In newly announced jazz season, Kennedy Center reaches for breadth, and new ideas
The Kennedy Center’s newly announced 2014-15 jazz season offers a broad but digestible lineup that mixes performers young and...
Tag: Jason Moran
Weekend in Jazz | 10.8-10.10: The Bandwagon rolls in, D.C. Jazz Loft gets a new home & much more
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board You’ve heard about Jason Moran — the feature in the New Yorker, the chatter...
Explorations of sonic personalities: a brief introduction to Nicole Mitchell’s Ice Crystal
With Nicole Mitchell's formula, honest music made by honest musicians, the resulting sound is depth by default.
Weekend in Jazz | 4.5-4.7: Kennedy Center rolls up the red carpet and polishes up the dance floor
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board This weekend, the Kennedy Center is hosting back-to-back shows at its Supersized Jazz Club....
Charles Lloyd: ‘The threads of tradition,’ and the quiet urgency of moving forward
Charles Lloyd conveys himself with the stooped grace of a sage, and the weightless steel of his saxophone sound...
Weekend in Jazz | 11.9-11.11: Chick Corea, William Parker, Chuchito Valdés & the D.C. Jazz Loft
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Some of the best living musicians in jazz are in D.C. this weekend, spanning...
Weekend in Jazz | 10.26-10.28: Jason Moran spices up KC Jazz Club; Ralph Peterson comes to Twins
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Ralph Peterson, Art Blakey’s last protege on drums in the 1980s, has himself become...
Interview | Jason Moran on getting jazz to dance, laugh and try out some new ideas
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Jason Moran, the Kennedy Center’s new jazz adviser, is something of an inconspicuous insurgent...
Tarus Mateen’s never-ending journey
Editor’s note (Jan. 27, 2015): Tarus Mateen performs this Wednesday at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. Info is available...
News | Kennedy Center announces adventurous 2012-’13 season, the first of Jason Moran’s tenure
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board From the Kennedy Center’s well-appointed vantage on the banks of the Potomac, jazz has...