Posted Sonny Rollins @ The Kennedy Center to DCist
During the 1960s, a great debate among jazz aficionados was over who was the better saxophonist, John Coltrane or Sonny Rollins. A fool's errand, really, as they had completely different approaches to music. Both were master technicians who could run the gamut, from aggressive to serene. Coltrane's playing had a deeper spirituality, while Rollins was the more mischievous, always playing with a witty edge. And while 'Trane's group was probably more groundbreaking, Sonny deserves...
Posted This Week in Jazz to DCist
Sonny Rollins, photo by John Abbott>> If you can make it out to only one show this week, then go hear the great Sonny Rollins tonight at the Kennedy Center. The Saxophone Colossus likes our town, so it's sure to be a memorable show. 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 to $78. >> Just before the Sonny Rollins show, Three Stars alums The Jazz Update will join young musicians from the D.C. public school system...
Posted This Week in Jazz to DCist
Valery Ponomarev>> Unbuckled alum Matt Grason leads his live house band, House of Soul, tonight at the Bossa Bistro & Lounge. The group features Three Stars alum Charles Ostle on drums and monster keyboardist Jon Ozment. 10 p.m. $3 >> Trombonist Bobby Felder assembles a big band on Friday at Jazz Night in Southwest, for the first of several chances to see jazz orchestras over the next few days. The ensemble is pretty much...
Posted DCist Preview: Bebel Gilberto @ 9:30 Club to DCist
During a recent interview, we asked vocalist Bebel Gilberto what she wanted her audience to come away with after a performance. With characteristic flair, she responded, "Love and passion, of course." Those romantic sentiments prevail throughout Gilberto's new recording, All in One, which she will be supporting in concert tonight at the 9:30 Club. Her first release on the Verve label, the album was recorded in Jamaica, Brazil, and New York, with her new...
Posted DCist Preview: Lee Konitz @ Kennedy Center to DCist
Feeling the limitations of the jazz combo format that was prevalent in the late 1940s, Miles Davis assembled a nonet to play music that allowed for more orchestration and color, while still maintaining the improvisational elements of that era's be-bop sound. With orchestrations from the great arranger Gil Evans, as well as band members Gerry Mulligan and John Lewis, the band performed briefly in the fall of 1948. But it wasn't until 1949 that...
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