Mar 21, 2023 12:18 PM
Joe Chambers: The NYC–Montreal Connection
Joe Chambers came to New York this month to record his new Blue Note album. The session yielded nine tracks that, on…
“There was a time I decided I was not a composer, only an improvisor, and I find that very difficult to do with one hand,” Jarrett says. “Jumping off a cliff takes two hands and two feet.”
(Photo: Michael Jackson)Mar 21, 2023 12:24 PM
Keith Jarrett can do more with his right hand than most pianists can with two. As he pulls the protective cloth from the Steinway B in his hallowed Cavelight home studio, you’re…
Chambers’ latest recording features some serendipitous, international flair.
Mar 21, 2023 12:18 PM
Joe Chambers came to New York this month to record his new Blue Note album. The session yielded nine tracks that, on…
John Zorn will appear in a number of different configurations at this year’s Big Ears Festival.
Mar 21, 2023 11:57 AM
Embrace leaving shows early … and maybe do some cross-training. That seems to be the usual message ahead of…
Lee started listening to Chet Baker Sings every day during the initial weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mar 21, 2023 11:46 AM
For Amos Lee, the Philadelphia-bred singer-songwriter who first broke as the opening act on Norah Jones’ 2004 tour,…
Author Eugene Marlow at the Great Wall of China
Mar 21, 2023 11:36 AM
According to the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, the musical genre came late to the Far East, and especially to China.…
“A lot of trombone players play a lot of notes,” says Delfeayo Marsalis. “I play real laid-back.”
Mar 14, 2023 11:56 AM
The most famous brothers in jazz are scattered. Wynton lives in Manhattan. Branford settled in North Carolina. Jason…
Lloyd performed an 85th birthday concert at Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre on March 10.
Mar 14, 2023 11:51 AM
Beyond the musical merits and depths unfolded, Charles Lloyd’s latest concert at Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre…
Rollins has recorded more than 60 albums across seven decades.
Mar 14, 2023 11:31 AM
Reservoir has acquired the publishing and recorded rights of Sonny Rollins. Regarded as one of the most influential…
Keiko Matsui’s new album, Euphoria, comes out March 31.
Mar 14, 2023 11:12 AM
Pianist and composer Keiko Matsui plans to release her 30th album, called Euphoria (Shanachie), on March 31. DownBeat…
Xhosa Cole Quartet
Mar 14, 2023 11:10 AM
With the release of his debut album, 2021’s acclaimed K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us (Stoney Lane Records), the…
“I don’t do projects that don’t have a story or motivation,” Benjamin says.
Mar 7, 2023 12:48 PM
When DownBeat caught up with Lakecia Benjamin in November via Zoom, the saxophonist and composer was clad in a cherry…
