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...
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Watch Reginald Cyntje’s all-star quartet play ‘Araminta’ at our Spotlight Residency
We were thrilled and honored to present Reginald Cyntje, the great trombonist and composer, as our first Spotlight artist-in-residence...
Mary Halvorson Octet, Brandee Younger Trio and Odean Pope’s Saxophone Choir: the 7th annual DC Jazz Loft Series at the DC JazzFest
And … we’re back. CapitalBop is thrilled to be presenting three of the most exciting artists in jazz today...
CapitalBop presents … Kahil El’Zabar Ritual Trio featuring David Murray & Harrison Bankhead, plus a set by Brian Settles
On Saturday, Dec. 3, we’re thrilled to present not one, but three of the true living giants in creative...
After a banner 2015, Reginald Cyntje uses a familiar musical family to conjure fresh ‘Moods and Colors’
Trombonist Reginald Cyntje was born on the island of Dominica and raised in St. Thomas, but for the past...
Straight-ahead, no chaser: The artist-run Jazz and Cultural Society is D.C.’s newest jazz club
On a recent Sunday night at Brookland’s Jazz and Cultural Society, Dr. John Lamkin II piped luscious, honey tones...
Track Premiere: ‘Atonement’ by Reginald Cyntje
Trombonist Reginald Cyntje brings a worldly wisdom to all his musical endeavors. Pulling together influences from his native U.S....
CB PRESENTS: Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up with Janel & Anthony at Union Arts!
It’s not often we get to present five world-renowned musicians on the same stage, at the same time. Rarer...
CapitalBop’s Traveling Loft: Two of DC’s fiercest innovators, Anthony Pirog + Brian Settles, at the Fridge (VIDEO PREVIEW)
Just before you burrow for the winter holidays, come to the first-ever Traveling Loft, a new quarterly series of...
Interview | Brian Settles on his new album, and finding fresh approaches to intensity (AUDIO)
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board Brian Settles builds an edgy sound chemistry, tinted by warble and subtle irritation and...