CapitalBop’s guide to the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival
For the last decade, the D.C. jazz educator and saxophonist Paul Carr has run the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, a...
Tag: DC
How Stuff Smith’s favorite violin came back to D.C.
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon “Stuff” Smith was the life of any party he ever walked into. He loved a crazy...
Announcing CapitalBop’s spring ’19 season: Carla Bley, Nate Wooley, Ben Wendel, Angelica Sanchez and much more
At CapitalBop, we’re dedicated to making sure 2019 is a banner year for jazz in D.C. We’ve got a...
At the DC Jazz Loft this Sunday, catch Marshall Keys and Nik Francis
Last month’s DC Jazz Loft was a die-hards-only affair: Amidst the worst blizzard of the winter thus far, Brian...
Patrick Jarenwattananon joins CapitalBop as managing editor
Maybe you’ve noticed: These days, CapitalBop is in the midst of some serious growth as an organization. Our new...
Stories of love and resistance fuel Reginald Cyntje’s latest release, ‘Rise of the Protester’
Reginald Cyntje, it seems, was meant to play the trombone. When he raises the horn to his lips, he...
Westminster Presbyterian, D.C.’s jazz church, celebrates 20 years of connecting music, body and spirit
In Hebrews 10:24-25, Saint Paul the Apostle writes, “And let us consider how we may spur one another on...
What we can learn from the loss of a beloved U Street jazz gig
Walking down the street, you hear a saxophone blazing full-throttle and you see the drummer in the window, giving...
Elijah Easton is unstoppable. Catch him at our next Spotlight Residency.
Virtually every Tuesday night in 2018, a tiny, dimly lit room at the corner of 9th and U Streets...
Join us at the 2019 Jazz and Freedom Festival for a full day of music and movement-building
The 4th Jazz and Freedom Festival Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 Doors 4 p.m. — Panel Discussion 4:30 — Music...