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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.
Interview | DeJohnette, Lovano, Spalding and Genovese arrive on Saturday with the Spring Quartet
Riffin' with Don Byron, king of the clarinet and preacher of jazz's New Gospel
Interview | Christie Dashiell, D.C.'s next-generation jazz diva, on her musical inspirations
Weekend in Jazz | 1.24-1.26: Christian Scott aTunde Adjah and the Afro-Bop Alliance light up U Street
Audio | Poets reflect on the legacy of Amiri Baraka, lyrical warrior and preeminent jazz historian
Weekend in Jazz | 1.17-1.19: Westminster Presbyterian celebrates 15 years on the scene
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Weekend in Jazz | 1.10-1.12: Jazz and comedy, Ralph Peterson's drum dynamism & the D.C. Jazz Loft
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Weekend in Jazz | 1.3-1.5: Heidi Martin's tribute to Abbey Lincoln; a surplus of sax talent