Stories of love and resistance fuel Reginald Cyntje’s latest release, ‘Rise of the Protester’
Reginald Cyntje, it seems, was meant to play the trombone. When he raises the horn to his lips, he...
Category: Album reviews
2018 Albums: Honorable Mentions
Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra, Bohemiana: The Compositions and Arrangements of Dan Roberts, Vol. 1 Bohemiana: The compositions and...
CapitalBop’s #1 Album of 2018: Todd Marcus, ‘On These Streets’
On his last album, 2015’s Blues for Tahrir, bass clarinetist Todd Marcus sought to directly address his Egyptian heritage,...
#2 Blacks’ Myths, ‘Blacks’ Myths’
The hazy, trancelike tracks on Blacks’ Myths eponymous debut album brood restlessly, exploring colors and textures across musical...
#3 UnRehearsed, ‘Off the 6’
If you spend enough time in the heart of U Street, you’ll eventually get hip to the sound...
#4 Kris Funn, ‘Bodega: The CornerStore Re-Imagined’
Bassist Kris Funn delivers a beautifully crafted soundtrack to city living on Bodega: The Cornerstore Re-imagined. The bodega...
#5 Sarah Marie Hughes, ‘Coy Fish’
Sarah Marie Hughes’s debut album with her Coy Fish quartet is a nine-song offering that transports listeners into...
The Best D.C. Jazz Albums of 2018
It can now be said without any doubt that the D.C. jazz scene is a community of strength and...
The Best D.C. Jazz Albums of 2017
Editor’s note: Whoops. There’s no other way to say it: Here at CapitalBop we had a lean year in...
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,...