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Featured Stories

Album Reviews

Daily album reviews—from independent to major label releases

Melodic Ornette Coleman: Piano Works XIII

Joachim Kuhn
Melodic Ornette Coleman: Piano Works XIII

Free Fall

Lucian Ban and Alex Simu
Free Fall

Diversity

Zlatko Kaućić
Diversity

After Us

Elsa Nilsson & Jon Cowherd
After Us

Etcetera

Wayne Shorter
Etcetera

Groove City

Chuck Redd
Groove City

I Always Knew

Jay Thomas with the Oliver Groenewald NewNet
I Always Knew

Love Hurts

Julian Lage
Love Hurts

Stream | Articles

Interviews, columns, concert reviews, and more

Interview with Blue Note's Tone Poet Series Highly Opinionated
Blue Note's Tone Poet Series
By Patrick Burnette
Interview with Pt. 5, Digital Drink Coasters? Mind Your Business
Pt. 5, Digital Drink Coasters?
By B.D. Lenz
Interview with American Descendants of Slaves Empowered Through the Arts, Social Media #ADOS, and Activist Preaching Beauty, Love and Justice: Living A Coltranian Life
American Descendants of Slaves Empowered Through the Arts,...
By Christine Passarella
Interview with Gourmet At April Jazz Club Live Reviews
Gourmet At April Jazz Club
By Anthony Shaw
Interview with 2019 Starts with a Jazz Blast! Part 2 Radio
2019 Starts with a Jazz Blast! Part 2
By Ludovico Granvassu
Interview with Ziv Ravitz Trio Live At BIMHUIS Amsterdam Radio
Ziv Ravitz Trio Live At BIMHUIS Amsterdam
By BIMHUIS
Interview with Marlene VerPlanck Loves Johnny Mercer Getting Into Jazz
Marlene VerPlanck Loves Johnny Mercer
By Mark Barnett
Interview with Vijay Iyer Balances The Cerebral And The Fervent Live Reviews
Vijay Iyer Balances The Cerebral And The Fervent
By Akinfe Fatou
Interview with Buenos Aires International Jazz Festival Live Reviews
Buenos Aires International Jazz Festival
By Mark Holston

Listen

Discover new jazz!

Moving Forward

Martin Lindholm
Moving Forward

Path of Totality

Quinsin Nachoff
Path of Totality

My Old Man

Mandy Lagan
My Old Man

Jocasta

Jim Brenan
Jocasta

Rosa Parks: Pure Love

Wadada Leo Smith
Rosa Parks: Pure Love

Keynvor Atlantek

Tom Neale
Keynvor Atlantek

People Be Talking

Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord
People Be Talking

Me And Einstein

Trey Wright
Me And Einstein

News

Sponsored announcements from the industry

Born Today

Celebrating jazz birthdays every day
Henry Threadgill
Henry Threadgill

Henry Threadgill first performed as a percussionist in his high school marching band before taking up the baritone saxophone and later a large portion of the woodwind instrument family. He soon settled... read more

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Marion Meadows
Blues Alley
Washington, DC
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Marion Meadows
Blues Alley
Washington, DC
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Daryl Davis
Birchmere
Alexandria, VA
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Tedeschi Trucks Band
Warner Theatre
Washington, DC
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Todd Wright, Tommy Gann, Killer Deluxe
Jammin Java
Vienna, VA
Feb16Sat
Nicolay
City Winery DC
Washington, DC
Feb16Sat
David Schulman
Hirshhorn Museum And Sculpture Garden
Washington, DC