Category Archives: General Discussion

Here’s a compilation edition of our bi-weekly jazz trivia show Jazzology, all episodes available on www.savagecontent.com:

4_WashHist_Spr2014_Brower-2.pdf Bill Brower Notes from a keen observer and scene maker INTERVIEW BY WILLARD JENKINS For the past forty-plus years jazz historian Bill Brower, a native of Toledo, Ohio, has been a true D.C. jazz community renaissance man. He has … Continue reading →

At least up until the weather gods intruded upon the National Weather Service with lightening advisories, one of the more eagerly-anticipated sets on our schedule for DC JazzFest 2024 was our slated Saturday evening closing set with NEA Jazz Master … Continue reading →

When drummer-composer-bandleader-educator-activist NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington set out to right a historic wrong – i.e. the sad and ongoing lack of recognition for women’s compositions as vehicles of jazz expressions, she craftily went about assembling a vehicle for … Continue reading →

By now you’ve likely seen the clip of Vice President and presidential nominee Kamala Harris exiting a DC record store with an armful of Lp purchases, notably including several jazz releases, among them Charles Mingus and Roy Ayers. The story … Continue reading →