Jan 17, 2023 2:04 PM
The Many Lives of Little Freddie King, New Orleans Blues Royalty
The elder statesmen of New Orleans blues — Little Freddie King and Guitar “Lightnin” Lee — are both…
“The gutbucket blues is really tribulation from stress and hard times,” King says.
Jan 17, 2023 2:04 PM
The elder statesmen of New Orleans blues — Little Freddie King and Guitar “Lightnin” Lee — are both…
Levitt described his process for making Upside Down Mountain as “whatever flowed freely from my heart.”
Jan 17, 2023 1:55 PM
There is something so luminous, open-hearted and wholly unique about the music on Yosef Gutman Levitt’s self-produced…
The final set of the fest was fronted by trumpeter Russ Johnson, shown here with bassist Ethan Philion.
Jan 17, 2023 1:47 PM
The third annual Catalytic Sound Festival (the second “in person” event, the first was virtual) was exponentially…
“I enjoyed exploring different techniques with this music,” Yeager says.
Jan 17, 2023 1:13 PM
Kurt Vonnegut, the late, great American novelist and iconoclast, was many things: satirist, science fictional…
Jakob Bro, left, and Joe Lovano lead Once Around The Room, a tribute to Paul Motian.
Jan 10, 2023 11:21 AM
The sui generis septet album Once Around The Room (ECM) references the beautiful Paul Motian song “Once Around The…
Davis founded Pyroclastic Records in 2016.
Jan 10, 2023 11:12 AM
Pianist and composer Kris Davis will present the Pyroclastic Records Festival Jan. 13–14 during the New York Winter…
Karl Emil Knudsen, second from left, with members of Papa Bue’s Viking Jazz Band, which recorded Storyville’s first million-selling record.
Jan 10, 2023 10:55 AM
The oldest and largest independent jazz record label in Europe is currently celebrating its 70th anniversary, and…
Laubrock is one of four artistic directors for jazzahead!’s Commissioned Works series.
Jan 10, 2023 10:51 AM
A delegation from the European jazz conference jazzahead! will head to New York City as part of its Building Bridges…
The Jack Rudin Jazz Championship provides participating university ensembles with quality literature and a forum for celebrating excellence.
Jan 10, 2023 10:41 AM
Jazz at Lincoln Center will conduct the third annual Jack Rudin Jazz Championship, a two-day invitational competition…
Gretchen Valade
Jan 3, 2023 12:45 PM
EDITOR’S NOTE: As this edition of the DownBeat Enewsletter was about to go out, we learned of the passing of jazz…
