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• 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...
• Posted This Week in Jazz to DCist
  Lee Konitz>> With a style she calls "acoustic smashing," vocalist Jaqui Naylor fuses the Great American Songbook with classic rock sounds of the 60s and 70s. Catch this intriguing combination tonight at Blues Alley. Tickets to the 8 and 10 p.m. sets are $20 + $12.50 minimum/surcharge. >> Israeli born and Boston based drummer Ziv Ravitz has been playing for many top tier musicians since moving to the U.S. in 2000. Tonight, he leads...
• Posted DCist Preview: Stefon Harris & Blackout @ Kennedy Center to DCist
  As hip-hop began its ascent in pop culture, many jazz musicians embraced it, trying to infuse its infectious rhythms with an improvisational and harmonic sophistication. While such experiments have mixed results, we've seen several groups who continue to try to bridge the chasm between the two genres. One such band is Blackout, an impressive ensemble that will perform tomorrow night at the Kennedy Center's KC Jazz Club. The talented quintet is steeped in jazz...