Jun 28, 2021 3:00 PM
20-Year-Old Pi Recordings Builds Path from Past to Future
Pi Recordings is one of the most respected labels in jazz, routinely presenting innovative, challenging work from…
Pi founders Yulun Wang (left) and Seth Rosner
Jun 28, 2021 3:00 PM
Pi Recordings is one of the most respected labels in jazz, routinely presenting innovative, challenging work from…
Alex Conde’s new album is titled Descarga For Bud.
Jun 25, 2021 3:00 PM
On Descarga For Bud (Sedajazz), pianist Alex Conde brilliantly extrapolates the complex beats and duende-suffused…
Stephane Wrembel’s latest album is Django Experiment VI.
Jun 24, 2021 3:00 PM
French-born guitarist-composer Stephane Wrembel, a true Django-phile at heart, is that rare artist who gives his…
From left, Demian Cabaud, Ariel Bringuez, Jorge Rossy and Miguel Zenón interpret the music of the Ornette Coleman Quartet on Law Years.
Jun 23, 2021 3:00 PM
Once, when alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón was working as Charlie Haden’s sideman, Ornette Coleman joined his former…
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi
Jun 22, 2021 10:47 AM
Rhiannon Giddens is homesick. That’s the partial theme of her new album, They’re Calling Me Home (Nonesuch…
Helen Gillet performing at the Broadside as part of outdoor programming by SideBar in New Orleans during the pandemic.
Jun 22, 2021 10:39 AM
“Behold! The sky’s a shining shell!”
Gazing out at the socially distanced crowd gathered at the open-air…
Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim and Gabrielle Cavassa receive their award from Christian McBride as co-winners of the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition.
Jun 22, 2021 9:57 AM
Great jazz singers find their voices by breaking rules. That was evident on June 6, as Gabrielle Cavassa and Tawanda…
Julian Lage (left) and Don Was
Jun 22, 2021 9:49 AM
This week’s streaming highlights feature Julian Lage in conversation with Don Was, the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic…
Maria Schneider’s Data Lords was named a Pulitzer Prize Finalist.
Jun 22, 2021 9:13 AM
Composer and bandleader Maria Schneider was named a 2021 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Music for her double album Data…
Don Gold, circa 1980s
Jun 22, 2021 9:03 AM
Back in 1956, DownBeat was in a trench of transition but only vaguely aware of where it might lead. The age of big…
