Weekend in Jazz | 11.15-11.17: Sounds glide in from Cuba, India and the annals of jazz’s past
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board A couple of very different tributes to famous jazz figures are coming to clubs...
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Interview | Omar Sosa discusses putting a personal spin on Miles Davis’ landmark record, Kind of Blue
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The Cuban pianist Omar Sosa’s latest album is called Eggún, or “spirit of the...
Watch music videos and talk shop with the great Steve Lehman, part of CapitalBop’s Riffin’ series
There’s an overflowing handful — you might say a full, high-contrast musical suite — of reasons to go check...
Weekend in Jazz | 10.8-10.10: The Bandwagon rolls in, D.C. Jazz Loft gets a new home & much more
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board You’ve heard about Jason Moran — the feature in the New Yorker, the chatter...
Show announcement | The D.C. Jazz Loft settles in at Union Arts on Sunday: DIY digs, killer lineup
CapitalBop’s D.C. Jazz Loft has a new home, and it’s a lot like our very first venue: cozy, DIY,...
Interview | NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri on the ‘concentrated power’ of his Latin Jazz Septet
What’s the first thing you notice about Eddie Palmieri’s music? Is it the rugged flow of his percussionists, who...
Weekend in Jazz | 11.1-11.3: Curtis Fuller’s Brasstet, Eddie Palmieri’s Latin septet & Christian McBride
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The straight-ahead trombonist Curtis Fuller and the Latin pianist/bandleader Eddie Palmieri — two NEA...
Join CapitalBop for a free Black Radio 2 listening party, featuring live Q&A with Robert Glasper
On the same stage where Stevie Wonder recently turned up for a surprise cameo at his own tribute show,...
Weekend in Jazz | 10.25-10.27: Avant-garde heroes, a young vocal master & Mulgrew memorial shows
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board When an artist whose position in the avant-garde jazz pantheon is already secure presents...
Cécile McLorin Salvant, a strong and exacting young virtuoso, finds treasure in the attic
When time gets in between things, its rivers stretching out like highways, ideas or experiences that might present themselves rather...