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Interview: Linda May Han Oh answers your questions

CapitalBop and NPR Music’s Jazz Night in America teamed up to present Linda May Han Oh’s Aventurine Octet in a special filmed performance on July 1, 2019. I had the opportunity to sit down with Oh before the show to ask some questions collected from our community, covering her musical process, her inspirations, and her […]

August 13, 2019 0

Features

Manga, Maria Schneider and ‘fiction music’: The New World celebrates its debut album this weekend

Individually, most members of the New World are young mainstays of the D.C. jazz world. But together, they have a sound unusual to this scene — one they’ve taken to calling “fiction music.” The quintet has devised a repertoire of vast, sweeping original compositions, as can be heard on the group’s newly released debut album […]

August 8, 2019 0

Announcing...

Aaron Martin and Lionel Lyles, saxophonists from different sonic worlds, play at Sunday’s DC Jazz Loft

This month’s DC Jazz Loft features two veteran saxophonists with cutting-edge ideas, each leading his own band. Come to Rhizome DC on Sunday, August 11, for an evening of music, community and home-cooked food. The show is all-ages and donations-only; 100 percent of your door donations go directly to the artists performing. Aaron Martin In […]

August 5, 2019 0

The Month in Shows

5 August D.C. jazz picks

The outdoor concert season has now hit its peak and is beginning to wind down, but places like the National Arboretum, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and the National Gallery of Art (which hosts the annual Jazz In The Garden series) will do their best to keep crowd cool through August. Thad Wilson is kicking off August […]

July 31, 2019 0

Interviews

Herbie Hancock has been busy. On Tuesday he kicks off a world tour in D.C.

Herbie Hancock is always thinking about the future. As a keyboard player, he helped define the course of post-bop with Miles Davis’ 1960s quintet; with the Head Hunters, he took fusion to funkier and more international-minded territories. Then he thrust himself into the hip-hop and electronic-music movements with “Rockit,” a smash hit. Throughout his career, […]

July 29, 2019 0

Features

13 albums in 4 years: Brad Linde looks back on a recent hot streak, and contemplates what’s next

Brad Linde started this new year, as many of us do, with a resolution. “I decided in January,” he said, “that I was going to finish up all the projects I started over the last four years.” This task is harder than it sounds. On top of teaching music at Georgetown Day School and co-leading […]

July 24, 2019 0

Interviews

Lafayette Gilchrist couldn’t figure out how to sound like other pianists. So he embraced his own style.

Lafayette Gilchrist was 17 years old when he touched a piano for the first time. He now realizes that this is rather late for someone who would go on to become a successful pianist, composer, bandleader and recording artist. But at the time, the mere thought of making music professionally, much less pursuing a life […]

July 24, 2019 0

Album reviews

Mark G. Meadows, ‘Be The Change’ EP: anthems for introspection

Mark G. Meadows is no stranger to empowerment anthems; they were the cornerstone of his last album To The People, CapitalBop’s No. 2 album of 2016. Be The Change, the pianist and vocalist’s new EP released last week, features several numbers in that same inspirational spirit, and the accompanying music is built of the same […]

July 17, 2019 0

Announcing...

Preview a track from Abinnet Berhanu’s breakout album. Then come hear him at the Spotlight Residency.

If you’re new to the D.C. jazz scene, the name Abinnet Berhanu might ring a bell, but it probably won’t evoke a face or a sound. The young drummer, a Virginia native, has been keeping a low profile for the past couple years. But chances are, that’s about to change. This month, Berhanu releases his […]

July 16, 2019 0

News

The Bohemian Caverns building has a new tenant: restaurant and jazz venue Mama ‘San

After more than three years of vacancy, a new business is set to move into the historic Bohemian Caverns building at 11th and U Streets NW, the landlord has confirmed. A planned restaurant and jazz venue named Mama ‘San will start a five-year lease with the building’s landlord, Al Afshar, starting in late 2019 or […]

July 16, 2019 0