Interview | DeJohnette, Lovano, Spalding and Genovese arrive on Saturday with the Spring Quartet
I was talking to Esperanza Spalding in late 2011 about her soon-to-be-released album, Radio Music Society, when she mentioned...
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Riffin’ with Don Byron, king of the clarinet and preacher of jazz’s New Gospel
Let’s be honest: You getting tired of all these jazz projects that claim to combine bop with some distant...
Interview | Christie Dashiell, D.C.’s next-generation jazz diva, on her musical inspirations
The vocalist Christie Dashiell, 25, has completed much for a musician her age. You might recognize her face from...
Weekend in Jazz | 1.24-1.26: Christian Scott aTunde Adjah and the Afro-Bop Alliance light up U Street
Editorial board The prodigious young trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjah — a comfortable amalgamator of jazz, hip-hop, rock and...
Live review | Sometimes mournful, sometimes meditative, Todd Marcus builds a spacious sound
Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra Bohemian Caverns Sunday, January 19 You could read the mild Middle Eastern flourishes in the...
Weekend in Jazz | 1.10-1.12: Jazz and comedy, Ralph Peterson’s drum dynamism & the D.C. Jazz Loft
Editorial board On Friday evening, the saxophonist and composer Jonathan Parker convenes a lively celebration of jazz and comedy...
Sounding out the world of jazz podcasts
Sriram Gopal Swing District When it comes to embracing the latest gadgetry, I tend to be on the...
Weekend in Jazz | 12.20-12.22: Hometown heroes playing holiday shows all over the city
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board One hidden advantage to the holiday season: Touring musicians come home to be amongst...
This Thursday! Grammy-nominated drum star Matt Wilson talks shop at our latest Riffin’ session
Riffin’: CapitalBop Listening Sessions at the Atlas, CapitalBop’s series of fun, ear-opening artist conversations, continues tomorrow with the world-renowned...
News | Dukem Jazz launches this Thursday; weekly, no-cover series is latest addition to U St. scene
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board It’s commonly known that U Street’s jazz past shines a little more brightly than...