Jan 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Tomasz Dabrowski Seeks New Contexts
Adversity has been a steady motivator in the career of Polish trumpeter Tomasz Dabrowski, starting with his early…
Trumpeter Tomasz Dabrowski is a musician eager to challenge himself with shifting contexts and self-imposed limitations.
Jan 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Adversity has been a steady motivator in the career of Polish trumpeter Tomasz Dabrowski, starting with his early…
Saxophonist David Sanborn (left) is releasing the second installment of his Sanborn Sessions video series, an episode that features pianist/singer Michael McDonald and vocalist Brian Owens.
Jan 6, 2020 9:00 AM
A pair of St. Louis natives—Doobie Brothers’ pianist/singer Michael McDonald and vocalist Brian Owens—hang out…
Drummer Shelly Manne’s work as a leader and sideperson exhibits his refusal to be pigeonholed.
Jan 6, 2020 9:00 AM
A case can be made that no other drummer of his era had, in today’s parlance, a stronger “brand” than Shelly…
Yusef Lateef (1920–2013)
Jan 3, 2020 9:19 AM
Yusef Lateef, the Detroit-bred multi-instrumentalist and composer who was born in 1920 and lived to be 93, was a…
Clark Terry (1920–2015)
Jan 2, 2020 9:15 AM
While many listeners discovered Clark Terry during his time with The Tonight Show band in the 1960s and ’70s, a new…
Trumpeter/vocalist Bria Skonberg is among the international artists who have performed at the North Carolina Jazz Festival in Wilmington.
Jan 1, 2020 9:00 AM
Saxophonist Houston Person and drummer/vibraphonist Chuck Redd—two of the headliners at the upcoming 40th annual…
Dee Alexander explores the more obscure songs of Billie Holiday on her latest Delmark release.
Dec 31, 2019 9:00 AM
“I can’t remember a time when Billie Holiday’s music wasn’t in my life,” says Dee Alexander, the Chicago…
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt (right) displays a deep canonical knowledge on The Art Of Intimacy, Vol. 1, a ballad-focused recording the bandleader made with pianist George Cables and bassist Peter Washington.
Dec 30, 2019 9:44 AM
During the past two decades, Jeremy Pelt has established himself as a resourceful trumpeter, bandleader and composer…
Saxophonists Samuel Blais (left), Donny McCaslin, David Binney and Dave Liebman make up the Four Visions Saxophone Quartet, a group that can trace its lineage back to jazz and the work of classical saxophonist Marcel Mule.
Dec 27, 2019 9:08 AM
Wind ensembles that work without a rhythm section are tricky.
Horn quartets flout accepted rhythmic and harmonic…
Harold Mabern (1936–2019)
Dec 26, 2019 9:00 AM
From jazz pianists and r&b firebrands to avant-garde stalwarts, DownBeat offers a look back at some of the musicians,…
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