Thursday, March 3
Of all John Coltrane's protegees–which to some extent includes every tenor saxophonist who came after him– Pharoah Sanders is the strongest and most important. A member of Trane's last band, the wild and free one, Sanders elaborated on his mentor's unspoken spiritual commitment and sometimes made it spoken, as in his best-known composition [...]

Last month, D.C. trumpeter Joe Herrera and guitarist Rodney Richardson announced their new Sunday Jazz Lounge program in March at Twins Jazz. Every Sunday night in March, Herrera and Richardson will head a quartet through two sets of originals and obscure covers. Each week will also kick off with a guest soloist, performing their own [...]

Update 1:14 PM:
Rodney Richardson clarifies the schedule a bit: "The Sunday Jazz Lounge will start in March. We will play every Sunday in March and hopefully continue from there." He and Herrera are still finalizing the soloist acts for those opening four weeks, and expect to have it completed by the end of the week.
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Thursday, August 19
At this point it's probably quicker to stop counting how many pies Brad Linde has his fingers in, and instead start counting how many hands he must have to keep up with those pies. Linde is co-leader of the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra, leader of the Brad Linde Ensemble, and a sideman for [...]

Nov. 5
Once upon a time it seemed that New Orleans trumpeter Nicholas Payton was the reincarnation of Louis Armstrong, with his bright virtuosic phrases and Big Easy swing. Then came 2003's Sonic Trance and last year's Into the Blue, which transplanted Payton into slow, spacy fusion jams that had more in common with Bitches Brew [...]