Jul 11, 2023 12:52 PM
Shakti at 50!
There was a moment in 2017, following what was billed as his farewell tour in the States, that guitar avatar John…
Jul 11, 2023 12:52 PM
There was a moment in 2017, following what was billed as his farewell tour in the States, that guitar avatar John…
Jul 11, 2023 12:45 PM
The cover of Arturo O’Farrill’s new trio album, Legacies (Blue Note), shows a 12-year-old O’Farrill sitting on…
Jul 5, 2023 2:55 PM
“I’m constantly searching and pushing,” New York-based saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis says. “I…
Jul 5, 2023 2:02 PM
It was 10 years ago that Israeli-born pianist Omer Klein began exploring his intimate, conversational chemistry with…
Jul 5, 2023 1:55 PM
When Arizona native Rachel Eckroth spoke with DownBeat in March, she was in Denmark, wrapping up a…
Jun 27, 2023 1:03 PM
It may come as a surprise to find that the artist known as Taj Mahal — born Henry Fredericks Jr. — has officially…
Jun 27, 2023 12:44 PM
Wayne Escoffery sits comfortably in a soft chair in a hotel room in Denver. He is traveling once again with the Mingus…
Jun 20, 2023 2:42 PM
Rickie Lee Jones has a credo that she’s lived by all her life: shouting her name out while zigzagging through musical…
Jun 20, 2023 2:37 PM
After more than 30 years of living as an expatriate in Italy, the amiable Ralph Towner is sitting comfortably at his…
Jun 20, 2023 2:30 PM
In 2020, the pandemic scuppered plans for a concert at London’s Barbican, which would have paid homage to 50 years of…