Mary Halvorson Octet, Brandee Younger Trio and Odean Pope’s Saxophone Choir: the 7th annual DC Jazz Loft Series at the DC JazzFest
And … we’re back. CapitalBop is thrilled to be presenting three of the most exciting artists in jazz today...
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Michael Formanek’s renowned Ensemble Kolossus headlines our next Traveling Loft
True to its name, Michael Formanek’s 19-piece Ensemble Kolossus makes music of enormous scope. But it’s also intricate and...
Donny McCaslin on working with David Bowie, and playing the saxophone with open ears
I heard Donny McCaslin live for the first time this December, at the taping of his Tiny Desk Concert...
At our next Traveling Loft, Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble presents the Afrofuturist suite ‘Mandorla Awakening’
We’re thrilled to continue our quarterly Traveling Loft series by presenting one of today’s most important and prolific musicians:...
3rd annual Jazz and Freedom Festival: D.C.’s jazz greats join together in a benefit for WPFW
Jazz and social justice go hand-in-hand. That much is made clear by the work of so many of D.C.’s...
Christie Dashiell’s ‘Time All Mine’
Christie Dashiell’s Time All Mine is a smooth melding of the old and new. On her debut solo album,...
Mark G. Meadows’ ‘To the People’
On the title track of his third album, To the People, the pianist and vocalist Mark G. Meadows sings,...
David Schulman and Quiet Life Motel’s ‘Anhinga’
The role of the violin in contemporary music has always been challenging. Achieving virtuosity on it is one thing,...
Dwayne Adell’s ‘The Periodic Table of Tonal Elements’
Simply put, Dwayne Adell is genius. A true and singular genius, unlike any other person alive. He is a...
CapitalBop’s best D.C. jazz albums of 2016
D.C.’s jazz scene has long been a bastion of straight-ahead tradition, but these days it’s quickly expanding its definitions...