‘New Sounds, New Energies’: Transparent Productions kicks off its 25th season
“Sundays at Seven at the Caverns.” In recent years, that phrase had been a rallying cry and a sound...
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The DC Jazz Festival is back. Here’s a guide to what’s on.
The 2021 DC Jazz Festival kicks off on Wednesday at the Swedish Embassy — 18 months after D.C. first...
Jazz Night is back at Westminster Presbyterian Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church, known as D.C.’s “Jazz Church,” plans to resume its beloved Friday concert series, Jazz Night in...
D.C.’s jazz scene is coming back to life. Here’s where to find it.
Editor’s note: this article is from 2021 and is no longer updated. Please refer to the full DC jazz...
With her new book, millennial D.C. historian Briana Thomas aims to tell the ‘full story’ of U Street
For much of the 20th century, U Street was known as “Black Broadway,” a mecca of Black cultural life...
Photo collection aims to make a century of D.C. jazz history ‘personal’
Editor’s note: In recognition of Jazz Appreciation Month, CapitalBop is publishing a series of articles throughout April on books...
Remembering Aaron Martin Jr., a saxophonist with an unending commitment to the music
Editor’s note: Aaron Martin, a saxophonist who had been an important part of the D.C. jazz scene for decades...
Rachel Winder finds ‘Freedom’ in the midst of struggle
On a chilly, clear-skied February morning in Baltimore City, the young composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Rachel Winder was holed...
Washington Women in Jazz Festival, One of the Pandemic’s First Casualties, Makes Its Return
For many D.C.-area musicians, the cancellation of last year’s Washington Women in Jazz Festival (WWJF) came as a surprise....
Blues Alley is searching for a new home — but it’s not going out of business
This is the “and then there was one” moment for the D.C. jazz community: After a year of closures...