Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation to host annual D.C. Jazz Leaders in Service Awards
The Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation, the arts advocacy non-profit that organizes the Capitol Hill Jazz Jam and Hillfest, will...
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Fred Foss, a saxophonist, educator and advocate for young musicians, dies at 70
Fred Foss spent the early years of his career touring with the likes of Lionel Hampton, Ray Charles and...
With his new work, ‘One Giant Leap,’ Allyn Johnson salutes the women and men behind the Apollo 11 mission
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, the first occasion a human being set foot...
Who is Carla Bley? Here’s a crash course, in 5 videos.
It isn’t every week that an international legend with more than five decades of jazz history to her name...
CapitalBop’s guide to the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival
For the last decade, the D.C. jazz educator and saxophonist Paul Carr has run the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, a...
It turns out saxophonist Herb Scott is also a talented rapper — hear his new hip-hop single, ‘The Jazz Show’
“I ain’t making no bread at these jazz shows / So I started rapping with my saxophone / Just...
Strathmore’s 2019 artists in residence include Dante’ Pope, Trey Sorrells and Eliot Seppa
Strathmore last week announced selections for its coveted artist residency program. A full half of the musicians in its...
Hear one of Geri Allen’s earliest recordings, featured on a new album by the Howard University Jazz Ensemble
When the pianist Geri Allen, one of the most gifted musical pathfinders of her generation, died last year at...
Tom Oren wins the 2018 Thelonious Monk competition
Tom Oren, a 24-year-old pianist from Tel Aviv, Israel, was named the winner on Monday of the 2018 Thelonious...
Hear the debut single from Akua Allrich and Kris Funn’s Idol Beings
Vocalist Akua Allrich and bassist Kris Funn have performed together for years around the D.C. jazz scene. Funn is...