Live Jazz in Washington, D.C.

Saxophonist Elijah Jamal Balbed was born and raised in Silver Spring and is a consummate student of the D.C. music scene: He’s equally comfortable blowing some burnished, buoyant hard-bop as he is grooving in the pocket of a go-go band. He can often be found leading groups of some of the other younger statesman of D.C. jazz through originals and standards that swing just right. He can usually be found every Thursday night leading the house band at Bossa Bistro with Andrew Musselman on bass and Jon Modell on percussion. Guests from across the D.C. jazz scene and spectrum sit in each week.

Saxophonist Elijah Jamal Balbed was born and raised in Silver Spring and is a consummate student of the D.C. music scene: He’s equally comfortable blowing some burnished, buoyant hard-bop as he is grooving in the pocket of a go-go band. He can often be found leading groups of some of the other younger statesman of D.C. jazz through originals and standards that swing just right. He can usually be found every Thursday night leading the house band at Bossa Bistro with Andrew Musselman on bass and Jon Modell on percussion. Guests from across the D.C. jazz scene and spectrum sit in each week.

Saxophonist Elijah Jamal Balbed was born and raised in Silver Spring and is a consummate student of the D.C. music scene: He’s equally comfortable blowing some burnished, buoyant hard-bop as he is grooving in the pocket of a go-go band. He can often be found leading groups of some of the other younger statesman of D.C. jazz through originals and standards that swing just right. He can usually be found every Thursday night leading the house band at Bossa Bistro with Andrew Musselman on bass and Jon Modell on percussion. Guests from across the D.C. jazz scene and spectrum sit in each week.

Saxophonist Elijah Jamal Balbed was born and raised in Silver Spring and is a consummate student of the D.C. music scene: He’s equally comfortable blowing some burnished, buoyant hard-bop as he is grooving in the pocket of a go-go band. He can often be found leading groups of some of the other younger statesman of D.C. jazz through originals and standards that swing just right. He can usually be found every Thursday night leading the house band at Bossa Bistro with Andrew Musselman on bass and Jon Modell on percussion. Guests from across the D.C. jazz scene and spectrum sit in each week.

Saxophonist Elijah Jamal Balbed was born and raised in Silver Spring and is a consummate student of the D.C. music scene: He’s equally comfortable blowing some burnished, buoyant hard-bop as he is grooving in the pocket of a go-go band. He can often be found leading groups of some of the other younger statesman of D.C. jazz through originals and standards that swing just right. He can usually be found every Thursday night leading the house band at Bossa Bistro with Andrew Musselman on bass and Jon Modell on percussion. Guests from across the D.C. jazz scene and spectrum sit in each week.