Feb 4, 2025 12:07 AM
The Essence of Emily
In the April 1982 issue of People magazine, under the heading “Lookout: A Guide To The Up and Coming,” jazz…
“She said, ‘A lot of people are going to try and stop you,’” Sheryl Bailey recalls of the advice she received from jazz guitarist Emily Remler (1957–’90). “‘They’re going to say you slept with somebody, you’re a dyke, you’re this and that and the other. Don’t listen to them, and just keep playing.’”
Feb 4, 2025 12:07 AM
In the April 1982 issue of People magazine, under the heading “Lookout: A Guide To The Up and Coming,” jazz…
Veronica Swift has both a historical connection to the music and a desire to expand its artistic purview.
Dec 3, 2020 8:58 AM
Welcome to our enthusiastic, optimistic look at the future.
Below, DownBeat presents short profiles of two dozen…
Camila Meza is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 3, 2020 2:51 PM
Singer and guitarist Camila Meza was slightly anxious when, as a 19-year-old jazz novice, she took the stage for her…
Mark de Clive-Lowe was raised in New Zealand playing piano, moved to the UK during the 1990s and pursued electronic music before moving to Los Angeles and working around the edges of jazz.
May 19, 2020 4:47 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Miguel Zenón and Melissa Aldana perform Sunday at the Chicago Jazz Festival with Latino-America Unida, a new collective that also included drummer Antonio Sánchez, bassist Ricky Rodriguez and pianist David Virelles.
Sep 4, 2019 3:25 PM
Epic and epochal performances defined the 41st annual Chicago Jazz Festival, which ran Aug. 29-Sept. 1 at Millennium…
Joel Ross and Good Vibes celebrate the vinyl release of Kingmaker on Friday, Aug. 2 at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. Ross—who also played with Makaya McCraven and with the collective In Common—performed three sets in two days during the festival.
Aug 12, 2019 1:45 PM
By the time Paul Gonsalves shook up Fort Adams with 27 blistering choruses in 1956, the Newport Jazz Festival already…
Pat Metheny is a touchstone for Camila Meza, who covers the guitarist’s collaboration with David Bowie on Ámbar, her latest recording.
Jul 10, 2019 9:34 AM
Singer-songwriter Camila Meza jumped at the opportunity to attempt her own hybrid when bassist Noam Wiesenberg…
The Hope I Hold, by Ryan Keberle & Catharis, is due out June 28.
Jun 21, 2019 9:42 AM
Ryan Keberle’s deep into the investigation of sundry musics, working to hint at sounds pouring out of speakers across…
As part of the Chicago Jazz Festival, Grammy-winning singer Cécile McLorin Salvant will perform at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park on Aug. 31 at 7:45 p.m.
Apr 25, 2019 9:58 PM
A parade of stars will perform at this year’s Chicago Jazz Festival (scheduled for Aug. 23–Sept. 1), including…
Guitarist, bandleader and composer Camila Meza is set to issue her fifth leader album, Ámbar, on May 31.
May 6, 2019 12:44 PM
The premise for Ámbar, guitarist Camila Meza’s fifth leader date (due out May 31 on Sony Music Masterworks), has…
Guitarist Camila Meza (left), bassist Matt Clohesy, trombonist Ryan Keberle, drummer Eric Doob and saxophonist John Ellis perform at The Dark Room in St. Louis on Jan. 28.
Jan 30, 2018 5:27 PM
When trombonist Ryan Keberle formed Catharsis, the piano-less group he’s recorded and toured with since 2012, he…
Camila Meza (left), Ryan Keberle and Scott Robinson perform in Seattle as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival on March 13
Jun 21, 2019 9:40 AM
Trombonist and bandleader Ryan Keberle brought his sharp, eloquent band Catharsis to Chicago on March 17, concluding a…
