Matthew Shipp, an icon of creative music, says improvisation is everything
The avant-garde piano luminary Matthew Shipp is always fearless, often ambiguous and unendingly ambivalent about how his music is...
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5 live jazz picks for December in D.C.
It’s a complicated time: Mayor Muriel Bowser has lifted the city’s mask mandate; Virginia re-instated one; the Omicron variant...
Interview | Flip Barnes: From the musical melting pot of 1970s D.C. to an experimental present
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board If you keep your ear to the ground on some of D.C.’s most outside-the-box...
Live review | Janel Leppin’s Ensemble Volcanic Ash: ‘Ahhh-vant garde’ revelations
Janel Leppin’s Ensemble Volcanic Ash Bohemian Caverns Sunday, March 24 Sunday evenings at Bohemian Caverns can often seem like...
News | Transparent Productions’ winter/spring season brings Tim Berne to Bohemian Caverns
by Luke Stewart Editorial board Over the course of the next few months, Transparent Productions will host a number...
News | Transparent Productions kicks off fall series of experimental jazz shows at Bohemian Caverns
by Giovanni Russonello Editor-in-chief Fourteen years ago, experimental jazz in D.C. was a dog without a home. d.c. space,...
Interview | Ed Ricart: D.C. avant-garde advocate talks imminent record label, other creative ventures
by Luke Stewart The New Atlantis Collective is a more than just a group of musicians. It is a...
Live review | With forward-looking free jazz, Trio X marks the avant spot at Joe’s Movement Emporium
by Luke Stewart Joe McPhee is a jazz musician who, like many of his generation, has always taken the...