In early 2018, a quartet of well-known area jazz musicians came together, as jazz musicians do, and formed an ensemble they called Pulse to explore, they say, “melodic shape, harmonic subtlety, ...

Cancel your Friday-night plans — there’s jazz in town. “Kat Ellis Quartet,” playing classical jazz music, will perform 6:30 p ...

But that’s no reason not to celebrate the sea change that’s swept across the jazz scene when it comes to women ...

Octogenarian drummer and NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart continues to make inspiring music, whether with his own quartet or as a sideman in several groups. Just is the third album and first since 2013 for ...

Nesuhi began signing West Coast artists, including Jimmy Giuffre, Herbie Mann, and Les McCann, later adding Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, and the Modern Jazz Quartet to the label’s roster.

Jazz pianist Vijay Iyer leads his trio March 13-14, followed by the D.C. farewell performances of vocal heavyweights New York Voices on March 15 and 16. Korean alto saxophonist Pureum Jin fronts the ...

After having success as a member of the Sequence, an early female rap group, she re-emerged in the 1990s as a practitioner of sultry, laid-back R&B.

For anyone who loves a bit of jazz with their classical, or simply craves a concert that feels like a celebration, Jazz & ...

What goes around, comes around. Alto saxophonist Steve Lehman got his start as a sideman in visionary Anthony Braxton’s ...

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