Jun 21, 2022 11:36 AM
Pete Malinverni Delivers Bernstein’s Message
As Pete Malinverni worked his way through a set on a January night at The Django, a Manhattan night club, the pianist…
“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…
Dee Dee Bridgewater (right) with the five finalists for the American Pianists Association’s next Cole Porter Fellowship.
Jun 14, 2022 12:10 PM
Every four years, the American Pianists Association recognizes five aspiring American pianists as finalists to compete…
The Irving S. Gilmore Piano Festival commissioned a piece by Tyshawn Sorey that premiered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this spring.
Jun 14, 2022 12:05 PM
The in-person interfacing of jazz and classical music was back on display for the first time in four years. With…
Jun 14, 2022 12:00 PM
Savage Content has announced a new web series where guests compete head-to-head in a test of their jazz knowledge. The…
The friendship that exists between Matthew Stevens (left) and Walter Smith III dates back when they were both members of Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah’s band during the mid-to-late aughts.
Jun 7, 2022 4:00 PM
Even when speaking with Walter Smith III and Matthew Stevens on Zoom — with the tenor saxophonist being in Boston and…
