Mar 7, 2023 1:01 PM
Blindfold Test: Julian Lage
When Julian Lage sat down for this live Blindfold Test at the North Sea Jazz Festival last July, the guitarist/composer…
Mar 7, 2023 1:01 PM
When Julian Lage sat down for this live Blindfold Test at the North Sea Jazz Festival last July, the guitarist/composer…
Jan 18, 2022 12:44 PM
Big Ears 2022 will take place live in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, March 24–27, according to festival organizers.…
Jan 12, 2021 8:40 AM
Despite 2020 being a troublesome year, Charles Lloyd refused to be inactive.
The 82-year-old saxophonist debuted two…
Sep 30, 2020 8:59 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Jul 30, 2020 9:31 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Mar 24, 2020 10:49 AM
“Hans-Olav Solli and the crew at Molde International Jazz Festival let my dreams come true as the artist-in-residence…
Jan 23, 2020 8:23 PM
On the occasion of his 80th birthday, saxophonist Charles Lloyd staged a concert of homecoming proportions. The show on…
Jan 24, 2020 10:49 AM
Now in its seventh year, the Jazz at the Logan series offers programing that works to encompass a range of the jazz…
Jan 4, 2019 12:27 PM
During 2018, DownBeat published hundreds of articles and album reviews. What’s below, though, are some features and…
Aug 13, 2018 11:35 AM
This annual festival in Lisbon, Portugal, long programmed by Rui Neves, consistently has offered one of Europe’s most…
Jun 27, 2018 9:28 AM
Pianist Vijay Iyer, singer-songwriter Cécile McLorin Salvant, flutist Nicole Mitchell, trumpeter Amir ElSaffar,…
Jun 21, 2018 2:20 PM
Julian Lage cut a lean and lithe figure, swinging and swaying to the artfully organized tangle of tones—some bent…
Jun 4, 2018 2:44 PM
Thirty years ago, Nels Cline recorded his first album as a bandleader for the Enja label. Angelica featured an all-star…
May 1, 2018 9:26 AM
Although the Savannah Music Festival embraces all forms of American roots music, most of its jazz programming takes…
Mar 23, 2018 12:45 PM
To mark its 35th anniversary, Jazz em Agosto, a festival in Lisbon, Portugal, has devised a tribute to John Zorn.
…Mar 20, 2018 11:18 AM
When he was in his 60s, the linguistically limber veteran saxophonist Charles Lloyd likened himself to a “junior…
Dec 5, 2017 2:27 PM
Clarinetist Anat Cohen, pianist Fred Hersch, alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón, guitarist Julian Lage, vocalist Cécile…
Dec 4, 2017 4:33 PM
Clarinetist Anat Cohen, pianist Fred Hersch, saxophonist Chris Potter, vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, organist Joey…
Oct 18, 2017 9:05 AM
They come from different musical worlds. But you’d never guess that after seeing them perform in the Krannert…
Sep 22, 2017 11:42 PM
The ELLNORA Guitar Festival, held Sept. 14–16, is a mecca for all manner of string players as well as voracious music…
Jul 5, 2017 3:14 PM
Some of the most adventurous programming in New York during the span of a week in June took place at the Greenwich…