The top 5 D.C. jazz albums of 2024
This year, the DC Jazz Festival marked 20 years of service and the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival hit 15 —...
Category: Album reviews
On ‘everything at once,’ hypnotic trio Dream Feeder builds a world of gentle nurturing
You could be forgiven for drifting off at Dream Feeder’s record release show this past Tuesday night at Rhizome....
CapitalBop’s best D.C. jazz albums of 2023
For the past few years, our introduction to this annual tradition has followed a familiar theme: It’s been a...
CapitalBop’s best D.C. jazz albums of 2022
It has been a difficult year, by all accounts, but on the D.C. music scene it’s also been a...
The best D.C. jazz albums of 2022 (so far)
Summer is drawing to a close, and the fall arts season is nearly upon us. So, as concerts blossom...
Best D.C. Jazz Albums of 2021
This has been a tough year, with just a few false starts of hope sprinkled in. We’re ending it...
Best D.C. Jazz Albums of 2020
Over the past 10 years on the D.C. jazz scene, we’ve seen venues come and go. We’ve seen elders...
Hear these four just-released D.C. jazz albums
Fall 2020: We’re rounding the seventh month of a generation-defining pandemic; U.S. social and political tensions are coming to...
On new album, the Joshua Espinoza Trio ‘Journeys’ from nostalgia to discovery
[ai1ec post_id=”129722″ view=”agenda”] From the very first track, it’s clear that the Baltimorean pianist Joshua Espinoza’s recent release is...
On ‘Gunn’s Ablazin’,’ trombonist Shannon Gunn proves to be a deft arranger and emotional communicator
Trombonist Shannon Gunn might be one of the most imaginative arrangers on the D.C. jazz scene. Case in point:...