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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…




What’s on the Calendar

Saturday, February 21

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center – College Park

Makaya McCraven

Over the last five years or so, drummer and producer Makaya McCraven has become the standard-bearer for a new modernist strain of jazz. His remix projects Deciphering the Message and We’re New Again reimagine classic works by Blue Note jazz…



5 D.C. jazz picks for December 2025


Happy Holidays! It is at last the end of one of the more turbulent years in D.C.’s recent history. If there are any current or former federal workers, contractors or folks swept up in the chaos of Washington, I hope you are staying strong and that some well-deserved holiday cheer is headed your way. The…