Mar 1, 2022 4:26 PM
Trio 3’s Final Performance Thrills
In an era when contemporary jazz is largely available via streaming services and the historic music of beboppers and…
From left: Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman and Oliver Lake
Mar 1, 2022 4:26 PM
In an era when contemporary jazz is largely available via streaming services and the historic music of beboppers and…
Drummer Andrew Cyrille (left) and vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant are among the recipients of the 2020 Doris Duke Artist Awards.
Sep 28, 2020 12:16 PM
Drummer Andrew Cyrille and vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, along with six other artists in the dance and theater…
Bassist William Parker (shown here), pianist Matthew Shipp and drummer Bobby Kapp are set to stream a Thursday performance.
Aug 24, 2020 9:33 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Joe Lovano—along with Ben Street and Andrew Cyrille—are set to stream a pair of performances this week.
Jul 1, 2020 1:21 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Aruán Ortiz (left), Andrew Cyrille and Mauricio Herrera perform together on Inside Rhythmic Falls (Intakt).
May 8, 2020 9:06 AM
Pianist Aruán Ortiz recalls the cacophony of ritmas that pervaded his childhood in Santiago de Cuba on Inside Rhythmic…
Band Housing was among the performers at the Parisian Sons d’hiver festival, which ran Jan. 17–Feb. 8.
Feb 14, 2020 12:38 PM
Sons d’hiver, the two-week music event that takes place in the suburbs south of Paris each winter, “is not a jazz…
Ted Nash revisits Bernstein and Sondheim for Somewhere Else: Songs From West Side Story.
Dec 27, 2019 9:07 AM
The list below is a round up of the 5-, 4.5- and 4-star reviews that ran in print editions of DownBeat during 2019. If…
Egberto Gismonti flew to New York from his home in Brazil for ECM Records at 50, a Nov. 1 and 2 celebration of the imprint at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.
Nov 8, 2019 1:50 PM
The curation for ECM Records at 50, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s tribute to the famed record label on Nov. 1 and 2 in New…
Joe Lovano’s new ensemble, Universal Jazz Ensemble, premiered in the Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Oct. 18.
Oct 22, 2019 3:39 PM
On hearing about Joe Lovano’s new septet, Universal Jazz Ensemble, his legion of longtime fans were struck by a sense…
Drummer Andrew Cyrille (left), dancer Beatrice Capote and cellist Tomeka Reid perform June 11 during the 2019 Vision Festival at Brooklyn venue Roulette.
Jun 28, 2019 11:42 AM
Free-jazz percussionist Andrew Cyrille introduced tenor player Edward “Kidd” Jordan from behind the kit at…
Improvising cellist Tomeka Reid’s most recent recording is The Mouser (Relative Pitch), a collaboration with drummer Filippo Monico.
Apr 1, 2019 5:17 PM
Cellist, improviser and composer Tomeka Reid is one busy musician: leading her own quartet, performing in multiple…
Pianist Florian Weber recently issued Lucent Waters on the ECM imprint.
Sep 13, 2019 5:42 PM
As 2018, slowly rolls toward its conclusion, ECM Records continues to issue scores of recordings that feature prominent…
