Jazz percussion faculty artist Nasar Abadey was named Artist of the Year, Best Drummer, and Best Small Ensemble in Washington City Paper‘s “The Jazzies: D.C.’s Best Jazz in 2015.” Michael J. West writes that a November appearance at Bohemian Caverns by Mr. Abadey, “a civic treasure,” “was the most transcendent set of live music that this writer saw this year in D.C.” The Best Drummer Category also features C.V. Dashiell and Savannah Grace Harris, and the Best Small Ensemble category features Mr. Abadey’s Supernova. Read the full article here.