Jul 5, 2023 1:55 PM
Rachel Eckroth Explores Her Jazz Predilections
When Arizona native Rachel Eckroth spoke with DownBeat in March, she was in Denmark, wrapping up a…
Jul 5, 2023 1:55 PM
When Arizona native Rachel Eckroth spoke with DownBeat in March, she was in Denmark, wrapping up a…
Jun 27, 2023 1:03 PM
It may come as a surprise to find that the artist known as Taj Mahal — born Henry Fredericks Jr. — has officially…
Jun 27, 2023 12:58 PM
Peter Brötzmann, a German saxophonist and clarinetist whose music charted a provocative, uncompromising new course for…
Jun 27, 2023 12:44 PM
Wayne Escoffery sits comfortably in a soft chair in a hotel room in Denver. He is traveling once again with the Mingus…
Jun 27, 2023 12:41 PM
The Ravinia Steans Music Institute, based in Highland Park, Illinois, has been committed to cross-pollinating the…
Jun 20, 2023 2:42 PM
Rickie Lee Jones has a credo that she’s lived by all her life: shouting her name out while zigzagging through musical…
Jun 20, 2023 2:37 PM
After more than 30 years of living as an expatriate in Italy, the amiable Ralph Towner is sitting comfortably at his…
Jun 20, 2023 2:30 PM
In 2020, the pandemic scuppered plans for a concert at London’s Barbican, which would have paid homage to 50 years of…
Jun 14, 2023 9:15 AM
Audiences today hunger for interdisciplinary art. That notion was vividly illustrated by the crowd’s response to the…
Jun 13, 2023 12:32 PM
Walter Smith III finds compositional inspiration in unexpected — and amusing — places. As an example, consider the…