I’m not sure what to think about this article, but I saw Marcus Johnson play at Twins Jazz down on U Street (by far my favorite jazz venue in DC – the space is intimate, the admission prices reasonable, and the style of jazz tends more frequently to be my preferred style) and he was absolutely amazing.

The piano is far from being my favorite jazz instrument, but that article gets it right about his solos stopping everybody in wonder.

When I saw him, he was had never played with the rest of the quartet – he was filling in, as it were. But he slipped right in and read his bandmates beautifully and when he started his solo, the other musicians could only stand awe-inspired.

Not sure what I think about this wine thing, though.