The Month in Shows 5 D.C. jazz picks for September 2023 The 19th annual DC Jazz Festival is now in full swing; if you’re planning to attend, hop over to... August 31, 2023 0
News This weekend, Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest celebrates ‘all hues’ of jazz in D.C. and beyond When you think of the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, which celebrates its 14th edition this weekend at the Rockville Hilton,... February 16, 2023 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for January in D.C. Happy New Year! I hope you all – readers, musicians and other D.C. jazz movers and shakers – got to... January 4, 2023 0
Announcing... Christie Dashiell’s voice has been heard on records around the world. Hear it in person at CapitalBop’s next show. The last time Christie Dashiell sang at a CapitalBop presentation was Feburary 2020, at a special Valentine’s Day show... May 13, 2022 0
Announcing... 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... May 16, 2017 0
Album reviews Christie Dashiell’s ‘Time All Mine’ Christie Dashiell’s Time All Mine is a smooth melding of the old and new. On her debut solo album,... December 22, 2016 1
Album reviews CapitalBop’s best D.C. jazz albums of 2016 D.C.’s jazz scene has long been a bastion of straight-ahead tradition, but these days it’s quickly expanding its definitions... December 22, 2016 0
Interviews What’s next for rising vocalist Christie Dashiell? The young talent talks about family, reality TV fame and Janet Jackson I first witnessed Christie Dashiell performing with Howard University’s jazz choir Afro Blue some years ago. I was struck... February 16, 2016 0
Interviews 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... January 7, 2016 2
Premieres 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.... April 14, 2015 2