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, April 24
Yours Cafe – District of Columbia
Herb Scott Duo
Herb Scott is something of a symbol of the modern jazz cat: he can blow on his alto sax with the best of them, capable of burning down the house with Charlie Parker-style rapid-fire phrasing, or can pick up the…Mentioned in past coverage
By John Murph
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…
