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Guitarist Evgeny Pobozhiy wins the 2019 Herbie Hancock jazz competition

Guitarist Evgeny Pobozhiy, 30, was declared the winner of the 2019 Herbie Hancock International Jazz Competition on Tuesday at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater.  He beat out two other finalists — hometown favorite Max Light of Bethesda, Md., who came in second, and Cecil Alexander of Muskegon, Mich. — as well as nine other competitors […]
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The Month in Shows
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5 December D.C. jazz picks

Happy holidays! The holiday-themed concert season is upon us, and familiar faces and beloved traditions return to the District over the next four weeks. Next week, trombonist and big bandleader Eric Felten presents his annual re-creation of The Nutcracker — that is, the Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington suite based on the Tchaikovsky ballet. Trumpeter […]
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The restaurant Harlot DC is now open in the Bohemian Caverns building

Harlot DC, one of two new ventures to be housed in the historic Bohemian Caverns building, is now open. The bar and burger restaurant formally started operating in October as part of the new five-year lease on the building at 11th and U Streets NW; Harlot occupies the ground floor. Mama ‘San, the venue name […]
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CapitalBop offers a variety of programs that enrich the city’s vibrant jazz community, and build a diverse audience. Our work spans outside-the-box concert presentations, various music-education programs, and award-winning journalistic coverage of the D.C. jazz scene.   COVID-19 RESPONSE D.C. JAZZ CALENDAR + LISTINGS DC JAZZ LOFT SPOTLIGHT ARTIST RESIDENCY TRAVELING LOFT CAPITALBOP AT THE […]
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Bass clarinet specialist Todd Marcus plays small ball with new ‘Trio+’ album

The Baltimorean bass clarinetist Todd Marcus has become known for going big. His albums for nonet, 2006’s In Pursuit of the 9th Man and 2015’s Blues for Tahrir, presented lush and complex pieces with broad global and sociopolitical overtones. He frequently writes music inspired by his father’s Egyptian heritage, and intertwines his passion for community […]
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A new Nat King Cole boxed set contains a piece of D.C. music history

A just-released boxed set of music from the early career of Nat King Cole reveals that he once wrote and recorded a song dedicated to a D.C. nightclub owner. “The Romany Room Is Jumping,” which that had never previously released commercially, appears on Hittin’ The Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943), a new collection of the […]
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Interviews
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Simone Baron is out to make ‘genre-fluid’ music

I first met Simone Baron just a few weeks ago, at the Wednesday night jam session at Mr. Henry’s on Capitol Hill. I remember being surprised to see her soloing on accordion, an instrument I’d never associated with jazz music. She was warm and friendly when we were introduced, and this being the close-knit D.C. […]
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The Month in Shows
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5 November D.C. jazz picks

There are five gigs with a CapitalBop starred pick on our D.C. Jazz Calendar for Nov. 1; if that’s not a good omen for this month in shows, I don’t know what is. And the music keeps coming. Looking ahead, soul-jazz classicist Delvon Lamarr brings his organ trio to Blues Alley on Nov. 6, and pianist […]
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