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...
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Announcing the 5th Jazz and Freedom Festival, an all-day musical celebration benefiting ICE OUT OF DC
The 5th Jazz and Freedom Festival An MLK weekend celebration of live music, learning and activism, presented by CapitalBop,...
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...
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...
Jazz and Freedom Festival: A musical celebration to benefit the movement, on MLK weekend
Will 2015 be the year when Black Lives Matter became a national conversation you had to address, with voices...
‘Different ways of relating:’ Kris Davis breaks down the vision behind her landmark album ‘Diatom Ribbons’
When Kris Davis won the “Rising Star Pianist” award in DownBeat‘s 2018 critics’ poll, it was not so much...
Fight in Hell: How Jason Moran uplifts the legacy of James Reese Europe — and inspires action today
In May 1919, W.E.B. Du Bois penned one of his most famous editorials, “Returning Soldiers.” Having fought in the...
CapitalBop presents a jazz-punk superbill on June 17: Harriet Tubman, The Messthetics and ¡FIASCO!
Words can’t describe the sound of the trio known as Harriet Tubman. But just calling it “freedom music” gets...
The Messthetics’ Brendan Canty is punk royalty, but jazz runs through his bloodstream
If you ask legendary D.C. post-punk drummer Brendan Canty to name the greatest band of all time, the answer...
5 live jazz picks for May in D.C.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, it was pretty easy to predict what venue a band might be playing at, and...