Features Charlie Fishman: An appreciation On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Charles Fishman – known far and wide by friends and intimates alike simply as “Charlie”... November 27, 2024 0
Live reviews Terri Lyne Carrington and an all-star crew set ‘new standard’ at the DC JazzFest Terri Lyne Carrington and FriendsDC Jazz Festival at Arena StageSaturday, Aug. 31, 2024 Miles Davis once famously insisted that... September 12, 2024 0
Features CB’s guide to the 2024 DC Jazz Festival This week marks the 20th anniversary of the DC Jazz Festival, and with that comes a lineup worthy of... August 27, 2024 0
Features How the DC JazzFest went from ‘a sketch on a paper napkin’ to its 20th anniversary This year’s DC Jazz Festival, which kicks off on Wednesday, will be the 20th. It’s a big milestone for... August 26, 2024 0
Features Willard Jenkins has been connecting jazz with listeners for more than 50 years. Now, he’s an N.E.A. Jazz Master. Willard Jenkins wasn’t a jazz fan first. Growing up in 1960s Cleveland, naturally he loved the sounds of Motown... April 11, 2024 0
News Samara Joy to headline 20th anniversary DC Jazz Festival this September The DC Jazz Festival has announced headliners and other highlights for this coming September’s 20th-anniversary celebrations. Samara Joy, the 24-year-old... March 10, 2024 0
News DC Jazz Festival 2023 guide The DC Jazz Festival is back this weekend for its 19th year, and its third since moving from early... August 31, 2023 0
News DC Jazz Festival 2022: CapitalBop’s picks Last year the DC Jazz Festival moved its annual festivities from its usual timetable in early June to Labor... August 31, 2022 0
Interviews Matthew Shipp, an icon of creative music, says improvisation is everything The avant-garde piano luminary Matthew Shipp is always fearless, often ambiguous and unendingly ambivalent about how his music is... August 30, 2022 0
Features As DC JazzFest’s 2022-23 artist in residence, Orrin Evans is in the business of building bridges When Orrin Evans was asked to become the DC Jazz Festival’s latest artist-in-residence — a yearlong position that runs through... June 17, 2022 0