Back by popular demand, upcoming jazz shows for 2015 and into 2016 for the DC area - 8/25 Allan Harris at Blues Alley 8/27-30 Mike Stern & Dennis Chambers at Blues Alley 8/30 Tomeka Reid Quartet (w/Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara, Jason Roebke) at Bohemian Caverns 9/6 Matthew Shipp/Michael Bisio ...

Nels Cline & Julian Lage - Room Greg Cohen - Golden State Riverside (Dave Douglas, Chet Doxas, Steve Swallow, Jim Doxas) - (s.t.) Erik Friedlander - Nighthawks Tom Harrell - Trip Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian - Hamburg '72 Frank Kimbrough - Quartet Kirk Dnuffke Quartet - BigWig Kirk Kn...

Thursday, December 4. 8 & 9:30 pm Ran Blake, solo jazz piano Rare Performance! In a career that spans five decades, pianist/composer/educator RAN BLAKE has created a unique niche in improvised music as an artist and educator. With a characteristic mix of spontaneous solos, modern classical tona...

Kenny Barron/Dave Holland - The Art of Conversation Charlie Haden - Jim Hall - (s.t.) William Parker Quartet - Raining on the Moon Enrico Pieranunzi Trio - No Man's Land Enrico Pieranunzi/Marc Johnson/Joey Baron - Deep Down Jamie Saft/Steve Swallow/Bobby Previte - The New Standard Mark Turner Quarte...

Upcoming DC-area jazz shows 9/5-6 Christian Scott Quintet at Bohemian Caverns 9/6 Albert “Tootie” Heath Trio (w/Ethan Iverson, Ben Street) at An Die Musik (Baltimore) 9/6 Ingrid Laubrock Quintet (w/Tim Berne, Ben Gerstein, Dan Peck, Tom Rainey) at The Windup Space (Baltimore) 9/7 Ingrid Laubrock Qui...

Marc Cary Focus Trio - Four Directions Charlie Haden - The Montreal Tapes (w/Paul Motian, Gonzalo Rubalcaba) Charlie Haden - The Montreal Tapes (w/Paul Bley, Paul Motian) Keith Jarrett - Whisper Not Eivind Opsvik - Overseas III Anthony Ortega Trio - Scattered Clouds Greg Osby - St. Louis Shoes Greg ...

Charlie Haden - Liberation Music Orchestra Charlie Haden - The Private Collection Mike Melvoin w/Charlie Haden & Bill Henderson - The Capitol Sessions Anita O'Day - All the Sad Young Men Junko Onishi Trio - Live at the Village Vanguard Eivind Opsvik - Overseas IV Opsvik & Jennings - Commuter...

Here's a photo from the Saturday night show -

I was at the Cornelia St. Cafe' show on Saturday, the Mario Pavone Pulse Quartet with his son Michael Pavone on Guitar, Ellery Eskelin and Gerald Cleaver. It was very good.

Gary Bartz - Red & Orange Poems (via Spotify) Gary Bartz - Live @ The Jazz Standard, Vol. 1 Gary Bartz - Coltrane Rules: Tao Music Warrior (via Spotify) Marc Cary - Rhodes Ahead, Vol. 1 (via Spotify) Marc Cary Trio - Trillium Marc Cary - For The Love Of Abbey Marc Cary Focus Trio - Four Directio...

Of the classics, I listen to Ellington the most with Monk probably in 2nd place with Mingus. For musicians currently playing, it would have to be Bill Frisell.

The Clifford Brown/Max Roach Emarcy Albums Paul Chambers - Mosaic Select 5 Joel Harrison 19 - Infinite Possibility Joel Harrison - Mother Stump Roland Kirk - The Limelight/Verve Albums Microscopic Septet - Manhattan Moonrise Gary Peacock/Marilyn Crispell - Azure Jimmy Scott - Lost and Found Jimmy Sc...

Douglas wrote:Anyone thinking of seeing James Brandon Lewis? might be able to get to that date.

I almost went, but decided on a non-jazz show closer to home.

Upcoming D.C.-Area Jazz Shows The Kennedy Center 2014-15 jazz schedule came out recent. Some good shows to make up for the less interesting 2013-14 schedule. 5/27 The Glass House Project (w/Frank London) at The Kennedy Center Terrace Theater (Free) 5/30-31 Jimmy Greene at Bohemian Caverns 5/31 Peter...

Paul Bley - Play Blue (Oslo Concert) Clifford Jordan - The Complete Strata-East Sessions Peter Madsen Trio - The Lichtfield Suite Tony Malaby's Tamarindo - Somos Agua Mario Pavone/Michael Musillami - Motion Poetry Jenny Scheinman - The Littlest Prisoner John Zorn - Alastor (Book of Angels, Vol. 21) ...

It should be the Ron Carter Golden Striker Trio - Russell Malone on guitar and now Donald Vega (previously Mulgrew Miller) on piano.

The Bad Plus - The Rite Of Spring (via Spotify) Chick Corea - The Complete "Is" Sessions (via Spotify) Chick Corea - Solo Piano: Standards (via Spotify) Chick Corea - Solo Piano: Originals (via Spotify) Frank Kimbrough - Noumena Frank Kimbrough - Play Steve Nelson - Fuller Nelson New York ...

4/2 Ellery Eskelin/Gary Versace/Tyshawn Sorey at Towson U. Center for the Arts 4/6 Regina Carter at The Birchmere 4/7-8 Chick Corea (solo) at Blues Alley 4/10-13 Cyrus Chestnut at Blues Alley 4/11-12 Jeremy Pelt at Bohemian Caverns 4/13 Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures at Bohemian Caverns 4/14 Gary Bu...

Ralph Alessi and this Against That - Wiry Strong Michael Attias - Twines of Colesion Bobby Bradford w/The Mo'tet - Lost In L.A. John Carter & Bobby Bradford - Mosaic 36 (The Complete Revelation Sessions) David Murray Quartet - I Want To Talk About You David Murray Quartet - For Aunt Louise David...

Stephan Crump/Mary Halvorson Super 8 Jimmy Giuffre 3 - The Easy Way Jimmy Giuffre - The Four Brother Sound/The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (via Spotify) Craig Handy - Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith (via Spotify) Craig Handy - Introducing Three For All & One (via Spotify) Craig Handy - Split Second ...

Ralph Alessi - Wiry Strong Michael Attias - Twines of Colesion BassDrumBone - The Other Parade Peter Evans Quartet - Live in Lisbon Billy Hart Quartet - One Is The Other Gerry Hemmingway - Songs Tony Malaby's Tamarindo Live Brad Mehldau/Mark Guiliana (Mehliana) - Taming The Dragon Robyn Hitchcock - ...

Albert Heath/Ethan Iverson/Ben Street - Tootie's Tempo Stephan Crump's Rosetta Trio - Thwirl Stephan Crump's Rosetta Trio - Reclamation Stephan Crump - Rosetta Nir Felder - Golden Age David Krakauer - The Big Picture Aaron Parks - Arborescence Rudy Royston - 303 Teddy Wilson - Mr. Wilson and Mr. Ger...

Mary Halvorson/Michael Formanek/Tomas Fujiwara - Thumbscrew Dave Holland - Prism Paul Motian/Bill Frisell/Joe Lovano - Time and Time Again Paul Motian Band - Garden of Eden Paul Motian Trio - Lost in a Dream Gerry Mulligan - California Concerts Vol. 2 Gerry Mulligan Quartet - At Storyville Gerry Mul...

Chick Corea/Eddie Gomez/Paul Motian - Further Explorations (via MOG) Ethan Iverson Trio - Deconstruction Zone (Standards) (via Spotify) Paul Motian - On Broadway, Vols. 1 Paul Motian Trio 2000 + One - On Broadway Vol. 4 Paul Motian Trio 2000 + Two - On Broadway Vol. 5 Paul Motian Trio 2000 + Two - L...

Atomic - Happy New Ears! Available Jelly - In Full Flail Russ Lossing/Ed Schuller/Paul Motian - As It Grows Russ Lossing - All Things Arise Russ Lossing/John Hebert - Line Up Russ Lossing - Drum Music Alex Maguire/Michael Moore - Mt. Olympus Christian Scott - Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (via Spotify...