Festival boss Charlie Fishman reports that there's been a dispute with the Ellington family over the rights to use the name of District jazz's favorite son. Henceforth, then, it shall be known as the DC Jazz Festival, and shall be accorded all rights and privileges commensurate with that name.

It is notable, however, that festivals with the names of famous musicians attached have tended to be second-tier festivals, held in fifth-tier cities. Who, after all, could forget the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho; the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival in Wilmington, Delaware; or the headline-grabbing Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival in bustling Davenport, Iowa?

By contrast, the big-time fests — Newport Jazz Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Portland Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — are all named after the cities that host them.

So let's call this name change a promotion, shall we?

• eNVee, Stacy Brooks. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
• Leo Kottke. Birchmere. $35.
• Bill Callahan (Smog), Lights. Black Cat. $15. All ages.
• An Evening w/ Lynda Carter (Fri.-Sat.). Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. $45–$75.
• Original Tuxedo Jazz Band (Part of the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival). Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Free.
• Apostle of Hustle, Black and Tan Fantasy Band, DJ Yellow Fever. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10/$12. All ages.
• Whale Etouffee New Orleans Band. 8 p.m. Saint’s Bourbon Street Grill. 1812 Hamlin Street, N.E. (202) 269-2150.
• Chuck Brown. The State Theatre. $25.
• Marlon Jordan (part of the Duke Ellington Jazz Fest; Fri.-Sat.). Twins Jazz. $15.
• Velodrome feat. Hotchacha. Velvet Lounge. $8. +21.
• Sunsets with a Soundtrack: The U.S. Army Concert Band w/ the Canadian Ceremonial Guard Band. West Steps U.S. Capitol. Free.
• Women's Pride Concert & Party w/ Meshell Ndegeocello, Melissa Ferrick. 9:30 club. $30.
• Gipsy Kings (Fri.-Sat.). Wolf Trap. $25-$42.

Saturday

• Beltway Rockers, Ruthi & the Tracers. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
• Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys. Birchmere. $35.
• Joe Lally, Glorytellers. Black Cat Backstage. $8. All ages.
• I Saw a Ghost, The Kindness of Strangers, A Sense of Urgency, Evayllia, From This Point On, When Day Breaks, This Is Our Fight, Shadow Calls. Jaxx. $10/$12.
• Thad Wilson Orchestra (Part of the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival). Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Free.
• National Philharmonic Choral Masterworks: Rachmaninoff Vespers. Music Center at Strathmore. $39–$79.
• Meat Puppets, Retribution Gospel Choir. Rock and Roll Hotel. $16. All ages.
• Sonny Landreth. The State Theatre. $20.
• CTC, Lisa Lim Band, Omega Band. Velvet Lounge. +21.
• Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood. Verizon Center. $68–$158.
• Cowboy Mouth, Chris Barron. 9:30 club. $25. All ages.
• DJ Stereofaith. DC9. $8. +21.

Sunday

• Blues Jam w/ the Idle Americans. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
• Sunset Rubdown, Witchies, Elfin Saddle. Black Cat. $13/$15. All ages.
• McLean Symphony: “Sounds & Sights of America.” George Mason University Center For Performing Arts. $15.
• Silver Pines, Silent Land Time Machine, Space Tigers. Velvet Lounge. $7. +21.
• The Ultimate Doo-Wop Show. Wolf Trap. $22–$40.

Apostle of Hustle photo via MySpace.