Mar 12, 2024 3:28 PM
Geri & Kurt: A ‘Lovesome’ Story in Paris
“There are a few musicians you hear where, as somebody once said, the molecules in the room change. Geri was one of…
“Both of us are quite grounded in the craft, the tradition and the harmonic sense,” Rosenwinkel said of his experience playing with Allen. “Yet I felt we shared something mystical as well.”
Mar 12, 2024 3:28 PM
“There are a few musicians you hear where, as somebody once said, the molecules in the room change. Geri was one of…
“I wanted Kurt [Rosenwinkel] to kill it and he did,” saxophonist Jim Snidero says of the title track from Far Far Away.
May 9, 2023 12:40 PM
Alto saxophonist Jim Snidero’s latest date, Far Far Away, stands as a career milestone. He’s reached the plateau of…
Bassist Christian McBride (left), saxophonist Joshua Redman, drummer Brian Blade and pianist Brad Mehldau reconvened in the studio after more than two decades for RoundAgain.
Dec 31, 2020 8:44 AM
In 2020, DownBeat sought to cover the breadth of jazz, while also working to represent what was going on in the country…
Carla Bley (left), Steve Swallow and Andy Sheppard recorded Life Goes On for the ECM label.
Jan 5, 2021 7:54 AM
The list below is a roundup of the 5-, 4.5- and 4-star reviews that ran in the print edition of DownBeat during 2020.…
Maria Schneider and Donny McCaslin are set to stream a Tuesday conversation.
Nov 13, 2020 11:32 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Kurt Rosenwinkel released Angels Around on his own label, Heartcore Records.
Dec 14, 2020 2:37 PM
Kurt Rosenwinkel was three dates into an eight-city tour of Sweden in mid-March. Asked where, exactly, he could only…
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…
Pianist Kris Davis is set to stream a June 5 set alongside drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and sound artist Val Jeanty as a part of the online platform Live From Our Living Rooms’ Creative Summit & Fundraiser.
Jun 22, 2020 8:54 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Aaron Parks returns for a second album alongside his Little Big ensemble. Little Big II: Dreams Of A Mechanical Man (Ropeadope) is due out May 8.
May 5, 2020 9:03 AM
Pianist Aaron Parks writes compositions that bring together jazz, rock and electronica, while his Little Big quartet…
Chucho Valdés (second from left) at the Rumba Para Bebo concert
Oct 8, 2018 9:21 AM
The Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival, which launched in 1966, is billing 2018 as its 50th anniversary.…
Children at the Mthunzi Orphan Center in Lusaka, Zambia, performed vocals on a track that features Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aaron Parks and Dave Douglas.
Dec 28, 2017 11:47 AM
Best known for his fluid electric guitar lines, Kurt Rosenwinkel is also the driving force behind Heartcore Records, an…
Jim Black, drummer of Human Feel, performs Aug. 5 during Jazz em Agosto in Portugal.
Aug 14, 2017 8:05 PM
Rui Neves, the artistic director of Lisbon’s Jazz em Agosto (Jazz In August), describes his preferred musical sphere…
Kurt Rosenwinkel will release Caipi, his debut album on Heartcore Records & Razdaz Records, on March 10.
Sep 13, 2019 1:09 PM
Guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel signals a new musical direction with the March 10 release of Caipi, the long-awaited debut…
