Aug 3, 2021 8:59 AM
First Take: Songs of Resilience
Pandemic stories — we hear them wherever we go. Pretty much every story in this issue is a pandemic story in some…
Collier, at work in the midst of COVID, at Van Gelder Studios last September.
Aug 3, 2021 8:59 AM
Pandemic stories — we hear them wherever we go. Pretty much every story in this issue is a pandemic story in some…
Dee Dee Bridgewater returned to live performing in Rome, with a few butterflies and a beautiful set.
Jul 27, 2021 10:34 AM
On a warm July night in central Rome, Dee Dee Bridgewater, wearing a long, floral print dress and broad-rimmed, dark…
John Pizzarelli hit the woodshed, literally, to develop material for his new recording Better Days Ahead: Solo Guitar Takes On Pat Metheny.
Jul 27, 2021 10:30 AM
It was in his darkest hour, during the early stages of the 2020 lockdown, that guitarist-vocalist John Pizzarelli…
Tim Hagans takes the DownBeat Blindfold Test. His new album, A Conversation, is a five-movement trumpet concerto.
Jul 27, 2021 10:22 AM
The thrice Grammy-nominated trumpeter Tim Hagans apprenticed in the bands of Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Dexter Gordon,…
Percussionist Susie Ibarra has expanded her reach well beyond the boundaries of music.
Jul 27, 2021 10:16 AM
In the 1990s, Susie Ibarra was a mainstay of the New York jazz scene, frequently collaborating with David S. Ware,…
Maria Schneider’s 1995 Monterey Jazz Festival commission Scenes From Childhood is streaming now.
Jul 26, 2021 11:12 AM
The summer livestream calendar has been slowing down, but here are five great events to check out online this week,…
New, impactful live recordings of the late pianist Bill Evans continue to emerge on vinyl.
Jul 20, 2021 4:10 PM
Bill Evans’ discography is immense, beginning with his first recordings as a sideman in 1953 and running through…
A formidable front line in Anzio: Camille Thurman (left), Sylwester Ostrowski, Igor Butman, Freddie Hendrix and Alexander Beets.
Jul 20, 2021 4:09 PM
On a Thursday night in early July, as the sun was beginning to set over the charming fishing port of Anzio on the West…
In Harmony is culled from live 2016 and 2017 duo performances by modern-day legends Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller.
Jul 20, 2021 4:08 PM
The history of jazz is fraught with artists who’ve died too young. But what lives on is their music — the legacy of…
Dan Blake’s jazz life is much inspired by his activist efforts.
Jul 20, 2021 4:00 PM
Saxophonist-composer Dan Blake has long been entrenched in the jazz world. But, more recently, he’s begun to engage…
