On The First Album From D.C.’s Feedel Band, The Future Of Ethio-Jazz Is Now
Ethio-jazz combo the The Feedel Band is best known for evoking the funky, minor-chord, ’70s-era East African music collected on…
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Review: Allen Toussaint, ‘American Tunes’
A posthumous album from the great behind-the-scenes man sets a retrospective, autumnal focus on songs which gave rise to Toussaint and his city — and thus to a bigger American music canon.
A Chat With The Creator Of ‘Black Broadway On U,’ A Trove Of D.C. Cultural History
On U Street in 2016, it’s easy to stumble across vestiges of the corridor’s African-American history. But that history is…
Review: Gregory Porter, ‘Take Me To The Alley’
The popular jazz singer follows a familiar pattern on his new album: It’s acoustic, unconcerned with fashion or complexity, and both overpowering and soothing. That’s a good thing.
The Harry Bells: A Strong Contender For Most Boisterous Band In D.C.
Four members of D.C.’s The Harry Bells — saxophonists Matt Rippetoe and Jonathan Parker, trumpeter Joe Herrera and trombonist Ben…
Bidding Farewell To Bohemian Caverns, A D.C. Jazz Institution
This weekend brings the final performances at legendary D.C. jazz venue Bohemian Caverns. An institution at 11th and U streets…
The D.C. Music Salon Peels Back Layers Of D.C. Music History
Go-go clanging around the walls of D.C.’s historic Howard Theatre. Soul music and jazz, rising from this town’s hardest-knock neighborhoods….
Review: Cécile McLorin Salvant, ‘For One To Love’
Salvant explores the quaint art of jazz singing, but with her own aesthetic idiosyncrasies intact. Her toolbox contains anywhere from a rich, husky voice to one that tiptoes theatrically, girlishly.
First Listen: Arturo O’Farrill, ‘Cuba: The Conversation Continues’
The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra’s perfectly timed collaboration between U.S. and Cuban musicians features cutting-edge works by a carefully selected group of composers.
Terence Blanchard Feat. The E-Collective: Tiny Desk Concert
The New Orleans trumpeter wasn’t thinking about Eric Garner, Michael Brown or #blacklivesmatter when he first assembled this funky new band. But then it became a way to ward off despair.
Carter Barron And Fort Dupont Announce 2015 Summer Concert Schedules
Two popular summer concert series kick off this week in D.C., with Carter Barron Amphitheatre and Fort Dupont Park hosting their first…
KCRW Presents: Kamasi Washington
The saxophonist brings his signature sizzle and groove to Morning Becomes Eclectic.
Ornette Coleman, Jazz Iconoclast, Dies At 85
The American jazz saxophonist and composer who liberated jazz from conventional harmony, tonality, structure and expectation, died Thursday of cardiac arrest in Manhattan at age 85.
This Week On Metro Connection: A Close Listen To D.C. Music
Update, May 22: The show is now streaming on metroconnection.org. Friday and Saturday, Bandwidth is pairing up with WAMU’s weekly…
Filmfest DC Is Coming. Here’s One Music Film To See (And One To Skip)
Last year could have been Filmfest DC’s final act. A projected $250,000 deficit threatened to sink the annual film festival after 2014,…
Guitar Virtuoso Joel Harrison Returns To His D.C. Roots With Two Eclectic Shows This Weekend
No one could call the D.C. region’s music scene a monoculture — it’s been home to legends across dozens of…
Listen To An Enigmatic Song From Ensemble Volcanic Ash, Playing Tonight At Union Arts
The deep-voiced thrum you hear at the top of this tune isn’t bass, but cello. To be precise, it’s the…
Rising Producer Chris McClenney: ‘Music Production Is Too Ubiquitous’
Chris McClenney tried out his first instrument around 8 years old, but he didn’t get hooked on music-making till a…
In D.C., The Best Jam Sessions Don’t Involve Jam Bands
A jazz jam session is not what you probably think it is. For rock fans, “jam” generally has two meanings,…
The Funky Tune That Was Too Big For Miles Davis
Trumpeter Wallace Roney played Davis’ understudy for many years. So it was fitting when he resurrected a long-lost orchestral composition that Wayne Shorter wrote for his mentor.