Aug 1, 2023 1:22 PM
Blindfold Test: Joey Baron
At 68, Joey Baron has been a lifelong connoisseur of the nuances of groove and melody-oriented drumming. Over his…
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and pianist George Cables are set to stream a Saturday show this week.
(Photo: Kasia Idzkowska)As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a number of musicians are using online streaming services to connect directly with fans. We’ll keep a running tab for the week below.
A fee is associated with some of the material listed here, and several items have been sourced from WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center. DB
Dec. 21: Phill Niblock: 6 Hours Of Music And Film
Dec. 21: Joe Farnsworth Sextet
Dec. 21: Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang’s Winter Solstice Evening Concert
Dec. 22: Emily Braden’s Christmas Special With The Misha Piatigorsky Trio
Dec. 22: Steve Nelson Quartet
Dec. 23: Zach Brock/Bob Lanzetti
Dec. 23: Simona Premazzi Quartet
Dec. 24: Jan Luley
Dec. 24: Adam Shulman Plays Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas
Dec. 24: Ron Carter/Russell Malone
Dec. 24: David Kikoski/Matt Clohesy
Dec. 24: Palladium Plays Speak No Evil
Dec. 25: Christmas With The Harlem Gospel Choir
Dec. 25: Nick Hempton Band
Dec. 26: Steve Sandberg/Boris Koslov/Rudy Royston
Dec. 26: Jeremy Pelt/George Cables
Dec. 26: Tamir Hendelman
Dec. 27: Jim Ridl
Dec. 27: Jochen Rueckert Quartet
Dec. 27: Jazz For Justice (Warren Smith, Caroline Davis, Bilal, Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Camille Thurman)
Updated Dec. 22
“Bill Stewart has nothing to prove,” Baron says. “I aspire to that ethic.”
Aug 1, 2023 1:22 PM
At 68, Joey Baron has been a lifelong connoisseur of the nuances of groove and melody-oriented drumming. Over his…
“At this point in my life I’m still looking for the note,” Lloyd says. “But I’m a little nearer.”
Jul 27, 2023 2:06 PM
If, as Charles Lloyd likes to say, “creativity is going to burst at its seams,” then it’s no surprise that the…
Christian McBride and writer Ashley Kahn meet for a DownBeat Blindfold Test hosted by New York University’s Jazz Studies program.
Aug 29, 2023 11:41 AM
Christian McBride turned 51 this May 31 and is still pushing far beyond what many might consider conventional career…
Samara Joy brought fans to their feet in the middle of her Newport set!
Aug 8, 2023 3:53 PM
“Something for everybody” was the strategy of the Ed Sullivan Show, the most successful variety show in TV history,…
’You can’t simply book a festival with things that you like,” Christian McBride says of the Newport Jazz Festival. “You have a responsibility to present up-and-coming artists who people don’t know yet. And you have to get people in the seats.”
Jul 25, 2023 1:22 PM
This year’s Newport Jazz Festival, scheduled for Aug. 4–6, will continue George Wein’s strategy of presenting a…
