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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Looking back on three enchanted nights at the warehouse: Thundercat, AACM at 50 and a Trio of Trios
CapitalBop's 5th annual DC Jazz Loft Series: Thundercat at the Warehouse, AACM at 50 + a Trio of Trios from Baltimore!
We'll be Riffin' with Lena Seikaly before her Billie Holiday show this Saturday; enter to win tickets!
HOT 5 @ HILL CENTER: Our new series of free outdoor shows on Sunday evenings—all summer long!
Two's better than one: Bobby Muncy and Bobby Jasinski lead innovative bands, plus poetry from Karega Bailey
Greg Tate on Burnt Sugar, Afrofuturism and Black music's 'maroon spaces'
CapitalBop at the Funk Parade: Three dance-inducing bands on U Street, this Saturday afternoon
This Sunday: The DC Jazz Loft welcomes three of this city's trend-setters: Donvonte McCoy, Eliot Seppa & Allen Jones
Track premiere: 'I Can't Stand the Rain,' by Akua Allrich, feat. Nicholas Payton
This Sunday, Lafayette Gilchrist's New Volcanoes debut the Go-Go Suite at our Traveling Loft—plus Allyn Johnson Trio! (VIDEO)

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Looking back on three enchanted nights at the warehouse: Thundercat, AACM at 50 and a Trio of Trios

CapitalBop's 5th annual DC Jazz Loft Series: Thundercat at the Warehouse, AACM at 50 + a Trio of Trios from Baltimore!

We'll be Riffin' with Lena Seikaly before her Billie Holiday show this Saturday; enter to win tickets!

HOT 5 @ HILL CENTER: Our new series of free outdoor shows on Sunday evenings—all summer long!

Two's better than one: Bobby Muncy and Bobby Jasinski lead innovative bands, plus poetry from Karega Bailey

Greg Tate on Burnt Sugar, Afrofuturism and Black music's 'maroon spaces'

CapitalBop at the Funk Parade: Three dance-inducing bands on U Street, this Saturday afternoon

This Sunday: The DC Jazz Loft welcomes three of this city's trend-setters: Donvonte McCoy, Eliot Seppa & Allen Jones

Track premiere: 'I Can't Stand the Rain,' by Akua Allrich, feat. Nicholas Payton

This Sunday, Lafayette Gilchrist's New Volcanoes debut the Go-Go Suite at our Traveling Loft—plus Allyn Johnson Trio! (VIDEO)