What to catch at the 13th annual Washington Women in Jazz Festival
The Washington Women In Jazz Festival returns this March for its (lucky) 13th year, helmed by founder, the pianist...
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‘I’m always pushing:’ After years away, Corcoran Holt is ready to give back to D.C.
After nearly two decades away, bassist and percussionist Corcoran Holt recently returned home to Washington, D.C., to take on...
The lost but not forgotten history of the African Music Gallery, a D.C. institution
The past 10 years or so will likely be remembered as a breakthrough moment for West African pop music...
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,...
CapitalBop presents Dante’ Pope’s ‘Reflections,’ an Eaton House residency performance
As the capital of the (un)free world, Washington, D.C. has always been a home to artists whose work both...
Fight in Hell: How Jason Moran uplifts the legacy of James Reese Europe — and inspires action today
In May 1919, W.E.B. Du Bois penned one of his most famous editorials, “Returning Soldiers.” Having fought in the...
‘Ain’t But a Few of Us:’ Willard Jenkins on why Black jazz writers’ voices matter
The idea for Ain’t But a Few of Us, Willard Jenkins’ new volume exploring the experiences and work of...
5 live jazz picks for February in D.C.
After a brief period of hibernation in January, the D.C. jazz scene is starting to roar back to life....
House without organs: Rhizome DC, hear and now
The word – the troubling, discouraging word – didn’t come from their landlord, remembers Layne Garrett. Sometime late in...
5 live jazz picks for January in D.C.
Happy New Year! I hope you all – readers, musicians and other D.C. jazz movers and shakers – got to...