DC Jazz Loft Series at the DC Jazz Fest: U St. Block Party, 3-Piano Cutting Contest & more!
Summer’s around the corner, and in our opinion, the city is in need of a good block party. Today...
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Legend Ron Carter, understated cool & the artful science of ‘sounding like you belong’
Ron Carter performs all three nights this weekend at Bohemian Caverns with his Golden Striker Trio. Tickets are available...
Duke Ellington’s 115th birthday with Terry Teachout, author of Duke: A Life (AUDIO)
Today marks the 115th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s birth. Ellington, who grew up in D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood and learned...
The Clayton Brothers bring special synergy to Bethesda Blues & Jazz this Sunday
Look around the jazz world and you’ll find bands of brothers: the Heath Brothers and the Brecker Brothers made...
4.18-4.20: Jazz’s top brass at Blues Alley, plus young D.C. sax star Braxton Cook
by Giovanni Russonello & Allen Jones Editorial board D.C.’s own Braxton Cook has been on tour recently with the...
4.11-4.13: Blues Alley’s piano week brings Cyrus; guitar focus at Levine Music
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The D.C. Jazz Loft isn’t the only exciting show this weekend (though with the...
Lena Seikaly, Dan Roberts & Lenny Robinson at the April D.C. Jazz Loft
It’s Jazz Appreciation Month. The museums and clubs are packing in the amazing programming, but to appreciate the breadth...
4.4-4.6: Mining the divide between art forms, plus two great jazz vocalists
Two bands arrive this weekend hawking their own ideas about the close relationship between jazz and hip-hop. On Friday...
Russell Gunn on blasting across boundaries & his new project with Dionne Farris
More than just a jazz trumpeter, Russell Gunn uses sounds to expound on a life in the musical trenches....
3.28-3.30: Jon Batiste, Sunny Jain, Kris Funn, Mickey Bass and much more
This Friday night, D.C. bass powerhouse Kris Funn brings his funky quartet, Corner Store, to the Hill Center. Before...