An Improvised Life
By Dave Cantor
As concerts and recording sessions around the globe came to an abrupt halt, DownBeat interviewed eight artists to discuss their strategies for coping during the coronavirus pandemic.
By James Hale
When Sands turned 30 in May 2019, he felt an urge to take stock of his life. For some millennials, that exercise might be a bit deflating, but few of his peers have so many achievements to contemplate.
By J.D. Considine
Rosenwinkel’s Angels Around is his second collection of trio standards, following 2009’s Reflections (Word of Mouth Music). But whatever the two albums might share in concept and instrumentation is overshadowed by a pointed difference in sound and strategy.
Matt Brewer was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test”:
