Jan 6, 2020 9:00 AM
Michael McDonald, Brian Owens Guest on Latest ‘Sanborn Sessions’
A pair of St. Louis natives—Doobie Brothers’ pianist/singer Michael McDonald and vocalist Brian Owens—hang out…
Saxophonist David Sanborn (left) is releasing the second installment of his Sanborn Sessions video series, an episode that features pianist/singer Michael McDonald and vocalist Brian Owens.
Jan 6, 2020 9:00 AM
A pair of St. Louis natives—Doobie Brothers’ pianist/singer Michael McDonald and vocalist Brian Owens—hang out…
Drummer Shelly Manne’s work as a leader and sideperson exhibits his refusal to be pigeonholed.
Jan 6, 2020 9:00 AM
A case can be made that no other drummer of his era had, in today’s parlance, a stronger “brand” than Shelly…
Yusef Lateef (1920–2013)
Jan 3, 2020 9:19 AM
Yusef Lateef, the Detroit-bred multi-instrumentalist and composer who was born in 1920 and lived to be 93, was a…
Clark Terry (1920–2015)
Jan 2, 2020 9:15 AM
While many listeners discovered Clark Terry during his time with The Tonight Show band in the 1960s and ’70s, a new…
Trumpeter/vocalist Bria Skonberg is among the international artists who have performed at the North Carolina Jazz Festival in Wilmington.
Jan 1, 2020 9:00 AM
Saxophonist Houston Person and drummer/vibraphonist Chuck Redd—two of the headliners at the upcoming 40th annual…
Dee Alexander explores the more obscure songs of Billie Holiday on her latest Delmark release.
Dec 31, 2019 9:00 AM
“I can’t remember a time when Billie Holiday’s music wasn’t in my life,” says Dee Alexander, the Chicago…
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt (right) displays a deep canonical knowledge on The Art Of Intimacy, Vol. 1, a ballad-focused recording the bandleader made with pianist George Cables and bassist Peter Washington.
Dec 30, 2019 9:44 AM
During the past two decades, Jeremy Pelt has established himself as a resourceful trumpeter, bandleader and composer…
Saxophonists Samuel Blais (left), Donny McCaslin, David Binney and Dave Liebman make up the Four Visions Saxophone Quartet, a group that can trace its lineage back to jazz and the work of classical saxophonist Marcel Mule.
Dec 27, 2019 9:08 AM
Wind ensembles that work without a rhythm section are tricky.
Horn quartets flout accepted rhythmic and harmonic…
Harold Mabern (1936–2019)
Dec 26, 2019 9:00 AM
From jazz pianists and r&b firebrands to avant-garde stalwarts, DownBeat offers a look back at some of the musicians,…
Carla Thomas (left), Dee Dee Bridgewater, Steven Bernstein, Craig Handy and Natalie Cressman onstage at the WBGO gala on Nov. 6 in Manhattan
Dec 25, 2019 9:00 AM
On Nov. 6, Newark’s jazz public radio station, WBGO, marked a milestone by throwing itself a 40th anniversary party.…
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