Jun 19, 2020 10:21 AM
Musicians Look To Online Teaching During Uncertain Times
While jazz education has long served as a way to hand down tradition while instilling superlative musicianship, it has…
Saxophonist Caroline Davis continues teaching through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jun 19, 2020 10:21 AM
While jazz education has long served as a way to hand down tradition while instilling superlative musicianship, it has…
Ted Nash revisits Bernstein and Sondheim for Somewhere Else: Songs From West Side Story.
Dec 27, 2019 9:07 AM
The list below is a round up of the 5-, 4.5- and 4-star reviews that ran in print editions of DownBeat during 2019. If…
Chick Corea’s Trilogy, which also includes bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, are set to play the 2019/20 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series in Chicago on Nov. 1.
Oct 7, 2019 9:40 AM
The 2019/2020 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series in Chicago is set to return Nov. 1.
During the past two-plus…
Drummer Eric Harland teamed with tenor saxophonist Daniel Rovin and bassist Austin White to found the label GSI Records.
Nov 24, 2018 11:20 PM
One of the more intriguing new labels of 2018 is GSI Records, co-owned by drummer Eric Harland, tenor saxophonist…
Daniel Rolim and and Marta Freitas perform at Brazilian Jazz Night during the 40th annual Copenhagen Jazz Festival.
Jul 18, 2018 11:36 AM
Drowsily easing up to passport control upon arrival in Copenhagen after a sleepless, otherwise pleasant 8-hour journey…
The supergroup Hudson—Larry Grenadier (left), John Medeski, Jack DeJohnette and John Scofield—made its New York debut at Jazz at Lincoln Center Oct. 6–7.
Oct 17, 2017 4:01 PM
The brainchild of NEA Jazz Master drummer Jack DeJohnette, the all-star amalgamation HUDSON, unites four of the most…
Christian McBride (foreground) and Questlove (background) perform in The Philadelphia Experiment at the Newport Jazz Festival on Aug. 6.
Aug 12, 2017 1:19 PM
The annual pilgrimage to Fort Adams State Park, located at the mouth of Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, is a high point…
John Medeski (left), Larry Grenadier, Jack DeJohnette and John Scofield perform as the collective Hudson on June 30 at the Montreal Jazz Festival.
Aug 1, 2017 11:07 AM
The Montreal Jazz Festival has earned a reputation for presenting some of the finer emerging acts in improvised music…
The members of Hudson (clockwise from top right) are Larry Grenadier, John Scofield, Jack DeJohnette and John Medeski.
Feb 17, 2017 4:08 PM
The new band Hudson includes four of the most acclaimed musicians in jazz: drummer Jack DeJohnette, bassist Larry…
