Nasheet Waits remembers his relationship with Max Roach, and talks centennial edition of ‘Freedom Now Suite’
The cover art of Max Roach’s We Insist! Freedom Now Suite, from 1960, references the sit-in movement, which had...
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Kennedy Center announces 2022-23 jazz season
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced its complete 2022-23 jazz season. The lineup is...
5 live jazz picks for April (a.k.a. Jazz Appreciation Month) in D.C.
Happy Jazz Appreciation Month, DMV! The Cherry Blossoms are in bloom and so is the D.C. jazz scene. Things...
Jazz is returning to the Kennedy Center’s Club at Studio K
Nearly two years since the Covid-19 pandemic first swept through the country, the Kennedy Center is finally reactivating the...
Ahmad Jamal on having a ‘spiritual anchor,’ remembering Jimmy Heath and the world beyond the piano
Ahmad Jamal first sat down at a piano at the age of 3; was playing Liszt and Ellington by...
5 jazz picks for February in D.C.
You can celebrate Valentine’s Day with jazz at many shows next week — including CapitalBop’s presentation of trumpeter Marquis...
‘Every time something happened I found myself at the piano’: Elijah Jamal Balbed takes ‘Karma Suite’ to Kennedy Center
When Elijah Jamal Balbed premiered the “The Karma Suite,” his first long-form composition, at the final Union Arts D.C....
Robert Glasper previews his two-week residency at the Kennedy Center
For the last 15 years, Robert Glasper has been on a singular mission to reconnect jazz to the world...
The REACH Opening Festival at the Kennedy Center places jazz in the spotlight
The REACH — the Kennedy Center’s new expansion, which opens to the public this Saturday — was specifically designed...
Take a look inside the REACH, the Kennedy Center’s new expansion (and jazz venue)
The Kennedy Center will open the REACH this Saturday, a 4.6-acre, $250 million expansion with a new state-of-the-art building...