010 was a great year for jazz in D.C. There’s no reason...
Live review | Tim Warfield: God bless this merry jazzman
by Giovanni Russonello Tim Warfield’s Jazzy Christmas Bohemian Caverns Sat., Dec. 22, 2010 Saxophonist Tim Warfield is aggressive, he’s...
Photos | HR-57’s last Logan night
by Giovanni Russonello Saturday was a melancholy night at HR-57, where Ajay Parham and his band performed the club’s...
Photos | Shots from the loft, vol. 2
by Giovanni Russonello and Kyoko Takenaka There was a positive energy running through the D.C. Jazz Loft that’s impossible...
Photos | Shots from the Jazz Loft
by Giovanni Russonello and Kyoko Takenaka Thanks to everyone who braved the cold last night, the D.C. Jazz Loft...
Live review | Jolley Brothers add extra flavor to B. Smith’s
by Giovanni Russonello Jolley Brothers B. Smith’s Sat., Nov. 27, 2010 Those who go to B. Smith’s, the upscale...
Live review | Ravi Coltrane: Moving Trane
by Giovanni Russonello Ravi Coltrane Quartet Sixth & I Synagogue Sat., Nov. 20, 2010 Ravi Coltrane began his Saturday...
Live review | Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith’s freedom ride
by Luke Stewart Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith Library of Congress Sat., Nov. 20, 2010 Iconic trumpeter Ishmael Wadada Leo...