Mazi Mutafa reflects on 10 years of Words, Beats and Life
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
Friday, May 1
Blues Alley – District of Columbia
Delfeayo Marsalis with the Paul Carr Quartet
Paul Carr is both one of the most venerated bandleaders and educators in the Mid-Atlantic region. The tenor saxophonist runs the beloved Jazz Academy of Music, directs the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival and still finds time to belt out some honey-sweet,…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…
