At CapitalBop’s DC Jazz Festival shows this June, the crowds were packed-in, the music was bristling, and the air was charged. Our DC Jazz Loft Series kicked off with a Three-Piano Cutting Contest at our intimate Union Arts venue was a creative triumph and a sizzling good time, with the great Orrin Evans, Lafayette Gilchrist and Allyn Johnson facing off in sparring and support. Over the next couple days, we went on to present five more bands at two other venues: Marc Cary’s Rhodes Ahead, Butcher Brown, Tarus Mateen’s West Afro East and more, at an outdoor Block Party and the Fridge art gallery.
Check out the newly released recap video below to relive some of the energy. It’s produced and directed by CapitalBop’s house videographer and photographer, Paul Bothwell. And don’t forget—our programming can’t stop won’t stop: We’re back at Union Arts this Friday with an amazing concert, featuring Todd Marcus and Dwayne Adell (press is buzzing), and then next weekend we’re back with our monthly DC Jazz Loft on Sunday, Sep. 14.
[…] Here, a solo disc he released to acclaim in 2014. And we got a little taste of it ourselves at the DC Jazz Festival that year, when CapitalBop hosted a three-piano cutting contest, with Gilchrist going toe-to-toe with Orrin […]