2023 Gigs

January

• New Year’s Brunch: John Lamkin, III Sextet (Caton Castle)
• Mike Clark / Gary Bartz / Eddie Henderson Sextet (Keystone Korner)
• Steven Feifke Trio (Birdland Theatre)
• Marc Copland Trio (Mezzrow)
• Ken Fowser Quintet (Smalls)
• Anderson Brothers (Blue Note)
• Herlin Riley Quintet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
• Billy Harper Quintet (Smoke)
• Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Latin Experience (Blue Note)
• Todd Herbert Sextet (Smalls)
• Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra 25th Reunion Concert (Blues Alley)
• McCoy Tyner Tribute Concert feat. Kenny Barron, Gary Bartz, Eddie Henderson & Joe Lovano (S.F. Jazz)
• Bill Charlap Trio (Blues Alley)
• Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra – Tribute To Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstein (Blues Alley)
• Joey Alexander Trio (Blues Alley)
• Paul Carr Quartet feat. Sharon Clark (Caton Castle)
• Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts Quintet (Keystone Korner)
• Branford Marsalis Quartet (Pullo Center)
• Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra – Tribute To Duke Ellington & Horace Silver (Blues Alley)
• Eric Williams Quintet feat. Nasser Abadey (Keystone Korner)
• Bill Charlap Trio (Smoke)
• The Octet Celebrates Frank Wess (Birdland)
• Brad Mehldau Quintet (Village Vanguard)
• John Chin Trio (Mezzrow)
• Cyrus Chestnut Quartet (Keystone Korner)
• Orrin Evans Trio (Takoma Station)
• Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra – Live Recording (Blues Alley)

February

• Terell Stafford Quintet (South Jazz)
• Louis Hayes Quintet (Keystone Korner)
• Jesse Moody, III Quartet feat. Akiko Tsurga (An Die Musik)
• George Burton Quartet (Blues Alley)
• Yayoi Ikawa Trio (An Die Musik)
• George Coleman Quintet (Keystone Korner)
• Orrin Evans Trio (Bach Dancing & Dynamite)
• Corcoran Holt Quartet (Takoma Station)
• Jazz At Lincoln Center (JALC) Orchestra (Kennedy Center)

March

• Sean Jones Quartet (Miller Theater)
• James Carter Quintet (Birdland)
• Jeremy Manasia Trio (Mezzrow)
• Ravi Coltrane Quartet (Keystone Korner)
• Russell Malone Quartet Keystone)
• Billy Harper Quintet (Blues Alley)
• Paul Carr Quartet (An Die Musik)
• Renee Rosnes Quartet (Keystone Korner)
• Monty Alexander Trio (Keystone Korner)
• The Cookers (Yoshi’s)
• Artemis (Zellerbach Auditorium)

April

• Stanley Clarke Quintet (Keystone Korner)
• Nasser Abadey Quartet (Blues Alley)
• Dave Stryker Quartet (Keystone Korner)
• Monterey Jazz Festival Tour (Strathmore)
• T.K. Blue Quartet (An Die Musik)
• Calvin Jones Big Band Jazz Festival fest. University of the District of Columbia, Howard University & University of Maryland (University of the District of Columbia)
• Charles McPherson Quintet (Blues Alley)
• John Faddis Quartet (Blues Alley)
• Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya (Kennedy Center)

May

• Arturo Sandoval Quintet (Keystone Korner)
• Michael Feinburg Trio (An Die Musik)
• Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival I feat. Doreen Ketchen & Somi (Kennedy Center)
• Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival II feat. Camille Thurman & Dee Dee Bridgewater’s Big Band (Kennedy Center)
• Bill Charlap Trio (Dizzy’s@JALC) 
• Terell Stafford Quintet (Smoke)
• Donald Harrison Quartet (Birdland)
• Johnny O’Neal Trio (Mezzrow)
• Buster Williams Quartet (Blues Alley)
• David Sanchez Quartet (Blues Alley)
• Herbie Hancock Institute Peer-to-Peer Jazz Sextet (Blues Alley)
• SPARX Sextet (Keystone Korner)

June

• Louis Hayes Quintet (Blues Alley)
• Akiko Tsuruga Quartet feat. Joe Magnarelli (An Die Musik)
• Bill Charlap Trio (Keystone Korner)
• Joel Ross Quartet (Takoma Station)
• Bill Charlap Trio (Keystone Korner)
• Justin Mendez Quintet (An Die Musik)
• Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra – Duke Ellington (Museum of Modern Art)
• Monty Alexander Trio (Blues Alley)
• Justin Mendez Quintet (Keystone Korner)
• Curtis Lundy Quintet feat. Bobby Watson (An Die Musik)
• Orrin Evans Quintet (Keystone Korner)
• Javier Nero Big Band (An Die Musik)
• Christian Sands Quartet (Keystone Korner)
• Paul Carr Quartet (Blues Alley)
• Sharón Clark (Keystone Korner)
• David Murray Quartet (Blues Alley)

July

• Justin Mendez Quintet (Keystone Korner)
• Jazz in July: Bill Charlap, Aaron Diehl, Isaiah J. Thompson and Caelan Cardello (92nd Street Y)
• Charles McPherson Quintet (Dizzy’s @ JALC)
• Obasi Akoto Trio (Mezzrow)
• Bobby Watson Quartet (Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society)
• George Cables Quintet feat. Terell Stafford (Stanford Jazz Festival)

August

• Mulgrew Miller Tribute (Dizzy’s @ JALC)
• Joe Farnsworth Trio (Smoke)
• David Weiss Sextet (Django)
• Greg Murphy Trio (Mezzrow)
• Cyrus Chestnut Trio (Blues Alley)
• Hart GP Quartet (An Die Musik)
• Bob Butta Trio (An Die Musik)
• Eric Williams Quintet (An Die Musik)
• Janelle Gill Trio (An Die Musik)
• Walt Weiskopf Quartet (An Die Musik)
• Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo Duo (An Die Musik)
• Swing City (Keystone Korner)
• Thad Wilson Quintet (Westminster Presbyterian Church)
• Jon Seligman Quartet (An Die Musik)
• DC Jazz Festival “Generations” Piano Summit feat. George Cables, Benny Green, Orrin Evans, Shamie Royston, and Hope Udobi (Arena Stage)

September

• Terell Stafford Quintet (South Jazz)
• Lafayette Harris, Jr. Quartet (Caton Castle)
• Mike LeDonne Sextet (Keystone Korner)
• Ulysses Owens, Jr. Quintet (Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society)
• Don Byron Quartet (Blues Alley)
• Paul Carr Quartet (Caton Castle)
• Tim Armacost Quintet (Blues Alley)

October

• Todd Marcus Orchestra (Keystone Korner)
• Paul Carr / Marshall Keys Quintet (Blues Alley)
• Ahmed Abdullah Quartet (An Die Musik)
• Paul Carr Quartet w/Roberta Gambarini (Blues Alley)
• Peter Bernstein, Larry Goldings & Bill Stewart (Keystone Korner)
• Andrea Brachfeld Quartet (Women’s Club Of Roland Park)
• DC Jazz Festival “Generations” Series I feat. Tia Fuller (Arena Stage)
• Bill Charlap Trio (Blues Alley)
• Artemis (Keystone Korner)
• Paul Carr Quartet w/Wycliffe Gordon (Blues Alley)
• DC Jazz Festival “Generations” Series II feat. Bobby Watson & Antonio Hart (Arena Stage)
• Charles Tolliver Big Band (Kennedy Center)
• Paul Carr Quartet w/Carmen Bradford (Blues Alley)
• DC Jazz Festival “Generations” Series III feat. Buster Williams & Lenny White (Arena Stage)
• Jon Faddis Quartet (Blues Alley)
• Russell Malone Quartet (Blues Alley)

November

• Larry Brown Quintet (Keystone Korner)
• DC Jazz Festival “Generations” Piano Summit IV: Kenny Barron (solo) (Arena Stage)
• Billy Harper Quintet (An Die Musik)
• Nasser Abadey Quintet (Blues Alley)
• D.D. Jackson Quartet feat. David Murray (Blues Alley)
• Pharoah Sanders Tribute feat. Norman Connors, Gary Bartz & Jean Carne (Keystone Korner)
• Baylor Project (Publick Playhouse)
• Ndlovu Choir (Keystone Korner)
• Howard University Big Band (Arena Stage)
• Brandon Sanders Quintet (Blues Alley)
• GP Hart Quintet feat. Alex Norris (An Die Musik)
• SOPAC Giant Of Jazz Concert, 2023 Honoree – Kenny Barron Reid (South Orange PAC)
• Elijah Jamal Balbed Quintet (An Die Musik)
• Mid-Atlantic Jazz Orchestra (Blues Alley)
• Nate Smith Quartet feat. Christian McBride (Keystone Korner)

December

• NPR’s A Jazz Piano Christmas feat. Hilario Durán, Melvis Santa & Alfredo Rodríguez (Kennedy Center)
• Blues Alley Youth Orchestra (Blues Alley)
• A Gospel Christmas feat. Robert E. Person (MetroStage@The Lyseum)
• Emmet Cohen Trio w/Houston Person (Keystone Korner)
• Ravi Coltrane Quartet (Keystone Korner)
• Samara Joy – A Joyful Holiday featuring the McLendon Family (Morgan State University)
• Tim Warfield’s Jazzy Christmas Holiday Gala (Jazzway 6004)
• Christian Sands Quartet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
• Countdown Festival Quintet I “The Cats” feat. George Coleman (Smoke)
• Kenny Barron Quintet I (Village Vanguard)
• Brent Birckhead Quintet (Keystone Korner)
• Carlos Henriquez Nonet (Dizzy’s@JALC)
• Countdown Festival Sextet II “Blue Train” feat. Eddie Henderson (Smoke)
• Miki Yamanaka Trio (Smalls)
• Countdown Festival Sextet III “Milestones” feat. Buster Williams & Al Foster (Smoke)
• Kenny Barron Quintet II (Village Vanguard)
• Jordan Williams Trio (Mezzrow)
• Joe Farnsworth All-Star Quintet (Chris’ Jazz)
• A Jazz New Year’s Eve w/Jazzmeia Horn & Her Noble Force Big Band (Kennedy Center)
• New Year’s Eve Jazz in the Hemingway Room feat. Herb Scott Quartet (Little Havana)