Jul 14, 2021 11:48 AM
Anna Webber’s Border Crossings
Little epiphanies and discoveries can await the eager jazz festival-goer, even in the midst of a richly stocked…
Multi-instrumentalist Anna Webber blurs the lines between jazz and new music.
Jul 14, 2021 11:48 AM
Little epiphanies and discoveries can await the eager jazz festival-goer, even in the midst of a richly stocked…
Pi founders Yulun Wang (left) and Seth Rosner
Jun 23, 2021 4:07 PM
Pi Recordings is one of the most respected labels in jazz, routinely presenting innovative, challenging work from…
Lakecia Benjamin performs Nov. 6 at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn as a part of Jazzfest Berlin, which this year included livestreamed performances from both sides of the Atlantic.
Nov 30, 2020 6:27 PM
In curating Jazzfest Berlin, Artistic Director Nadin Deventer always looks for a unifying narrative. For this year’s…
Bassists Nick Dunston (left) and Michael Formanek, and reedist Anna Webber have released recordings on the new digital arm of the Out Of Your Head imprint.
Nov 4, 2020 8:44 AM
Given the travails of releasing jazz recordings in the 21st century, it’s easy to imagine the name “Out Of Your…
Terri Lyne Carrington, who topped three categories in the 2020 DownBeat Critics Poll, is the first female instrumentalist to win the Jazz Artist of the Year category.
Jul 6, 2020 5:39 PM
Trailblazing drummer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington has made history numerous times in her career, and the…
Saxophonists Angela Morris (left) and Anna Webber engage “a form that comes with a lot of baggage” in the Webber/Morris Big Band.
Mar 30, 2020 10:40 AM
Canadian tenor saxophonists Anna Webber and Angela Morris push open the modern notion of large-ensemble music on the…
Trumpeter Dave Douglas (second from left) convenes a new ensemble for ENGAGE, an album-length meditation on the current political moment.
Nov 21, 2019 1:42 PM
A stellar trumpeter who organically has straddled the inside-outside aesthetic for nearly 30 years, Dave Douglas…
Multi-instrumentalist Anna Webber tailored her writing on Clockwise to the improvising musicians she assembled for the project.
Mar 20, 2019 9:47 AM
For decades, jazz composers have struggled for the recognition and resources enjoyed by their classically oriented…
