Power, finesse and groove: Meet Dana Hawkins, our next Spotlight artist
Dana Hawkins is that rare kind of musician who doesn’t just catch your attention; he commands it. If you’ve...
Tag: DC jazz
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...
CapitalBop’s guide to the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival
For the last decade, the D.C. jazz educator and saxophonist Paul Carr has run the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, a...
How Stuff Smith’s favorite violin came back to D.C.
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon “Stuff” Smith was the life of any party he ever walked into. He loved a crazy...
Announcing CapitalBop’s spring ’19 season: Carla Bley, Nate Wooley, Ben Wendel, Angelica Sanchez and much more
At CapitalBop, we’re dedicated to making sure 2019 is a banner year for jazz in D.C. We’ve got a...
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...
Patrick Jarenwattananon joins CapitalBop as managing editor
Maybe you’ve noticed: These days, CapitalBop is in the midst of some serious growth as an organization. Our new...
Stories of love and resistance fuel Reginald Cyntje’s latest release, ‘Rise of the Protester’
Reginald Cyntje, it seems, was meant to play the trombone. When he raises the horn to his lips, he...
Westminster Presbyterian, D.C.’s jazz church, celebrates 20 years of connecting music, body and spirit
In Hebrews 10:24-25, Saint Paul the Apostle writes, “And let us consider how we may spur one another on...
What we can learn from the loss of a beloved U Street jazz gig
Walking down the street, you hear a saxophone blazing full-throttle and you see the drummer in the window, giving...