News | Monk competition this weekend spotlights the nation’s greatest rising drum talents
by Alexandra Warner Nash CapitalBop contributor Turn on the television on any given night and it is hard to...
Tag: Kennedy Center
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...
Interview | Fight the Big Bull’s Matt White dishes on Wednesday’s show at the Kennedy Center
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Right around this time last year, when 14th Street was mottled with ice and...
News | Jason Moran’s appointment as the Kennedy Center’s jazz advisor marks a new era
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board When the Kennedy Center named pianist Jason Moran as its artistic advisor for jazz...
Live review | Sonny Rollins: No retirement
by Luke Stewart Avant music editor Sonny Rollins Kennedy Center Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 Sonny Rollins’s Monday night concert...
News | Women in Jazz Festival brings a variety of influential performers to Kennedy Center
by Giovanni Russonello For the world’s number-one jazz evangelist, it was a sort of coup de grâce. Dr. Billy...
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition: Eastern sounds, collectively rendered
by Giovanni Russonello Indo-Pak Coalition KC Jazz Club Friday, Mar. 10, 2011 The digital age is turning out to...
Interview | Darcy James Argue’s innovative machines (AUDIO)
by Brad Linde If someone tells you that Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society is an old-school big band, they’re...