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Video | Café Nema’s swan song
The view from just outside the window as musicians jam at Café Nema on Sunday, the final night of music at this storied club. Giovanni Russonello/CapitalBop by Giovanni Russonello It’s often said that...
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Video | From the D.C. Jazz Loft
The Elliott Levin Trio jams at the D.C. Jazz Loft on Dec. 5. Kyoko Takenaka/CapitalBop by Giovanni Russonello Invite a broad array of D.C.’s greatest jazz players into a cozy studio nestled in the...
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Video | The Brian Settles Trio blows your mind, and other highlights from...
Saxophonist Brian Settles debuted a new trio, featuring Tarus Mateen and Tiacoh Sadia, at the last D.C. Jazz Loft, drawing an exuberant response. Carlyle V. Smith/CapitalBop by Giovanni Russonello and...
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Video | HR-57 reopens on H Street
Jimmy "Junebug" Jackson sits in on vocals with the Antonio Parker Quartet at HR-57's reopening. Giovanni Russonello/CapitalBop by Ed Stansbury and Giovanni Russonello After 18 years on 14th Street NW...
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Video | Our campaign to fund the D.C. Jazz Loft Series is down to the wire;...
The Kickstarter campaign to help us bring innovative jazz shows to D.C. going down to the wire. by Giovanni Russonello and Luke Stewart As you might have noticed, next month will bring CapitalBop’s...
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Video | D.C. Jazz Composers Collective hits the studio for first recording
Members of the Bobby Muncy Quintet, shown here at the first D.C. Jazz Loft, have formed the D.C. Jazz Composers Collective. Giovanni Russonello/CapitalBop by Giovanni Russonello The D.C. Jazz Composers...
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Video | D.C. Jazz Loft Series preview: Nasheet Waits discusses the Tarbaby...
Nasheet Waits will perform with Tarbaby this weekend at CapitalBop's D.C. Jazz Loft Series. Courtesy Bob Doran/flickr by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board We’re just two days away from the DC Jazz...
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Video | D.C. Jazz Loft Series preview: Todd Marcus on his nine-piece band &...
Todd Marcus will play at the D.C. Jazz Loft Series' opening show tomorrow. Carlyle V. Smith/CapitalBop by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Tomorrow, Todd Marcus, Baltimore’s undersung bass clarinet...
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Video | Jazz Loft MegaFest preview: Marc Cary breaks down Cosmic Indigenous’s...
Marc Cary, left, with Igmar Thomas and Awa Sangho of Cosmic Indigenous, shown here performing at Winter Jazzfest. Jati Lindsay/CapitalBop by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The D.C. Jazz Loft...
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News | Rosslyn Jazz Festival’s breathtaking lineup includes Joshua Redman,...
Joshua Redman performs this weekend at the Rosslyn Jazz Festival in Gateway Park. Courtesy @Siebe!/flickr by Luke Stewart Editorial board Now in its 22nd year, the Rosslyn Jazz Festival has developed...
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Video | D.C. Jazz Loft Series highlight reel, feat. Karriem Riggins, ERIMAJ,...
Scroll down for the video. by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board For three balmy days this past June, a vast array of D.C. music fans came together around some of the most far-reaching, cutting-edge...
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Video | D.C. Jazz Loft Series highlight reel, feat. Karriem Riggins, ERIMAJ,...
Scroll down for the video.by Giovanni Russonello Editorial boardFor three balmy days this past June, a wide variety of D.C. music fans came together around some of the most far-reaching, cutting-edge...
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Introducing CB Sessions: Marc Cary on chasing that go-go groove
Next Friday, Marc Cary brings his danceable electric band Rhodes Ahead to the lot at 10th and Florida, for CapitalBop’s Block Party at the DC Jazz Festival. So we thought it was a perfect time to sit...
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Video Recap: Three Days of Improvisation, Experimentation and Surprise at the...
At CapitalBop’s DC Jazz Festival shows this June, the crowds were packed-in, the music was bristling, and the air was charged. Our DC Jazz Loft Series kicked off with a Three-Piano Cutting Contest at...
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CapitalBop’s 5th annual DC Jazz Loft Series: Thundercat at the Warehouse,...
We love hearing music in jazz clubs. Big arts centers can provide pristine sound and book fabulous artists. But at the DC Jazz Festival this month, we’re doing things a little differently: We’re...
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Remember that time in June when we turned an empty warehouse into jazz...
We’re in the season of the best-of lists, when everyone’s trying to wrap their minds around all that’s happened over these very eventful past 12 months. Here in CapitalBop land, it’s been a remarkably...
View ArticleWatch Reginald Cyntje’s all-star quartet play ‘Araminta’ at our Spotlight...
We were thrilled and honored to present Reginald Cyntje, the great trombonist and composer, as our first Spotlight artist-in-residence this August. Cyntje showcased new, original music alongside three...
View ArticleWatch the Elijah Jamal Balbed Quartet perform ‘Washington Hospital Center’ at...
Our second-ever Spotlight artist-in-residence was Elijah Jamal Balbed, a prolific young voice on the tenor saxophone in D.C. Balbed showcased new, original music alongside three different ensembles...
View ArticleWatch Sarah Marie Hughes perform at our Spotlight Residency
Our Spotlight artist-in-residence in October was Sarah Marie Hughes, a daring alto saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist who is emerging as an important leader on the DMV’s creative music scene....
View ArticleWatch Elijah Easton blow the roof off our pop-up U Street jazz club
Our Spotlight artist-in-residence in January was the powerhouse tenor saxophonist Elijah Easton. He performed two shows with two different versions of his hard-hitting standards trio, who are known for...
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