Sep 10, 2024 12:46 PM
James Brandon Lewis: Urgency & Maximum Intention
It has been just over a year since this writer last spoke to saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis for the cover…
“It’s like my memoir as a picture painted in sound,” Lewis explains of his growing body of work.
Sep 10, 2024 12:46 PM
It has been just over a year since this writer last spoke to saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis for the cover…
Charles Lloyd, seen here at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, makes DownBeat Poll history!
Jul 11, 2024 1:20 PM
The incomparable Charles Lloyd swept the 72nd Annual DownBeat Critics Poll, becoming the first artist ever to earn…
Samara Joy brought fans to their feet in the middle of her Newport set!
Aug 8, 2023 4:53 PM
“Something for everybody” was the strategy of the Ed Sullivan Show, the most successful variety show in TV history,…
Lewis said that performing live is “an act of vulnerability since playing a show is being in the moment forever.”
Jul 5, 2023 3:06 PM
“I’m constantly searching and pushing,” New York-based saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis says. “I…
The Sands Box
Apr 27, 2021 10:56 AM
It’s a HUGE streaming week with International Jazz Day and Jazz Month celebrations aplenty: Norah Jones chats with…
The Wayne Escoffery/Jeremy Pelt Quartet kicked off the spring outdoor series on April 4.
Apr 7, 2021 10:42 AM
Giant Step Arts and Keyed Up! have launched a spring performance series called “Walk With The Wind” honoring…
Fay Victor is set for an online conversation Wednesday with another vocalist and improviser, Joan La Barbara, as a part of the The New School’s CoPA Conversations.
Feb 16, 2021 10:23 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Anthony Braxton performs Nov. 3 with his Zim Music ensemble during Jazzfest Berlin.
Nov 14, 2019 10:15 AM
Halfway through composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton’s six-hour opening performance at Jazzfest Berlin,…
Since the 1980s, London-based DJ and record label founder Gilles Peterson has been a force in music. The first installment of his We Our Here festival is set to run Aug. 15–18 in Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire, U.K.
Jun 11, 2019 4:31 PM
Being a curator has become a defining ethos for the 21st century. With digital platforms bombarding us with choice, a…
James Brandon Lewis has released his fifth album as a leader, Radiant Imprints, which pairs the saxophonist with drummer Chad Taylor.
Mar 19, 2018 1:44 PM
Since moving to New York City in 2012, tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has been creating quite a stir with his…
