Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
Southern California Fires Hit the Jazz Community
Roy McCurdy and his wife had just finished eating dinner and were relaxing over coffee in their Altadena home, when he…
Stony Plain Records has announced a June 26 release date for Duke Robillard’s World Full of Blues, the latest album from the blues and roots music guitarist.
The release follows a year of acclaim for Robillard—he garnered a Grammy nomination for his 2006 release, Guitar Groove-A-Rama, and earlier this week he received the 2007 Rhode Island Pell Award for Excellence. Last year also saw Robillard playing guitar on Tom Waits’ national tour, as well as touring to support his own album. “When I conceived of this project and convinced Stony Plain to let me record a double disc CD, my intention was to record a set of music that touched upon nearly all the areas of blues and blues related music that make up my sound,” writes Robillard in the new album’s liner notes. “Now, with a double CD and over 115 minutes of music, I feel like I have made a statement that is true to what I am about.” For more information, visit www.dukerobillard.com.
Gerald and John Clayton at the family home in Altadena during a photo shoot for the June 2022 cover of DownBeat. The house was lost during the Los Angeles fires.
Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
Roy McCurdy and his wife had just finished eating dinner and were relaxing over coffee in their Altadena home, when he…
“She said, ‘A lot of people are going to try and stop you,’” Sheryl Bailey recalls of the advice she received from jazz guitarist Emily Remler (1957–’90). “‘They’re going to say you slept with somebody, you’re a dyke, you’re this and that and the other. Don’t listen to them, and just keep playing.’”
Feb 3, 2025 10:49 PM
In the April 1982 issue of People magazine, under the heading “Lookout: A Guide To The Up and Coming,” jazz…
The Old Country: More From The Deer Head Inn arrives 30 years after ECM issued the Keith Jarret Trio live album At The Deer Head Inn.
Jan 21, 2025 7:38 PM
Last November, Keith Jarrett, who has not played publicly since suffering two strokes in 2018, greenlighted ECM to drop…
“The first recording I owned with Brazilian music on it was Wayne Shorter’s Native Dancer,” says Renee Rosnes. “And then I just started to go down the rabbit hole.”
Jan 16, 2025 2:02 PM
In her four-decade career, Renee Rosnes has been recognized as a singular voice, both as a jazz composer and a…
As Ted Nash, left, departs the alto saxophone chair for LCJO, Alexa Tarantino steps in as the band’s first female full-time member.
Mar 4, 2025 1:29 PM
If only because openings for JLCO’s 15 permanent positions appear about as frequently as sub-freezing days on the…
