Tells His Story—Once and for All!
By Ted Panken
With a beautiful new album of Beatles tunes, Your Mother Should Know, and a heart-on-the-sleeve, deeply introspective autobiography, Formation: Building A Personal Canon, Part 1, pianist Brad Mehldau demonstrates again why he is one of the brightest lights in jazz.
By Gary Fukushima
Mendoza and the Metropole Orkest have reunited in a grand retrospective of their relationship together with Olympians [Modern, 2023], featuring selected works Mendoza wrote and performed with the group over the years.
By Frank Alkyer
There’s a zen-like drive to alto saxophonist Sharel Cassity that’s undeniable — über calm on the exterior, but burning inside, as she demonstrates in this live interview from the Midwest Clinic last December.
By Frank Alkyer
Record Store Day Hits April 22, so we deliver a glimpse at some of the vinyl dropping in and around that blessed holiday of wax. Here’s a glimpse into some of the new releases and reissues the DownBeat staff is looking forward to (or already digging into) right now!
