5 D.C. jazz picks for September 2023
The 19th annual DC Jazz Festival is now in full swing; if you’re planning to attend, hop over to...
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5 live jazz picks for August in D.C.
After the sweltering heat of July ended this past weekend with an almighty storm that rained out gigs, knocked...
5 live jazz picks for July in D.C.
We’re in the peak of summer now, which means a healthy mix of indoor and outdoor concerts to hear....
5 live jazz picks for June in D.C.
The summer season has started with some spectacular weather to accompany our region’s extended outdoor concert season. The weekend of...
With its service awards, Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation gives ‘flowers’ to six of D.C.’s musical heroes
“I never saw myself as a leader,” saxophonist and educator Paul Carr said at the 5th annual D.C. Jazz...
Home Rule Music Festival, June 16-17 & 24: Tix available now!
The Home Rule Music Festival last year was a blast. On a beautiful afternoon in June, we teamed up...
DCPS walked back its plan to take over Duke Ellington School of the Arts. But what does the future hold for the legendary school?
I remember in 2004 when I came to audition for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Growing up,...
5 live jazz picks for May in D.C.
May is upon us, which means the end of Jazz Appreciation Month and the beginning of arguably the best...
Musician and activist Aaron Myers chosen to lead D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities
The D.C. Council voted unanimously today to confirm Aaron Myers — a jazz vocalist, pianist and longtime artist-activist — as...
Archival LPs revisit the lasting legacy of the Left Bank Jazz Society
For nearly 40 years, The Left Bank Jazz Society (LBJS) presented regular Sunday jazz shows in Baltimore, and turned...