5 D.C. jazz picks for September 2024
Happy Labor Day to everyone reading, and to the many hustlers, movers and shakers that keep all the plates...
Tag: Herbie Hancock
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...
5 live jazz picks for June in D.C.
June kicks off the outdoor concert season in earnest, bringing back even more pre-pandemic and new programming to the...
Guitarist Evgeny Pobozhiy wins the 2019 Herbie Hancock jazz competition
Guitarist Evgeny Pobozhiy, 30, was declared the winner of the 2019 Herbie Hancock International Jazz Competition on Tuesday at...
Herbie Hancock has been busy. On Tuesday he kicks off a world tour in D.C.
[ai1ec post_id=”129390″ view=”agenda”] Herbie Hancock is always thinking about the future. As a keyboard player, he helped define the...
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...
International Jazz Day comes to the nation’s capital, bringing stars and a spotlight on the local scene
This Saturday marks the fifth annual International Jazz Day, a celebration of the spirit of jazz that focuses on...
Album review | Bobby Jasinski’s A Speck in Time
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The title, A Speck in Time: Is it a consideration of our cosmic smallness?...
Weekend in Jazz | This Sunday at seven, the stars of swing are aligned
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Never judge a book by its lack of coverage. If you’ve never heard of...
News | A jazz reworking of Wu Tang Clan’s classic hip hop, plus free beer – what’s not to like?
by Giovanni Russonello This Saturday, a duo of local hip-hop heads presents a celebration of the nexus between boom-bap and...