Washington City Paper

Swing Beat: D.C. Artists Have Made Some of the Year’s Best Jazz Albums

Your humble columnist has been felled. On June 7, coming home from a concert by D.C.-born, Baltimore-based pianist Lafayette Gilchrist, this writer was in a rib- and collarbone-shattering accident ...
Washington City Paper

Swing Beat: Paul Carr Replaces Fred Irby III as Director of the Howard University Jazz Ensemble

Fred Irby III, the beloved longtime director of the Howard University Jazz Ensemble, was preparing to step down from the job after 50 years when he talked with Swing Beat in April 2023. It didn’t ...