The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival goes big for 15th anniversary
Arts organizations continue to feel squeezed by the limitations on post-pandemic arts funding, but Paul Carr still wants the...
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This weekend, Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest celebrates ‘all hues’ of jazz in D.C. and beyond
When you think of the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, which celebrates its 14th edition this weekend at the Rockville Hilton,...
This weekend’s Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival will celebrate ‘the spirit of the DMV’
The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival is always a winter highlight for the DMV jazz scene, bringing together young blood and...
Paul Carr named 2019 JJA jazz hero
The Jazz Journalists Association last month named longtime Washington, D.C.-area saxophonist, educator and festival organizer Paul Carr a Jazz...
CapitalBop’s guide to the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival
For the last decade, the D.C. jazz educator and saxophonist Paul Carr has run the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, a...
Weekend in Jazz | 2.15-2.17: Celebrating the tradition, and pushing it forward
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The “main event” this weekend is the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, an annual gathering that...
CapitalBop’s guide to the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest this weekend: Gregory Porter, Dr. Lonnie Smith & more
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival has a special place among annual musical happenings in the...
Weekend in Jazz | 2.17-2.19: Bop takes over the ‘burbs, with MAJF and Discover Ellington festival
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board This weekend, the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival comes to the Rockville Hilton, a cast of...
Our guide to this weekend’s Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival: Roy Haynes, Carmen Bradford & more
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival is a momentous ritual for D.C.-area jazz fans. It comes...
Interview | Paul Carr dishes on music education, ‘real jazz’ & next month’s Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Summer may be festival season, but every February the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival sneaks into...