Weekend Zoot Suit: ENGAGE
February 14, 2011 11:37 AM Subscribe
My lady friend and I will be in DC this coming weekend (the 18th to 21st), which DC jazz club should we go to?
We both have been to DC often (and I lived there for a few years), so we know the Beltway relatively well. However, like many other DC young professionals, I was a workaholic and did not have much time to hit up the local music scene.
Are there any particular bands playing this weekend that I absolutely can not miss? This is mostly a social trip (to see friends) so places that are good for small groups (5-8 people) a bonus. As is DC proper or NoVA, we'd rather not trek into Maryland unless it is something extra special.
Easy Metro access obviously a bonus (but not necessary, we have transport, though I hate driving in DC).
We both have been to DC often (and I lived there for a few years), so we know the Beltway relatively well. However, like many other DC young professionals, I was a workaholic and did not have much time to hit up the local music scene.
Are there any particular bands playing this weekend that I absolutely can not miss? This is mostly a social trip (to see friends) so places that are good for small groups (5-8 people) a bonus. As is DC proper or NoVA, we'd rather not trek into Maryland unless it is something extra special.
Easy Metro access obviously a bonus (but not necessary, we have transport, though I hate driving in DC).
Damn I was going to recommend Hr-57 but the new location is not open yet I guess.
Columbia Station is pretty ok if you want to brave the scary adam's morgan crowds.
Do NOT go to Blues Alley in my opinion.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 12:18 PM on February 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
Columbia Station is pretty ok if you want to brave the scary adam's morgan crowds.
Do NOT go to Blues Alley in my opinion.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 12:18 PM on February 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Check out DC Jazz for listings. This weekend is the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, but that is in Maryland. Friday nights at Westminster are worth considering and are done by 9PM, so you can still make it somewhere else later. I agree with Potomac Avenue about the frustration that HR-57 hasn't opened yet...
posted by jindc at 12:45 PM on February 14, 2011
posted by jindc at 12:45 PM on February 14, 2011
Best answer: Twins - friendly, intimate club run by genuinely hospitable folks devoted to jazz. Friday and Saturday they're hosting the Lawrence Clark Quintet (myspace). It's a ten minute walk from the U St. / Cardozo Metro stop.
Clark is best known as a longtime sideman to Rashied Ali, but is also a talented leader.
posted by ryanshepard at 1:19 PM on February 14, 2011
Clark is best known as a longtime sideman to Rashied Ali, but is also a talented leader.
posted by ryanshepard at 1:19 PM on February 14, 2011
Response by poster: Awesome, thank you all! (Keep them coming!)
posted by thebestsophist at 3:47 PM on February 14, 2011
posted by thebestsophist at 3:47 PM on February 14, 2011
What did you end up doing?
posted by ryanshepard at 9:25 AM on March 9, 2011
posted by ryanshepard at 9:25 AM on March 9, 2011
Response by poster: Because of the weather (winds an brushfires closing parts of 95? goodness), we ended up stuck away from town Saturday night and spent the evening with friends in Virginia, but we had planned to head to Twins.
posted by thebestsophist at 3:31 PM on March 14, 2011
posted by thebestsophist at 3:31 PM on March 14, 2011
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posted by phrontist at 12:06 PM on February 14, 2011