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The all-virtual 2021 Jazz and Freedom Festival honors the legacy of venues lost during the pandemic

Almost one year into the coronavirus shutdown, we’re starting to hear people reminisce on last March, asking themselves: What...

February 23, 2021 0

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Watch Steve Arnold and Sea Change perform ‘Wide Eyed’ at the Spotlight Residency

True to the group’s title, the emotional tone of a Sea Change set moves in tides, or waves —...

August 6, 2020 0

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Catharsis and comfort: Watch Abinnet Berhanu & Hebret Musica perform ‘Tizita’ at the Spotlight Residency

Abinnet Berhanu’s compositions and arrangements for his band Hebret Musica (“community music” in Amharic) are tapestries built of bright...

May 7, 2020 0

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Watch Akua Allrich perform her original song ‘Shot of Sugar’ at our Spotlight Residency

CapitalBop is using the COVID-19 shutdown as an opportunity to catch up on our backlog of Spotlight Residency live...

April 9, 2020 0

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Watch Kris Funn & CornerStore perform ‘Who They Wish I Was’ at the Spotlight Residency

For raw, supercharged jazz fusion in the DMV, Kris Funn’s CornerStore is a one-stop shop. This just-dropped live video...

August 26, 2019 0

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Our new CB Sessions video features Nicole Saphos’ unreleased song ‘Tryin’ to Be’

Nicole Saphos doesn’t need a stage, lights or amplifiers to deliver a powerful performance. I found that out for...

August 21, 2019 0

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Watch the Elijah Jamal Balbed Quartet perform ‘Washington Hospital Center’ at our September Spotlight Residency

Our second-ever Spotlight artist-in-residence was Elijah Jamal Balbed, a prolific young voice on the tenor saxophone in D.C. Balbed...

October 10, 2018 0

Video | D.C. Jazz Loft Series highlight reel, feat. Karriem Riggins, ERIMAJ, Peter Brötzmann & more

For three balmy days this past June, a wide variety of D.C. music fans came together around some of...

September 9, 2013 3

Video | The Brian Settles Trio blows your mind, and other highlights from February’s D.C. Jazz Loft

by Giovanni Russonello and Luke Stewart Gearing up for CapitalBop’s third D.C. Jazz Loft this Sunday, we thought the...

April 7, 2011 1

Video | Café Nema’s swan song

by Giovanni Russonello It’s often said that all good things must come to an end, but the loss of...

October 13, 2010 3

CapitalBop,Inc, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting, presenting and preserving jazz in Washington, D.C. Founded in 2010 and run by young cultural organizers and musicians, CapitalBop grows audiences and builds community around jazz because we believe it is important to the city’s historic identity as well as its contemporary culture. CapitalBop.com is an online magazine and resource designed to help everyone from newcomers to diehards connect with the city’s thriving live jazz scene and musicians. We present grassroots shows that unite diverse audiences while showcasing jazz in nontraditional, outside-the-box scenarios. Our emerging education program seeks to connect D.C.’s great teaching artists with children across the city, helping them access their own creativity by tapping them into the rich cultural legacy of their hometown.