Still Striving
By Phillip Lutz
For his new album, Colors For The Masters, trombonist Steve Turre assembled a “dream team” of veteran musicians who have influenced his style.
By Bill Milkowski
The guitarist talks about his quartet The Young Philadelphians, which pays tribute to Ornette Coleman’s first Prime Time band as well as the “Philly soul” sounds of the 1970s. Ribot’s bandmates in the project are guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and drummer G. Calvin Weston. The Young Philadelphians’ new album is Live In Tokyo.
By Ken Micallef
The vibraphonist recruited bassist Christian McBride to play on his new album, Convergence, and to help produce it. Other musicians on the album are pianist Brad Mehldau, guitarist John Scofield and drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts.
By Ted Panken
DownBeat catches up with the revered saxophonist, who teaches at Berklee College of Music and recently played at Mexico’s Xalapa Jazz Festival.
Dr. Lonnie Smith was tested on the following tracks for the Blindfold Test.
