The all-virtual 2021 Jazz and Freedom Festival honors the legacy of venues lost during the pandemic
Almost one year into the coronavirus shutdown, we’re starting to hear people reminisce on last March, asking themselves: What...
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Watch Steve Arnold and Sea Change perform ‘Wide Eyed’ at the Spotlight Residency
True to the group’s title, the emotional tone of a Sea Change set moves in tides, or waves —...
Catharsis and comfort: Watch Abinnet Berhanu & Hebret Musica perform ‘Tizita’ at the Spotlight Residency
Abinnet Berhanu’s compositions and arrangements for his band Hebret Musica (“community music” in Amharic) are tapestries built of bright...
Watch Akua Allrich perform her original song ‘Shot of Sugar’ at our Spotlight Residency
CapitalBop is using the COVID-19 shutdown as an opportunity to catch up on our backlog of Spotlight Residency live...
Watch Kris Funn & CornerStore perform ‘Who They Wish I Was’ at the Spotlight Residency
For raw, supercharged jazz fusion in the DMV, Kris Funn’s CornerStore is a one-stop shop. This just-dropped live video...
Our new CB Sessions video features Nicole Saphos’ unreleased song ‘Tryin’ to Be’
Nicole Saphos doesn’t need a stage, lights or amplifiers to deliver a powerful performance. I found that out for...
Watch the Elijah Jamal Balbed Quartet perform ‘Washington Hospital Center’ at our September Spotlight Residency
Our second-ever Spotlight artist-in-residence was Elijah Jamal Balbed, a prolific young voice on the tenor saxophone in D.C. Balbed...
Video | D.C. Jazz Loft Series highlight reel, feat. Karriem Riggins, ERIMAJ, Peter Brötzmann & more
For three balmy days this past June, a wide variety of D.C. music fans came together around some of...
Video | The Brian Settles Trio blows your mind, and other highlights from February’s D.C. Jazz Loft
by Giovanni Russonello and Luke Stewart Gearing up for CapitalBop’s third D.C. Jazz Loft this Sunday, we thought the...
Video | Café Nema’s swan song
by Giovanni Russonello It’s often said that all good things must come to an end, but the loss of...