Mazi Mutafa reflects on 10 years of Jazz & Blossoms
The annual festival has become a fixture of the downtown D.C. social calendar, blending multiple streams Black art into one day of celebration.
What’s on the Calendar
Saturday, April 18
LaPortas – Alexandria
Sharón Clark Trio
Sharón Clark is perhaps the most powerful jazz vocalist in Washington, D.C. She belts Great American songbook standards and soars over lush arrangements created by her regular pianist Chris Grasso. She performs in a trio every Saturday at LaPorta’s in…Mentioned in past coverage
5 D.C. jazz picks for February 2026
First things first, Happy Black History Month! I do not know that I have the words to properly express the outrage many of us here at CapitalBop — and judging from social media, many of you in the D.C. jazz community — feel watching President Donald Trump’s continued degradation of the Kennedy Center. After purging…
