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Franz Matzner has contributed interviews and coverage from the Kennedy Center since 2002.

Rites of Fire

Kelvin Sholar Trio
2021-01-21
14

Bill Evans Live at Ronnie Scott's

Bill Evans
2020-11-29
9

Artlessly Falling

Mary Halvorson
2020-11-07
9

Compass Confusion

Junk Magic
2020-11-01
7

Now

Lafayette Gilchrist
2020-10-10
5

Occupational Hazard

Jacek Kochan & musiConspiracy
2020-06-04
1

Aftermath

Chelsea McBride's Socialist Night School
2019-11-28
1

Harmony

Bill Frisell
2019-09-29
9

How We Do

John Yao's Triceratops
2019-08-15
5

Dark Matter

Lafayette Gilchrist
2019-07-01
3

Bobby

Mikael Mani
2019-05-03
12

Strata

Skuli Sverrisson
2018-09-05
2

Lean On Me

José James
2018-08-28
8

This World of Dew

Aaron Shragge
2018-07-27
3

Blued Dharma

Adrean Farrugia
2018-06-14
1

Wes Montgomery In Paris

Wes Montgomery
2018-01-24
7

Aspiration

Satoko Fujii
2017-09-15
7

Not This Time

Dog Leg Dilemma
2017-03-05
9

The Picasso Zone

Modus Factor
2017-02-23
6

Meditations on Freedom

Noah Preminger
2017-01-16
4

Momentum

Shirantha Beddage
2016-09-22
3

Lovers

Nels Cline
2016-09-13
3

Black Art Jazz Collective - Presented By The Side Door Jazz Club

Black Art Jazz Collective
2016-09-03
4

Americana

JD Allen
2016-07-25
12

Mediterrana

Lefteris Kordis
2016-07-14
3

All Hot Bodies Radiate

Katie Bull
2016-05-26
3

Flip-Flop

John Yao
2015-06-11
7

Dark Nights

Avishai Cohen - Trumpet
2014-10-02
12

In This Life

Jamie Baum
2013-09-14
4

Lento

Youn Sun Nah
2013-06-19
5

Pascal's Triangle

Pascal's Triangle
2013-05-14
2

Clarity

Laszlo Gardony
2013-05-08
3

The Bridge

Charnett Moffett
2013-04-18
2

No Begining No End

Jose James
2013-01-23
9

In The Now

John Yao
2012-10-25
5

Protoleia

Mahlis-Panos Project
2012-09-11
3

Heritage

Lionel Loueke
2012-08-30
4

Swing of Many Colors

Jazz Arts Trio
2012-06-23
4

By A Little Light

Matt Ulery
2012-06-13
4

Spirit Fiction

Ravi Coltrane
2012-06-12
4

Frequent Flyer

Lorenzo Feliciati
2012-06-04
21

Jazz Punks: Smashups

Jazz Punks
2012-04-16
73

Three

Lafayette Gilchrist
2007-07-08
183

Chanson du Vieux Carre

Harry Connick Jr.
2007-02-15
385

What's Up?

The Very Tall Band
2007-02-08
152

Wood II

Brian Bromberg
2006-04-03
312

Towards the Shining Path

Lafayette Gilchrist
2005-11-10
330

Faluas Do Tejo

Madredeus
2005-08-04
232

Read more album reviews by Franz A. Matzner

Jack DeJohnette: Bill Evans Legacy

Catching Up With | 2020-12-07
10

Satoko Fujii: The Kanreki Project

Interview | 2019-01-09
3

Wadada Leo Smith At Firehouse 12

Live Review | 2017-05-11
9

Brooklyn Jazz Underground: A Trio of Hits

Multiple Reviews | 2015-03-24
13

Jenny Scheinman: Little Bit Country

Live Review | 2015-03-12
2

Jason Moran: Joyful Proclamations

Interview | 2014-11-24
14

Jason Lindner: Beyond the Solo

Interview | 2014-08-18
17

Jane Ira Bloom: Ballad Vistas

Interview | 2014-02-24
7

2013 Thelonious Monk Institute Competition

Live Review | 2013-10-09
10

Alexis Cuadrado: A Bassist in New York

Interview | 2013-09-30
9

Akua Allrich at the Howard Theater

Live Review | 2013-02-19
6

Anat Cohen at Kennedy Center Jazz Club

Live Review | 2012-11-06
4

DC Jazz Festival 2012: In Memoriam Chuck Brown

Live Review | 2012-07-22
3

Wadada Leo Smith: Sounding America’s Freedom

Catching Up With | 2012-06-18
2

DC Jazz Festival: June 1-13, 2011

Live Review | 2011-06-30
571

Ben Williams: Washington, DC, April 15, 2011

Live Review | 2011-05-02
257

Wadada Leo Smith: The Teacher

Interview | 2011-03-14
500

Akua Allrich: Washington Rising

Interview | 2010-11-01
825

New Voices and the American Song Book

Live Review | 2010-10-29
929

Alan Ferber: Developing String Theory

Interview | 2010-06-28
1,220

Mary Lou Williams Festival 2010

Live Review | 2010-06-24
819

Allison Miller: Breaking Ground

Interview | 2010-05-17
845

Luis Bonilla: I Talking Now

Interview | 2010-03-08
998

Jon Irabagon Plays KC Jazz Club

Live Review | 2009-11-18
402

Kelvin Sholar: Artistic Crossroads

Interview | 2009-04-27
668

Nick Vayenas: First Steps

Interview | 2008-09-16
636

JD Allen: Notes of Change

Interview | 2008-07-15
586

Amina Figarova: Cross-Continental Jazz

Interview | 2008-07-08
637

Mark Guiliana: New Beats

Interview | 2008-04-08
857



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Satoko Fujii: The Kanreki Project

Interview | 2019-01-09
3

Mark Guiliana: New Beats

Interview | 2008-04-08
857

Conversation with Avishai Cohen

Interview | 2003-10-03
901

Conversation with Charnett Moffett

Interview | 2003-10-28
795

Jose James: No Begining No End

Album Review | 2013-01-23
9

Jason Lindner: Beyond the Solo

Interview | 2014-08-18
17

T.S. Monk Speaks Out

Interview | 2003-11-06
1,417

Luis Bonilla: I Talking Now

Interview | 2010-03-08
998

Wadada Leo Smith: The Teacher

Interview | 2011-03-14
500

Avishai Cohen - Trumpet: Dark Nights

Album Review | 2014-10-02
12

Jason Moran: Joyful Proclamations

Interview | 2014-11-24
14

Alan Ferber: Developing String Theory

Interview | 2010-06-28
1,220

Allison Miller: Breaking Ground

Interview | 2010-05-17
845

Ron Carter: The Golden Striker

Album Review | 2003-10-04
411

Conversation with Scott Colley

Interview | 2003-10-05
1,134

Akua Allrich: Washington Rising

Interview | 2010-11-01
825

Wynton Marsalis Speaks Out

Interview | 2004-02-27
895

Jason Moran on 'The Bandwagon'

Interview | 2003-10-09
920

JD Allen: Notes of Change

Interview | 2008-07-15
586

Matt Jorgensen: Seattle's New Sound

Interview | 2004-05-06
697

Monty Alexander Speaks

Interview | 2003-10-28
663

Wadada Leo Smith At Firehouse 12

Live Review | 2017-05-11
9

Alexis Cuadrado: A Bassist in New York

Interview | 2013-09-30
9

Dana Leong: No Boundaries

Interview | 2008-02-26
612

Myra Melford: Mystic Manifestations

Interview | 2004-08-03
614

DC Jazz Festival: June 1-13, 2011

Live Review | 2011-06-30
571

A Conversation with Jean-Michel Pilc

Interview | 2003-11-06
936

Jane Ira Bloom: Ballad Vistas

Interview | 2014-02-24
7

2013 Thelonious Monk Institute Competition

Live Review | 2013-10-09
10

Avishai Cohen: Lyla

Album Review | 2003-08-25
345

Ray Brown: The Telarc Years

Profile | 2003-10-28
660

Amina Figarova: Cross-Continental Jazz

Interview | 2008-07-08
637

11th Annual Women in Jazz Festival

Live Review | 2006-06-01
555

Donny McCaslin: On The Way Through

Interview | 2004-02-13
785

Lionel Loueke: Heritage

Album Review | 2012-08-30
4

José James: Lean On Me

Album Review | 2018-08-28
8

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