5 live jazz picks for May in D.C.
May is upon us, which means the end of Jazz Appreciation Month and the beginning of arguably the best...
Tag: Veronneau
Ken Avis isn’t a doctor, but he plays the ‘Antidote’ on the radio
Ken Avis is perhaps best known as a guitarist in the worldly jazz group Veronneau, but he has always...
Interview | Lynn Veronneau on bossa nova, group chemistry, and (eventually) following your dreams
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board As summer concert season sets in, there’s one local band whose music seems perfect...
D.C.’s best records of 2012, Honorable Mention
This year, the D.C. jazz scene saw the (hopefully temporary) loss of one of U Street’s main jazz havens...
Album review | Veronneau’s Jazz Samba Project
by Sriram Gopal CapitalBop columnist In 1962, Washington, D.C. played host to a watershed moment in jazz history. Famed...
Weekend in Jazz | 5.18-5.20: Jazz Samba 50 years later, Kris Funn’s beat-breakin’ band, and more
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board From funk-driven contemporary jazz (Kris Funn and Donvonte McCoy) to West African rhythms (Eme...
D.C.’s Best Records of 2011, Honorable Mention (Part 1 of 2)
Compiled by Giovanni Russonello & Luke Stewart Editorial board These have been a triumphant 12 months for D.C. jazz,...