Get Up and Dance!
By Phillip Lutz
With his latest album release, Kenny Garrett has turned the notion of a tribute on its head. Rather than dedicate songs to musicians, the 55-year-old saxophonist tips his hat to his fans, proffering an invitation to do their dance.
By Thomas Staudter
Legendary pianist Carla Bley has a new trio album, Andando El Tiempo, recorded with bassist Steve Swallow (who is her husband) and saxophonist Andy Sheppard.
By Dan Oullette
Pedrito Martinez—who topped the category Rising Star–Percussion in the 2014 DownBeat Critics Poll—traveled to Cuba to record his new album, Habana Dreams. He recorded with Cuban musicians in one of the world’s most famous recording studios, Areito/EGREM (formerly Panart).
By Ken Micallef
Guitarist Nels Cline has created the ambitious double-album Lovers, a project involving a 21-piece orchestra that he first envisioned in the mid-1980s. The music was arranged and conducted by Michael Leonhart, who has worked with Karrin Allyson, Donald Fagen and Rufus Wainwright.
Goerge Coleman was tested on the following tracks for the Blindfold Test