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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.
CapitalBop teams up with the Funk Parade for a big outdoor concert this Saturday
Duke Ellington's 115th birthday with Terry Teachout, author of Duke: A Life (AUDIO)
4.25-4.27: Straight-ahead masters, a tribute to Charles Mingus & more
4.18-4.20: Jazz's top brass at Blues Alley, plus young D.C. sax star Braxton Cook
4.11-4.13: Blues Alley's piano week brings Cyrus; guitar focus at Levine Music
Lena Seikaly, Dan Roberts & Lenny Robinson at the April D.C. Jazz Loft
4.4-4.6: Mining the divide between art forms, plus two great jazz vocalists
3.28-3.30: Jon Batiste, Sunny Jain, Kris Funn, Mickey Bass and much more
This Sunday: One Mic festival's panel on jazz and hip-hop, featuring Derrick Hodge
3.21-3.23: Washington Women in Jazz Fest finale, Amiri Baraka tribute & more