Giovanni Russonello's Profile

Giovanni Russonello

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.

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Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith to finish their national tour at CapitalBop's Traveling Loft
This Thursday: Riffin' with young piano maestro Aaron Diehl
NPR's 'Jazz Night in America' features the DC Jazz Loft: Go behind the scenes as we convert a warehouse into a theater
Reginald Cyntje's 'Spiritual Awakening:' uncanny band chemistry and brilliant compositions
Trio OOO's 'Days to Be Told:' The long-awaited debut of a powerhouse avant-garde trio
Remember that time in June when we turned an empty warehouse into jazz heaven? Watch this beautiful recap video
This Saturday, we're talking to the amazing alto saxophone experimentalist Darius Jones
Kamasi Washington at the Howard Theatre: Sounds of rampant freedom from a new jazz hero
CapitalBop Block Party at Capital Fringe: Marc Cary's Rhodes Ahead leads an innovative lineup on August 9!
DC Jazz Loft this Sunday: Introducing three new acts—Rochelle Rice, Jeron White & an all-star duo making its debut

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Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith to finish their national tour at CapitalBop's Traveling Loft

This Thursday: Riffin' with young piano maestro Aaron Diehl

NPR's 'Jazz Night in America' features the DC Jazz Loft: Go behind the scenes as we convert a warehouse into a theater

Reginald Cyntje's 'Spiritual Awakening:' uncanny band chemistry and brilliant compositions

Trio OOO's 'Days to Be Told:' The long-awaited debut of a powerhouse avant-garde trio

Remember that time in June when we turned an empty warehouse into jazz heaven? Watch this beautiful recap video

This Saturday, we're talking to the amazing alto saxophone experimentalist Darius Jones

Kamasi Washington at the Howard Theatre: Sounds of rampant freedom from a new jazz hero

CapitalBop Block Party at Capital Fringe: Marc Cary's Rhodes Ahead leads an innovative lineup on August 9!

DC Jazz Loft this Sunday: Introducing three new acts—Rochelle Rice, Jeron White & an all-star duo making its debut