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7.11-7.13: Top local talent around town; Cory Henry of Snarky Puppy; DC Jazz loft on Sunday

The focus falls on local musicians this weekend; things get started on Friday night with Alison Crockett, a powerful...

July 11, 2014 0

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7.4-7.6: Fourth of July weekend shows from Brian Settles, Loide & more

Brian Settles, shown above performing at last week’s DC Jazz Festival, leads a trio at Bohemian Caverns this weekend....

July 4, 2014 0

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6.27-6.29: Festival weekend brings vast variety of talent to D.C.

This is the one and only weekend to catch the 2014 DC Jazz Festival: Where it once lasted three...

June 26, 2014 0

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Washington Renaissance Orchestra plays the historic Lincoln Theatre and Roy Hargrove launches the DC Jazz Festival

This Friday (tonight), a monumental assembly of D.C.’s finest musicians will perform at the Lincoln Theatre in the Washington...

June 20, 2014 0

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6.13-6.15: #BAM at Blues Alley, on Black Broadway and beyond

A few years ago, Nicholas Payton ginned up controversy in the easiest way possible: By speaking the straight and...

June 12, 2014 0

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6.6-6.8: Strathmore’s Jazz Samba Project festival hits a high note, and Pharoah Sanders plays Blues Alley

Sergio Mendes, third from left, shown with his famous group Brasil ’66, is a pioneer of pop and bossa...

June 5, 2014 0

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Bohemian Caverns kicks off Friday night jams this weekend, after Jimmy Greene blazes the stage

Jimmy Greene, pictured above, will make his Bohemian Caverns debut as a leader this weekend. This weekend the rising...

May 29, 2014 1

Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival presents big names & rising stars; Ron Carter plays Bohemian Caverns

Lakecia Benjamin, above, plays a free show at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage on Friday at 6 p.m. First...

May 23, 2014 1

5.16-5.18: Kris Bowers eyes the throne, Roy Ayers at the Howard & more

Kris Bowers, winner of the 2012 Thelonious International Jazz Piano Competition, brings his shimmering, electric-ephemera sound to Bohemian Caverns...

May 16, 2014 0

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5.9-5.11: Blue Note’s diamond anniversary, D.C. Jazz Loft, Azar Lawrence & more

The Kennedy Center has pulled out just about every stop imaginable for its “Blue Note at 75” festival, which...

May 9, 2014 0

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