D.C.’s best records of 2012: The Top 5
This year, the District’s jazz scene saw recordings from a number of outstanding musicians — people ranging from classic...
Category: Album reviews
Album review | Blake Meister’s Septagon
by Luke Stewart Editorial board The bassist Blake Meister has been a rising star on the D.C. jazz scene...
Album review | Paul Carr’s Standard Domain
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Educators ought to have strong foundational beliefs, but pliable sensitivities. The robust tenor and...
Album review | Janel & Anthony’s Where Is Home
Janel & Anthony is not a jazz group. Janel & Anthony is not an indie-rock band. They are not...
Album review | Elijah Jamal Balbed’s Checking In
by Luke Stewart Editorial board The young tenor titan Elijah Jamal Balbed has finally released an album as a...
Album review | Chad Carter’s Let Me Love You
by Luke Stewart Editorial board Among vocalists in D.C., Chad Carter is one of the hardest working. In addition...
D.C.’s best records of 2012, Honorable Mention
This year, the D.C. jazz scene saw the (hopefully temporary) loss of one of U Street’s main jazz havens...
Album review | Tommy Cecil & Bill Mays’s Side By Side: Sondheim Duos
by John Cook CapitalBop contributor Side By Side: Sondheim Duos is an enjoyable project that applies considerable sensitivity to...
Album review | Veronneau’s Jazz Samba Project
by Sriram Gopal CapitalBop columnist In 1962, Washington, D.C. played host to a watershed moment in jazz history. Famed...
Album review | The Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra’s A Bohemian Christmas, Vol. 1
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra, D.C.’s only resident big band, has been around for...