Interview | Flip Barnes: From the musical melting pot of 1970s D.C. to an experimental present
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board If you keep your ear to the ground on some of D.C.’s most outside-the-box...
Tag: jazz
SPECIAL GIVEAWAY: Wayne Escoffery, a gentle giant of the sax, with Jeremy Pelt at Blues Alley
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Few straight-ahead tenor saxophonists in the past 30 years have topped Wayne Escoffery in...
René Marie, debuting new material in Bethesda, majors in upsetting expectations (Reposted)
Editor’s note: This interview was originally published in 2013, when René Marie was first touring in support of her...
Interview | Omar Sosa discusses putting a personal spin on Miles Davis’ landmark record, Kind of Blue
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The Cuban pianist Omar Sosa’s latest album is called Eggún, or “spirit of the...
Watch music videos and talk shop with the great Steve Lehman, part of CapitalBop’s Riffin’ series
There’s an overflowing handful — you might say a full, high-contrast musical suite — of reasons to go check...
Weekend in Jazz | 10.8-10.10: The Bandwagon rolls in, D.C. Jazz Loft gets a new home & much more
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board You’ve heard about Jason Moran — the feature in the New Yorker, the chatter...
Top 10 List? Thank you, but no.
Sriram Gopal Swing District Around this time of year blogs, magazines, websites and the writers who work...
Show announcement | The D.C. Jazz Loft settles in at Union Arts on Sunday: DIY digs, killer lineup
CapitalBop’s D.C. Jazz Loft has a new home, and it’s a lot like our very first venue: cozy, DIY,...
Interview | NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri on the ‘concentrated power’ of his Latin Jazz Septet
What’s the first thing you notice about Eddie Palmieri’s music? Is it the rugged flow of his percussionists, who...
Weekend in Jazz | 11.1-11.3: Curtis Fuller’s Brasstet, Eddie Palmieri’s Latin septet & Christian McBride
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board The straight-ahead trombonist Curtis Fuller and the Latin pianist/bandleader Eddie Palmieri — two NEA...