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Watch Elijah Easton blow the roof off our pop-up U Street jazz club

Our Spotlight artist-in-residence in January was the powerhouse tenor saxophonist Elijah Easton. He performed two shows with two different...

March 1, 2019 0

Live reviews

Jazz legend Wayne Shorter premiers ‘The Unfolding,’ an orchestral suite that reaches for the stars

Wayne Shorter Kennedy Center Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016 As many have said, “writing about music is a bit like...

November 18, 2016 1

Elijah Jamal Balbed’s ‘Lessons from the Streets:’ hard-swinging new sounds from a leading young lion

At this point, Elijah Jamal Balbed is undoubtedly the ubiquitous, shining young lion of the tenor saxophone in D.C....

January 5, 2016 1

Interview | J.D. Allen mines for inspiration in ‘the greatest democracy in the world’

by Giovanni Russonello District of Columbia, prepare for a brooding, deep-breathing and completely unpredictable musical experience this weekend. Tonight...

October 15, 2010 3

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