Aug 15, 2018 9:00 AM
Ben Goldberg’s Love of Steve Lacy Takes Him into New Territory
All it took was one note for Ben Goldberg to fall in love with the music of saxophonist Steve Lacy.
At the time,…
New York multi-instrumentalist Ben Goldberg likes Steve Lacy as much as Steve Lacy liked baseball.
Aug 15, 2018 9:00 AM
All it took was one note for Ben Goldberg to fall in love with the music of saxophonist Steve Lacy.
At the time,…
Clarinet player and composer Andy Biskin released his first recording with 16 Tons in June.
Aug 14, 2018 9:00 AM
Colleagues balked at clarinet player and composer Andy Biskin’s plan for a project featuring three trumpets, drums…
Medeski, Martin & Wood are set to release Omnisphere on Sept. 14.
Aug 14, 2018 8:55 AM
Medeski Martin & Wood is set to issue Omnisphere (Indirecto), a live disc the trio recorded in Colorado during 2015…
Lisa Ullén recently released a 3-album set, Piano Works (Disorder).
Aug 13, 2018 9:00 AM
Many musicians cite specific individuals as key influences, but for Swedish pianist Lisa Ullén, a particular community…
Jazzmeia Horn (left) discusses a track with journalist Dan Ouellette during a DownBeat Blindfold Test at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Aug 10, 2018 9:00 AM
In her first Blindfold Test, Jazzmeia Horn—who topped the category Rising Star–Female Vocalist in the 2018…
Vijay Iyer (left) discusses a track with journalist Dan Ouellette during a DownBeat Blindfold Test at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Aug 10, 2018 9:00 AM
A MacArthur Fellow, Harvard University faculty member and winner of the Jazz Artist category in the 2018 DownBeat…
Singer Kurt Elling, seen here performing at the 2018 North Sea Jazz Festival, also participated in a DownBeat Blindfold Test during the fest.
Aug 10, 2018 9:00 AM
Kurt Elling’s new album, The Questions (OKeh), is more evidence of his stature as one of the top vocalists in jazz.…
Kurt Elling performs during the 2018 North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Aug 10, 2018 9:00 AM
At the 2018 North Sea Jazz Festival—held July 13–15 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands—DownBeat embarked upon an…
Bassist Greg Cohen (from left), trumpeter Dave Douglas, drummer Joey Baron and saxophonist John Zorn perform as Masada at Jazz Em Agosto in Lisbon, Portugal.
Aug 10, 2018 8:55 AM
This annual festival in Lisbon, Portugal, long programmed by Rui Neves, consistently has offered one of Europe’s most…
Melissa Aldana performs with Artemis on Sunday, Aug. 4 on the Fort Stage at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island.
Aug 9, 2018 9:00 AM
An intense and unrelenting rainstorm pummeled Rhode Island all day Saturday, taking some of the luster off the 2018…
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