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Album review | Veronneau’s Jazz Samba Project

by Sriram Gopal CapitalBop columnist In 1962, Washington, D.C. played host to a watershed moment in jazz history. Famed...

December 19, 2012 2

Special feature | Remembering Joe Byrd, beloved bassist who helped bring bossa nova to U.S.

by Ken Avis CapitalBop contributor The D.C. area this month lost one of its most appreciated and legendary musicians....

March 15, 2012 0

Special feature | Fifty years later, remembering a golden album by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd

by Ken Avis CapitalBop contributor What a month for bossa nova. Not only did Antonio Carlos Jobim, perhaps the...

February 21, 2012 1

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