Angelica Sanchez brings her new, nine-piece orchestra to our Traveling Loft
The New York Times’s Nate Chinen once wrote that Angelica Sanchez enjoys “building structures and breaking free of them.”...
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Wendy Eisenberg on growing up in Gaithersburg, and making ‘multilingual’ guitar music
Wendy Eisenberg is a guitarist — and a vocalist, banjo player, writer and poet — who recently released a...
‘Pure fire improv:’ Roscoe Mitchell and Moor Mother in conversation
Roscoe Mitchell and Camae Ayewa, who performs as Moor Mother, are among the most fearless improvising performers of their...
Nate Wooley’s all-star quartet celebrates its debut album release at CapitalBop’s Traveling Loft
Trumpet luminary Dave Douglas calls Nate Wooley “one of the most interesting and unusual trumpet players living today.” And...
At the DC Jazz Loft this Sunday, catch Marshall Keys and Nik Francis
Last month’s DC Jazz Loft was a die-hards-only affair: Amidst the worst blizzard of the winter thus far, Brian...
Two of D.C.’s greatest improvising talents at the DC Jazz Loft in January: Janel Leppin and Brian Settles
Last month’s comeback DC Jazz Loft was somethin’ else. (Apologies to Cannonball Adderley.) A packed room heard improvisers from...
#5 Sarah Marie Hughes, ‘Coy Fish’
Sarah Marie Hughes’s debut album with her Coy Fish quartet is a nine-song offering that transports listeners into...
CapitalBop Relaunches the DC Jazz Loft! Join us Dec. 16 at Rhizome
Jazz flourishes in the most unlikely spaces, and it’s always been a huge part of our mission at CapitalBop...
Watch Sarah Marie Hughes perform at our Spotlight Residency
Our Spotlight artist-in-residence in October was Sarah Marie Hughes, a daring alto saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist who is emerging as...
Sarah Hughes will take the saxophone to new heights at our next Spotlight Residency
It’s said so often these days: “That artist defies categorization.” But eclecticism and openness are easy to come by....