Sep 10, 2024 12:18 PM
James Brandon Lewis: Urgency & Maximum Intention
It has been just over a year since this writer last spoke to saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis for the cover…
Hancock has a new project on the horizon but says he will not put it out until he’s ready.
(Photo: Mars Breslow)Sep 10, 2024 12:25 PM
On April 12 of this year, Herbie Hancock turned 84. How many people do you know in their 80s who are still working full time — and a lot more effectively than some candidates in…
“It’s like my memoir as a picture painted in sound,” Lewis explains of his growing body of work.
Sep 10, 2024 12:18 PM
It has been just over a year since this writer last spoke to saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis for the cover…
Morgenstern, making a point while being interviewed by Monk Rowe for the Fillius Jazz Archive at Hamilton College.
Sep 10, 2024 11:56 AM
Jazz journalist, historian, and 2007 NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern, whose decades of writing and other activities in…
One highlight of You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown is the complete version of “Joe Cool.”
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Just in time for tonight’s presidential debate, Lee Mendelson Film Productions has announced the release — for the…
Students jam at The New School in New York.
Sep 5, 2024 12:20 PM
The road we call jazz can take you anywhere — from your quiet hometown to the grandest stages of the world; from…
A career in music isn’t just playing onstage. These four professionals prove it, from left: Jody Espina, JodyJazz Mouthpieces; publicist Lydia Liebman; producer and manager Matt Pierson with Samara Joy and Pasquale Grasso; Sunny Sumter, DC Jazz Festival.
Sep 5, 2024 12:08 PM
Beyond performing and teaching, what can one do with a music degree? Plenty.
From festival presentation, album…
Ryan Middagh, at piano, leads class at Vanderbilt.
Sep 5, 2024 12:04 PM
High school seniors interested in studying jazz at the collegiate level have undoubtedly begun investigating a variety…
From left, jazz educators Jay Sweet, Jason Goldman and Ingrid Jensen offer valuable audition tips.
Sep 5, 2024 11:51 AM
During the early years of jazz, studying the genre in a college classroom would have seemed absurd. The music was…
“I don’t focus on the harshness of the music business,” Lloyd says. “I focus on the profundity of what we’re doing because that’s the real stuff. You can change the world with that.”
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“To get this honor at this late stage, I suppose I’m blessed. I just know that this is a sacred song, and I’m in…
The Sullivan Fortner Trio, from left, Fortner, Tyrone Allen and Kayvon Gordon.
Sep 4, 2024 1:26 PM
As a pianist, Sullivan Fortner is a master at shifting gears. He spent years as a key member of trumpeter Roy…
“I had to play the music I loved with the people I wanted to play it with,” said Bloom. “Nothing would stop me.”
Sep 4, 2024 1:09 PM
When DownBeat last profiled Jane Ira Bloom in August 2017, the soprano saxophonist was at the start of her ongoing…
