Jun 21, 2022 11:42 AM
Michael League’s Spanish Adventure
Before he founded Snarky Puppy, Bokanté and GroundUP Productions, before he produced a Grammy-winning album, even…
“One thing I love about production is having to submit to a vision that isn’t 100% my own,” League said. “That ensures you have variety in your life.”
Jun 21, 2022 11:42 AM
Before he founded Snarky Puppy, Bokanté and GroundUP Productions, before he produced a Grammy-winning album, even…
“It’s a vibrant scene, impressive for the size of the town,” Pilc said of Montreal. “And it is more about exchange than competition.”
Jun 21, 2022 11:41 AM
It was June 2021, just after the end of an extended COVID-19 lockdown, that Alive–Live At Dièse Onze, Montréal, a…
The organic nature of Helfer’s artistry is genuine, developed over a lifetime of apprenticeship, appreciation and practice.
Jun 21, 2022 11:39 AM
Blues, boogie, jazz and American roots pianist Erwin Helfer is the unlikely-but-grateful poster boy for survival of the…
Meghan Stabile was the founder of Revive Music Group.
Jun 21, 2022 11:37 AM
Meghan Stabile, a promoter, presenter and producer, died on June 12 in Florida at age 39. The apparent cause was…
“I don’t want people on my bandstand counting measures,” Malinverni said.
Jun 21, 2022 11:36 AM
As Pete Malinverni worked his way through a set on a January night at The Django, a Manhattan night club, the pianist…
New York saxophonist Nicole Glover (right) and Montreal pianist Taurey Butler on stage during the inaugural Saint-Henri Jazz Week.
Jun 20, 2022 4:40 PM
Spring sprouted a brand new jazz initiative in Montreal this year: the Saint-Henri Jazz Week, presented in the borough…
In this rare iteration of the DownBeat Blindfold Test, all three musicians were asked to comment on selections consisting entirely of trio music.
Jun 14, 2022 1:32 PM
Seeing a colorful press photo of Rudresh Mahanthappa and his bandmates adorned in masks, tights and capes might lead…
“We don’t like boring music,” saxophonist Binker Golding says. “Our way of bringing excitement is by using energy. It’s just what we do … lean into it.”
Jun 14, 2022 1:28 PM
British duo Binker and Moses are pushing the fold with their new album Feeding The Machine (Gearbox), their first…
“I’m so incredibly honored to have been commissioned for this piece by the Monterey Jazz Festival,” Bowers said.
Jun 14, 2022 1:11 PM
Pianist, Oscar nominee and composer Kris Bowers has been commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival to write and…
“A lot of people came through this group, which blew their minds in a way that there was no turning back,” vocalist Dwight Trible said.
Jun 14, 2022 12:15 PM
When pianist Horace Tapscott saw a need for more performance opportunities in Los Angeles in 1961, he created the Pan…
