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Bass clarinet specialist Todd Marcus plays small ball with new ‘Trio+’ album

The Baltimorean bass clarinetist Todd Marcus has become known for going big. His albums for nonet, 2006’s In Pursuit...

November 12, 2019 0

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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...

February 14, 2019 0

Weekend in Jazz | Drummers take the spotlight at Kennedy Center, Bohemian & D.C. Jazz Loft

by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Earlier this week, we announced that one of the world’s finest drummers, Quincy Phillips,...

February 8, 2013 0

Album review | Blake Meister’s Septagon

by Luke Stewart Editorial board The bassist Blake Meister has been a rising star on the D.C. jazz scene...

December 20, 2012 1

Weekend in Jazz | 10.26-10.28: Jason Moran spices up KC Jazz Club; Ralph Peterson comes to Twins

by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Ralph Peterson, Art Blakey’s last protege on drums in the 1980s, has himself become...

October 26, 2012 0

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