Giovanni Russonello

Giovanni Russonello

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A co-founder of CapitalBop, Giovanni Russonello has also served as a music writer and critic for the New York Times. He teaches writing as a lecturer at New York University's School of Professional Studies and hosts a weekly radio show on WPFW 89.3 FM on Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m. He is currently at work on a biography of Gil Scott-Heron. Reach Giovanni at [email protected]. Read him at giovannirussonello.tumblr.com or nytimes.com/by/giovanni-russonello.

Author Archives: Giovanni Russonello

Show announcement | Elijah Jamal Balbed, Tim Whalen & Amy K. Bormet at the D.C. Jazz Loft

This Sunday we’re back with the March edition of the D.C. Jazz Loft, and it features three artists we’ve...

March 5, 2014 0

Weekend in Jazz | 2.21-2.23: The Intersections Fest builds bridges & Kris Funn sets the Store ablaze

The Atlas Peforming Arts Center’s Intersections Festival aims to eliminate the gulfs between different musical genres, and as a...

February 21, 2014 0

Weekend in Jazz | 2.14-2.16: Valentine’s jazz and the jam-packed Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival

Editorial board This Friday night, the clubs are bounding with Valentine’s Day specials. Check out Irene Jalenti at Twins...

February 14, 2014 0

Weekend in Jazz | 2.7-2.9: The jazz loft premiers new acts; Kenny Garrett headlines at Blues Alley

Editorial board This is your weekend to discover something new. The February edition of the D.C. Jazz Loft is...

February 7, 2014 0

Show announcement | Introducing three groups you need to hear at this Sunday’s D.C. Jazz Loft

This Sunday we’re excited to present a fabulous lineup of local artists on the rise — they’re all playing around...

February 5, 2014 0

Weekend in Jazz | 1.31-2.2: Tootie Heath sets his tempo, and avant-garde documentaries abound

Editorial board Albert “Tootie” Heath hasn’t just played with the masters — he’s one of them. Since the 1950s,...

January 31, 2014 0

Interview | DeJohnette, Lovano, Spalding and Genovese arrive on Saturday with the Spring Quartet

I was talking to Esperanza Spalding in late 2011 about her soon-to-be-released album, Radio Music Society, when she mentioned...

January 30, 2014 0

Riffin’ with Don Byron, king of the clarinet and preacher of jazz’s New Gospel

Let’s be honest: You getting tired of all these jazz projects that claim to combine bop with some distant...

January 29, 2014 1

Interview | Christie Dashiell, D.C.’s next-generation jazz diva, on her musical inspirations

The vocalist Christie Dashiell, 25, has completed much for a musician her age. You might recognize her face from...

January 28, 2014 0

Weekend in Jazz | 1.24-1.26: Christian Scott aTunde Adjah and the Afro-Bop Alliance light up U Street

Editorial board The prodigious young trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjah — a comfortable amalgamator of jazz, hip-hop, rock and...

January 24, 2014 0

CapitalBop,Inc, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting, presenting and preserving jazz in Washington, D.C. Founded in 2010 and run by young cultural organizers and musicians, CapitalBop grows audiences and builds community around jazz because we believe it is important to the city’s historic identity as well as its contemporary culture. CapitalBop.com is an online magazine and resource designed to help everyone from newcomers to diehards connect with the city’s thriving live jazz scene and musicians. We present grassroots shows that unite diverse audiences while showcasing jazz in nontraditional, outside-the-box scenarios. Our emerging education program seeks to connect D.C.’s great teaching artists with children across the city, helping them access their own creativity by tapping them into the rich cultural legacy of their hometown.