Oct 23, 2020 9:45 AM
Premiere: Listen To An Alternative Take Of Dave Brubeck’s ‘Blue Rondo À La Turk’
First released on Dec. 14, 1959, The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Time Out achieved prominence in popular culture in a…
Unreleased recordings of the Dave Brubeck Quartet—saxophonist Paul Desmond (left), pianist Dave Brubeck, drummer Joe Morello and bassist Eugene Wright—are set for release on Dec. 4.
Oct 23, 2020 9:45 AM
First released on Dec. 14, 1959, The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Time Out achieved prominence in popular culture in a…
Vocalist Luba Mason’s Triangle was released Oct. 23.
Oct 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Vocalist Luba Mason is as comfortable acting on stage as she is singing in a vocal booth, and equally adept at…
Bandleader Brandi Disterheft is set to release her fifth album, Surfboard, on Oct. 30.
Oct 5, 2020 1:59 PM
Bassist-vocalist Brandi Disterheft, a frequent rhythm partner of drummer Joe Farnsworth, drifts through originals and…
Emmet Cohen is set to issue his first album on Mack Avenue, Future Stride, Jan. 29.
Oct 2, 2020 9:00 AM
Emmet Cohen’s latest album, Future Stride, works to encompass the bounty of recorded jazz history.
Cohen, who in…
University Of The Arts in Philadelphia is among the 212 schools listed in this year’s Student Music Guide.
Sep 22, 2020 8:55 AM
DownBeat’s annual Student Music Guide contains essential information for students who are preparing to enter college…
Bassist Bootsy Collins is set to issue The Power Of The One, an album featuring a litany of jazz luminaries, as well as artists like rapper Snoop Dogg and blues guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram.
Sep 16, 2020 9:00 AM
Bootsy Collins has been dispensing funk as a bandleader and with performers like James Brown and George Clinton for…
Edu Ribeiro (left), Reuben Rogers, Helio Alves and Romero Lubambo collaborate for AT PLAY.
Sep 8, 2020 11:29 AM
The legacy of recorded music in Brazil—jazz and otherwise—is such a monumental contribution to the world that…
Luke Stewart is set to stream a Thursday performance.
Sep 7, 2020 9:00 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Mehmet Sanlikol’s “A Vicious Murder,” from his upcoming suite, tells part of poet Rumi’s tale.
Aug 6, 2020 9:00 AM
Commissioned by reedist Dave Liebman and supported through grants from the New England Conservatory, The Aaron Copland…
Urban(e), a new recording from the Mike Fahie Jazz Orchestra due out Aug. 28 on Greenleaf Music, grew out of a singular notion: the marriage of the classical and jazz idioms.
Jul 31, 2020 6:43 AM
Trombonist-composer Mike Fahie—a prolific bandleader and in-demand sideman on the New York scene—is serious about…
