Researched musician profile
About Kris Funn
CapitalBop traces Funn’s path from a Baltimore musical family to two decades on the D.C. jazz scene. The profile documents his switch from trumpet to bass before high school, early bandstand experience, and later international touring as a sideman.[1]
The same profile places teaching at Peabody Conservatory beside Funn’s work as a bassist, composer, and bandleader. It centers CornerStore, his group blending jazz with hip-hop, blues, and rock, and documents the ensemble’s 2018 DCJazzPrix win.[1][2]
Funn’s artist-run Bandcamp presents CornerStore, Bodega, Bodega Deluxe, and Convocation. The catalog supplies complete streams, personnel, and composition credits, distinguishing his leader work from the many recordings on which he appears as a sideman.[3]
D.C. scene development
CapitalBop documents Funn’s growth from a Baltimore student into a long-running D.C. bassist and bandleader.[1]
CornerStore
Funn’s group combines jazz, hip-hop, blues, and rock through his compositions and bandleading.[1][3]
2018 DCJazzPrix
CornerStore won the D.C. Jazz Festival’s emerging-band competition in 2018.[1]