Review: The DC Jazz Festival Keeps On Adapting
I had hoped to report on the 2021 edition of the DC Jazz Festival without using the word “pivot,” a term that was already overused … Read More “Review: The DC Jazz Festival Keeps On Adapting”
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Live Review: DC Jazz Festival 2019
The 15th annual DC Jazz Festival marked the full maturation of an event that began in 2004 as the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival; it’s been … Read More “Live Review: DC Jazz Festival 2019”
Live Review: 14th Annual DC Jazz Festival
The DC Jazz Festival encompasses every quadrant of the nation’s capital. Between June 8 and 17 of this year, it presented more than 125 performances … Read More “Live Review: 14th Annual DC Jazz Festival”
Pharoah Sanders at the DC Jazz Festival
Despite waning stamina, still capable of brilliance
DC Jazz Festival NEA Jazz Masters Concert
Hargrove, Gambarini and more at a swinging tribute to James Moody, and Diz, and straight-ahead jazz in general