Album Notes

Capital Jazz Band is a collaborative of DC’s finest jazz musicians both young and old. The DC Music Entertainment & Grabielismo Productions signature band is DC’s most versatile jazz band specializing in jazz from dixieland to swing/bigband, straight ahead to latin and traditional to modern. Rotating members of the band include senior jazz professionals in the area to the youngest and freshest musicians found in the clubs on U Street and DC’s hottest jazz spots. The end result, a band of deep sizzling talent that delivers music ranging from traditional sounds to the most cutting edge.

The Capital Jazz Band is proud to release it’s first CD entitled “Add A Beat!”. True to it’s vision of blending the seasoned with the modern-day, Capital Jazz Band’s CD “Add A Beat!” brings together the original music of DC native Sam Glenn with the hottest young talent that DC has to offer. The album features eight original tracks written by Sam & Kathy Glenn and arranged by Sam and Pablo Grabiel as well as two standards, My One and Only Love and Stella By Starlight. In their debut album the Capital Jazz Band features the talent of Sam Glenn, Pablo Grabiel, Eric Wheeler, Nathan Jolley, Noble Jolley, Josh Carr, Justin Parrot & Lena Seikaly.