CapitalBop
Your source for D.C. jazz. We're a grassroots group run by artists and writers, presenting DIY concerts in the District and hosting a full online resource on the scene at capitalbop.com.
Check out our live music videos from the Spotlight Residency and Freedom Summer Sessions!
Help CapitalBop keep the beat in the capital in 2026
CB Sessions: Kweku Sumbry (feat. Farafina Kan + Trio War)
Victor Provost - 'Bright Eyes' | From the Archives
Introducing: NEXTfest's Culture & Conversations
Tedd Baker Quartet - "Trickorbeat" | From the Archive
Nicole Saphos Band - "Spin of the Wheel" | From the Archive
Christie Dashiell feat. Micah Robinson - "Invitation" (Kaper)
AmyAna - "We Have Other Plans" | From the Archive
Jamal Moore live at Black Cat | From the Archive
Hear in Now, live at Black Cat | From the Archive
Simone Baron & Arco Belo - "never meet your heroes" (feat C.Bacon, C.Subramanian)| From the Archives
Allyn Johnson – "Family Photo Album" | CB Sessions
Leigh Pilzer on Jazz Arranging | Teach Me Something Good
Warren "Trae" Crudup - "Names of the Omnipotent" (T. Mateen) | From the Archive
Hamid Drake's Turiya - 'Sivaya' (A. Coltrane) | From the Archive
Alison Crockett: 'That's why I don't teach jazz anymore — I teach Black American Music'
Writing Our Song, Creating Our Future
CB Sessions: Alex Hamburger
Columbia Station | Jazz and Freedom Festival 2021, Ep. 3
Twins Jazz | Jazz and Freedom Festival 2021, Ep. 2
Alice's Jazz and Cultural Society | Jazz and Freedom Festival 2021, Ep. 1
The 2021 Jazz and Freedom Festival (Trailer)
Samuel Prather & Groove Orchestra - 'A Different Kind of Funk'
WHAT'S NEXT — Supporting 10 more years of CapitalBop
Freedom Summer Sessions: Cecily
Freedom Summer Sessions: Nik Francis