Posts Tagged ‘Jazz’
We Love Food: DC Eats for September
‘Autumn of my Life’
courtesy of ‘LaTur’
Summer may be over, but good food goes on. You can eat your sad feelings about colder weather and fewer hours of daylight coming at some of these events happening this month in the city.
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The Washington Performing Arts Society Presents: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Photo by Rachel Levitin
Jazz – and Country/Bluegrass – are the dominant proprietors of modern “Made in America” music and that’s something worth holding on to. In its inception, Jazz defined an era of youth during tumultuous times. That was its claim to fame. That’s what got it notice. That’s what shot it to the forefront [...]
Live Jazz All Weekend!
‘Live Jazz’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
I make it no secret that I believe Jazz is an underappreciated portion of American music history by the millennial generation. With that said, I shared with you one man’s love for the trombone and how he brought it to the forefront of band leadership. Now, I ask you to give [...]
Go Appreciate Some Jazz This Month
‘Live Jazz’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) starts today as a part of the Smithsonian Institutes’s effort to keep the art of Jazz alive and well here in its birth country.
JAM started in 2001 as an annual event that paying tribute to jazz both as a historic and living American art form. Since then, [...]
Got A Song Request? Jacqui Naylor’s Got You Covered. Literally.
I’ve seen a lot of cover bands in my day. You know the types: 40-something guys who need something to do when craving time away from the wife/family or a hobby after work to share with “the boys.” Jacqui Naylor is nothing like that.
Naylor has made a career that spans over a decade out of [...]
Free Jazz at Millennium Stage
‘Kennedy Center @ Night’
courtesy of ‘* Chris D’
For all you jazz lovers, the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival is bringing the acts indoors to the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage this week. Tonight, New Orleans sousaphonist (yeah, you read right)/ percussionist Monty Montgomery’s DC jazz band Yamomanem takes the stage.
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Wynton Marsalis jazzes up the Kennedy Center
‘Sketches of Gill Evans’
courtesy of ‘vitelone’
The affection was clearly mutual: hundreds of arts advocates stood on their feet, applauding wildly for a full ten minutes. Jazz virtuoso Wynton Marsalis, flanked by a five-man band, stood staring back at them, tears streaming down his face. He has just spent an hour weaving the tale of music, [...]
