‘Go Inside the Sound’
By Ken Micallef
Pianist/keyboardist Craig Taborn is a cerebral composer who doesn’t let the complexities of his music get in the way of his quest for beauty. He has a new quartet album, Daylight Ghosts.
By Phillip Lutz
Trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and her sister, saxophonist Christine Jensen, have collaborated on a new album, Infinitude, which features guitarist Ben Monder.
By Josef Woodard
DownBeat presents excerpts from Josef Woodard’s book Conversations with Charlie Haden, which compiles his interviews with the late bassist, who is a member of the DownBeat Hall of Fame.
By Dan Ouellette
Drummer Rudy Royston is already a revered accompanist, but he has also steadily built a sterling reputation as a bandleader, thanks to projects such as his new album, Rise Of Orion.
Greg Osby was tested on the following tracks for the Blindfold Test: