Turn down the heat and turn up the jazz! 🍂 Seven new titles from our 2025 #OriginalJazzClassics series are on the way, serving as a snapshot of jazz masters honing their voices in intimate after-hours settings. This latest installment of jazz essentials includes the effortless Jazz Mood from Yusef Lateef, a two-session release of Jazz Message #2 from Hank Mobley, and titles from Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Wes Montgomery, Thad Jones, and the Red Garland Quintet. All albums have been remastered a

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: In collaboration with DC Jazz Festival Baritone saxophone specialist Leigh Pilzer brings her all-star quartet featuring Allyn Johnson on piano, Amy Shook on bass, and Greg Holloway on drums to the Millennium Stage in collaboration with the DC Jazz Festival. The program features audience favorites from Leigh’s most recent release “Beatin’ the Odds” along with new compositions. Each of the members of the group is a jazz luminary in their own right. Collectively, t

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: A collaboration with DC Jazz Festival Jazz guitarist, bassist, composer, and director Joshua Bayer has performed at venues such as the Kennedy Center, The Detroit Opera House, Blues Alley, The Harlem Renaissance Festival, The World Jazz Festival, The Phillips Collection, The Contemporary Theater Festival, The One Step Down, New York Museum Of Modern Art, National Public Radio, and Philadelphia’s Chris’s Jazz Café. Besides being featured on BET on Jazz and perfor