Named for the 1959 Miles Davis classic from Kind of Blue, “All Blues” is a new work by the distinguished playwright Robert Earl Price based on the story of a white newspaper reporter who traveled through the South in 1948 as a black man. The production is a collaboration between the Washington College Department of Drama and the Atlanta, Ga. theater company 7 Stages.
The 2011 Washington College Riverfront Concert Series concluded with an evening of blues, jazz, and swing, courtesy of one of Washington, D.C.’s hottest duos, the Blue Rhythm Boys. Blending the blues with the “hot club” swing of Django Reinhardt, the Blue Rhythm Boys have delighted audiences with their tight vocals and hot guitar playing since 1997. Tom Mitchell and Jim Stephanson’s smoky mix of jazz and blues has won them a wide following, and a recent spot on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation with Neal Conan. Each of the two has also established an impressive career on his own.
Gnatcatchers are small birds with long slender tails. They eat mostly insects, and are constantly moving around. Most gnatcatchers are Neotropic residents, but the Blue Gray Gnatcatcher is migratory.