Oct 17, 2023 12:09 PM
Detroit Fest Delivers Despite Last-Minute Scheduling Shifts
A bold move by president/artistic director Chris Collins at the 44th Detroit Jazz Fest — ditching one of the four…
“Johnny O’Neil has such charisma, when he sits at the piano he commands attention,” observed pianist Sullivan Fortner, his duet partner at this year’s Detroit Jazz Fest.
Oct 17, 2023 12:09 PM
A bold move by president/artistic director Chris Collins at the 44th Detroit Jazz Fest — ditching one of the four…
Gabriela Martina and her longstanding band, from left, Vancil Cooper, Martina, Ben Rosenblum, Kyle Miles, Maxim Lubarsky and Jussi Reijonen.
Oct 17, 2023 11:38 AM
Her love of musical discovery and invention shines through on every track of her latest album, Homage To Grämlis, a…
“Blue Note music has been such an integral part of my musical and life experience for so long,” says Redman. “It’s surreal to be a part of this lineage.”
Oct 10, 2023 1:13 PM
“It just occurred to me just the other day,” said Joshua Redman, a bemused expression forming over his face on the…
“Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet on record, that was it!” said Freeman of his early influences.
Oct 10, 2023 1:05 PM
Visit Chicago guitarist George Freeman, whose new album The Good Life (High Note) featuring Joey DeFrancesco and…
“One of my hopes is that we find new and different versions of and possibilities for community,” Pinderhughes says of The Healing Project.
Oct 10, 2023 12:57 PM
In his Harlem apartment, Samora Pinderhughes presides over his contradictions. Handwritten pages splay across his…
Salles says his music “is a combination of being from Brazil and living in the U.S. as an immigrant.”
Oct 10, 2023 12:40 PM
Like most composers of programmatic music, Felipe Salles based his first big band album — the well-received 2018…
“There’s a lot of untapped potential in that classic big band literature,” Argue says, noting that it serves as inspiration.
Oct 3, 2023 12:50 PM
In 2010, when Darcy James Argue wrote “Dymaxion,” a masterstroke for large ensemble, he knew it was the beginning…
“You want to speak to someone’s heart, not just befuddle their brain,” Brunious says.
Oct 3, 2023 12:44 PM
When you enter Preservation Hall in New Orleans, it’s like stepping back in time. The small no-frills room looks…
From left: Mary Halvorson, Sylvie Courvoisier, Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach will be among the performers at this fall’s Jazzfest Berlin.
Oct 3, 2023 12:43 PM
As the fall festival season gets into full swing, artist lineups are being finalized and announced in anticipation of…
Beyond (April Records) continues Strange’s musical journey with meditations on the circle of life.
Oct 3, 2023 11:52 AM
Cecilie Strange, the gifted young Danish saxophonist and composer, first hit DownBeat’s radar with Blue (April…
