Oct 12, 2021 1:55 PM
Esperanza Spalding: In Full Orbit
Esperanza Spalding buoys with moxie-plus, high-octane ebullience, spirited determination and respectful humility in the…
At 25 years old, bassist Esperanza Spalding wasn’t overly concerned with marketability.
Oct 12, 2021 1:55 PM
Esperanza Spalding buoys with moxie-plus, high-octane ebullience, spirited determination and respectful humility in the…
In addition to making significant contributions to the jazz canon’s batch of standards, saxophonist Benny Golson appeared in a pair of films and was photographed in “A Great Day In Harlem.”
Oct 5, 2021 3:27 PM
If you make it to 80 and still are at the top of your game, you’re one lucky guy.
All you have to do is look…
Tomasz Stańko
Sep 13, 2021 2:41 PM
In 1993, four years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, trumpeter Tomasz Stańko, Poland’s most prominent jazz…
Count Basie (1904–1984)
Sep 7, 2021 1:00 PM
The following discussion took place on a Sunday afternoon in Count Basie’s dressing room during the recent Jazz…
Benny Goodman
Aug 3, 2021 2:45 PM
About 27 years have gone by since they danced in the aisles to the music of Benny Goodman and his band at the Paramount…
Lena Horne
May 7, 2021 12:00 PM
Somewhere in the background, by the piano in the living room, Lennie Hayton sat with coffee in hand, filling the air…
Tony Williams
Apr 19, 2021 6:22 PM
Tony Williams erupted onto the jazz scene in 1963 as a 17-year-old prodigy with a full-blown, volcanic style of…
Dexter Gordon (1923–1990)
Jan 27, 2021 10:20 AM
When Dexter Gordon won the Tenor Saxophone category in the 1971 DownBeat Critics Poll, the honor could hardly be…
Claudio Roditi (1946–2020)
Jan 4, 2021 12:32 PM
During a performance you usually see Claudio Roditi adjusting a mic to position one of his brass instruments—the…
Gil Evans (1912–1988)
Nov 18, 2020 1:07 PM
Among jazzmen, particularly player-writers, Gil Evans is uniquely admired.
“For my taste,” Miles Davis says,…
