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Articles by Franz A. Matzner

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

Rites of Fire

Kelvin Sholar Trio

2021-01-21

Bill Evans Live at Ronnie Scott's

Bill Evans

2020-11-29

Artlessly Falling

Mary Halvorson

2020-11-07

Compass Confusion

Junk Magic

2020-11-01

Now

Lafayette Gilchrist

2020-10-10

Occupational Hazard

Jacek Kochan & musiConspiracy

2020-06-04

Aftermath

Chelsea McBride's Socialist Night School

2019-11-28

Harmony

Bill Frisell

2019-09-29

How We Do

John Yao's Triceratops

2019-08-15

Dark Matter

Lafayette Gilchrist

2019-07-01

Bobby

Mikael Mani

2019-05-03

Strata

Skuli Sverrisson

2018-09-05

Lean On Me

José James

2018-08-28

This World of Dew

Aaron Shragge

2018-07-27

Blued Dharma

Adrean Farrugia

2018-06-14

Wes Montgomery In Paris

Wes Montgomery

2018-01-24

Aspiration

Satoko Fujii

2017-09-15

Not This Time

Dog Leg Dilemma

2017-03-05

The Picasso Zone

Modus Factor

2017-02-23

Meditations on Freedom

Noah Preminger

2017-01-16

Momentum

Shirantha Beddage

2016-09-22

Lovers

Nels Cline

2016-09-13

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

Black Art Jazz Collective

2016-09-03

Americana

JD Allen

2016-07-25

Mediterrana

Lefteris Kordis

2016-07-14

All Hot Bodies Radiate

Katie Bull

2016-05-26

Finding Love in an Oligarchy on a Dying Planet

Rob Garcia

2016-03-23

Flip-Flop

John Yao

2015-06-11

Dark Nights

Avishai Cohen - Trumpet

2014-10-02

In This Life

Jamie Baum

2013-09-14

Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter

David Weiss

2013-08-16

Lento

Youn Sun Nah

2013-06-19

Pascal's Triangle

2013-05-14

Clarity

Laszlo Gardony

2013-05-08

The Bridge

Charnett Moffett

2013-04-18

No Begining No End

Jose James

2013-01-23

In The Now

John Yao

2012-10-25

Protoleia

Mahlis-Panos Project

2012-09-11

Heritage

Lionel Loueke

2012-08-30

Swing of Many Colors

Jazz Arts Trio

2012-06-23

By A Little Light

Matt Ulery

2012-06-13

Spirit Fiction

Ravi Coltrane

2012-06-12

Frequent Flyer

Lorenzo Feliciati

2012-06-04

Jazz Punks: Smashups

Jazz Punks

2012-04-16

Three

Lafayette Gilchrist
2007-07-08

184

Chanson du Vieux Carre

Harry Connick Jr.
2007-02-15

386

What's Up?

The Very Tall Band
2007-02-08

153

Wood II

Brian Bromberg

2006-04-03

313

Towards the Shining Path

Lafayette Gilchrist

2005-11-10

331

Faluas Do Tejo

Madredeus

2005-08-04

233

Jack DeJohnette: Bill Evans Legacy

Catching Up With | 2020-12-07

Black Lives Matter, Black Culture Matters

Opinion | 2020-06-06

Adam Rudolph: Ragmala and Prototypical Music

Interview | 2020-01-10

Satoko Fujii: The Kanreki Project

Interview | 2019-01-09

Fabian Almazan: Environmental Action Figure

Profile | 2018-01-09

Wadada Leo Smith At Firehouse 12

Live Review | 2017-05-11

Bennett and Gaga at Kennedy Center: Dissection of an Era

Live Review | 2015-08-14

Brooklyn Jazz Underground: A Trio of Hits

Multiple Reviews | 2015-03-24

Jenny Scheinman: Little Bit Country

Live Review | 2015-03-12

Jason Moran: Joyful Proclamations

Interview | 2014-11-24

Jason Lindner: Beyond the Solo

Interview | 2014-08-18

Rebellion and Respect: Kennedy Center Celebrates Blue Note's...

Live Review | 2014-05-29

Jane Ira Bloom: Ballad Vistas

Interview | 2014-02-24

2013 Thelonious Monk Institute Competition

Live Review | 2013-10-09

Alexis Cuadrado: A Bassist in New York

Interview | 2013-09-30

2013 DC Jazz Festival: Washington, DC, June 5-15, 2013

Live Review | 2013-07-08

Akua Allrich at the Howard Theater

Live Review | 2013-02-19

Anat Cohen at Kennedy Center Jazz Club

Live Review | 2012-11-06

2012 Thelonious Monk International Drums Competition

Live Review | 2012-10-23

DC Jazz Festival 2012: In Memoriam Chuck Brown

Live Review | 2012-07-22

Wadada Leo Smith: Sounding America’s Freedom

Catching Up With | 2012-06-18

Bohemian Caverns Celebrates 85 Years of Historic Jazz

Live Review | 2011-12-27

464

DC Jazz Festival: June 1-13, 2011

Live Review | 2011-06-30

571

Pilc-Moutin-Hoenig Trio: Washington, D.C. May 17, 2011

Live Review | 2011-06-08

233

Vijay Iyer Trio: Washington, DC, April 30, 2011

Live Review | 2011-05-18

156

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

DC Jazz Festival Perseveres Through Sixth Year

Live Review | 2010-07-13

795

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

JD Allen Trio at Bohemian Caverns, February 27, 2010

Live Review | 2010-03-17

633

Luis Bonilla: I Talking Now

Interview | 2010-03-08

998

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Reflections from Berlin

Interview | 2009-12-09

1,223

Jon Irabagon Plays KC Jazz Club

Live Review | 2009-11-18

402

Overtone Quartet on Display at Kennedy Center

Live Review | 2009-10-16

411

Kelvin Sholar: Artistic Crossroads

Interview | 2009-04-27

668

Blue Note 7 Celebrates 70 at the Kennedy Center

Live Review | 2009-04-12

239

Bernard Stollman: ESP Disk's Sound Revolution

Interview | 2009-01-06

1,316

Duke Ellington Jazz Fest 2008: The Evolution of a Jazz Festival

Live Review | 2008-12-16

635

Brad Shepik: Sounding A Global Warming Warning

Interview | 2008-12-08

790

Greg Osby: New Mission, New Label, New Responsibility

Interview | 2008-10-28

899

Jeremy Pelt and JD Allen: New Leaders at Kennedy Center

Live Review | 2008-09-25

348

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

Jazz Ambassadors: Photography Exhibit to Document History of...

Live Review | 2008-04-02

458

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Reflections from Berlin

Interview | 2009-12-09

1,223

Satoko Fujii: The Kanreki Project

Interview | 2019-01-09

Fabian Almazan: Environmental Action Figure

Profile | 2018-01-09

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

Jason Lindner: Beyond the Solo

Interview | 2014-08-18

T.S. Monk Speaks Out

Interview | 2003-11-06

1,417

Wadada Leo Smith: The Teacher

Interview | 2011-03-14

500

Luis Bonilla: I Talking Now

Interview | 2010-03-08

998

Avishai Cohen - Trumpet: Dark Nights

Album Review | 2014-10-02

Bohemian Caverns Celebrates 85 Years of Historic Jazz

Live Review | 2011-12-27

464

Jason Moran: Joyful Proclamations

Interview | 2014-11-24

Alan Ferber: Developing String Theory

Interview | 2010-06-28

1,220

Allison Miller: Breaking Ground

Interview | 2010-05-17

845

Conversation with Scott Colley

Interview | 2003-10-05

1,134

Ron Carter: The Golden Striker

Album Review | 2003-10-04

411

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

18th Annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition

Live Review | 2005-09-28

714

Bernard Stollman: ESP Disk's Sound Revolution

Interview | 2009-01-06

1,316

Matt Jorgensen: Seattle's New Sound

Interview | 2004-05-06

697

JD Allen: Notes of Change

Interview | 2008-07-15

586

Day's Dawning: An Interview with Singer Devorah Day

Interview | 2003-10-06

789

Monty Alexander Speaks

Interview | 2003-10-28

663

Power Twins Unite: Francois and Louis Moutin

Interview | 2004-03-03

667

Wadada Leo Smith At Firehouse 12

Live Review | 2017-05-11

Alexis Cuadrado: A Bassist in New York

Interview | 2013-09-30

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A Modern Masterpiece: Chris Potter on Recording "Lift"

Interview | 2004-07-28

939

Myra Melford: Mystic Manifestations

Interview | 2004-08-03

614

Dana Leong: No Boundaries

Interview | 2008-02-26

612

John Ferguson on American Voices: Musical Diplomacy

Interview | 2007-07-24

955

Saxophonist John O'Gallagher and Modern Jazz Composition

Interview | 2004-04-14

647

A Conversation with Jean-Michel Pilc

Interview | 2003-11-06

936

DC Jazz Festival: June 1-13, 2011

Live Review | 2011-06-30

571

Jane Ira Bloom: Ballad Vistas

Interview | 2014-02-24

Bohemian Revolution: Ari Hoenig at Twins Jazz

Live Review | 2004-02-18

814

Ray Brown: The Telarc Years

Profile | 2003-10-28

660

Avishai Cohen: Lyla

Album Review | 2003-08-25

345

2013 Thelonious Monk Institute Competition

Live Review | 2013-10-09

Brad Shepik: Sounding A Global Warming Warning

Interview | 2008-12-08

790

Amina Figarova: Cross-Continental Jazz

Interview | 2008-07-08

637

Lionel Loueke: Heritage

Album Review | 2012-08-30

Jazz in the Islands: 2nd Annual Anguilla Jazz Festival

Live Review | 2004-12-13

609

11th Annual Women in Jazz Festival

Live Review | 2006-06-01

555

José James: Lean On Me

Album Review | 2018-08-28

Donny McCaslin: On The Way Through

Interview | 2004-02-13

785

Wynton Marsalis: The Magic Hour

Album Review | 2004-03-02

381