Sep 12, 2023 2:03 PM
Marc Ribot’s Rock Dreams
There’s an unrepentant snarl to Marc Ribot’s voice on twisted tunes like “Subsidiary,” “Soldiers In The Army…
Ceramic Dog is, from right, Shahzad Ismaily, Ches Smith and Ribot.
Sep 12, 2023 2:03 PM
There’s an unrepentant snarl to Marc Ribot’s voice on twisted tunes like “Subsidiary,” “Soldiers In The Army…
The blues compilation Tell Everybody! (21st Century Juke Joint Blues) was produced by Dan Auerbach, guitarist for The Black Keys.
Sep 12, 2023 1:48 PM
The viable flow of the blues continues to cultivate. Elemental and rooted, it has percolated through the American…
Davis (1930–2023) was remarkable for his ability to adapt to seemingly any style.
Sep 12, 2023 1:32 PM
Richard Davis, a bassist whose virtuosity was equaled by his astounding versatility, died Sept. 6 in Madison,…
A new breed of New York-based contemporary jazz composers that includes Erica Seguine (left) and Shon Baker is reinventing orchestral music for the 21st century.
Sep 12, 2023 1:06 PM
Unlike the retro swing revival of the 1990s, the current incarnation emerged from conservatories, not bandstands and…
Payton plans to revisit and re-orchestrate his first symphonic work with the goal of reorganizing it to reflect who he is today.
Sep 12, 2023 12:59 PM
Nicholas Payton has been awarded a major grant from South Arts to record The Black American Symphony, which he wrote 10…
The new recording from Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons puts the pianist front and center of the jazz vanguard. From left, Davis, Trevor Dunn, Terri Lyne Carrington, Val Jeanty and Julian Lage.
Sep 6, 2023 12:37 PM
In late May 2022, Kris Davis realized a dream. She and her ensemble Diatom Ribbons performed six nights at New York’s…
“I’ll produce my own projects,” says drummer and composer Tyshawn Sorey. “I’ll do it my way, and I’ll do it well.”
Sep 6, 2023 12:27 PM
When Tyshawn Sorey turned 40 a few months into the pandemic lockdown, he decided henceforth to focus on more explicitly…
The European trio Ghosted played a hypnotic set on Aug. 3 at Portugal’s Jazz em Agosto.
Sep 6, 2023 12:19 PM
There’s a predictable homogeneity to many of the jazz festivals that take place over the course of the hot European…
Philip Arneill and James Catchpole’s book Tokyo Jazz Joints documents a vanishing world of Japanese jazz culture.
Sep 6, 2023 11:51 AM
Germany-based publisher Kehrer Verlag has released Tokyo Jazz Joints, a visual chronicle of Japanese jazz bars and…
Christian McBride and writer Ashley Kahn meet for a DownBeat Blindfold Test hosted by New York University’s Jazz Studies program.
Aug 29, 2023 11:41 AM
Christian McBride turned 51 this May 31 and is still pushing far beyond what many might consider conventional career…
