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Blindfold Test: Alfredo Rodríguez
“I’ve looked to be global for a long time,” Alfredo Rodríguez told DownBeat in 2020. “I like to explore music…
“I love the touch, the sound, the harmonic progressions, the groove from beginning to end,” Alfredo Rodríguez said of Hank Jones.
Feb 18, 2025 1:56 PM
“I’ve looked to be global for a long time,” Alfredo Rodríguez told DownBeat in 2020. “I like to explore music…
“With Roy, everything was like full throttle,” drummer Willie Jones III says of Hargrove (1969–2018). “Every time we hit the bandstand, it was almost like it was the last time you were going to play a set.”
Feb 11, 2025 12:07 PM
Willie Jones III remembers playing with Roy Hargrove for the first time in spring of 1997 at the old Catalina Bar and…
Out of/Into: Matt Brewer (left), Immanuel Wilkins, Joel Ross, Kendrick Scott and Gerald Clayton.
Feb 11, 2025 11:58 AM
EastWest Studios, a state-of-the-art, multi-roomed recording facility on Sunset Boulevard in the heart of Hollywood,…
Feb 4, 2025 11:19 PM
We hope we’ve whetted your appetite for summer jazz studies. With so many options, you only need to decide what dates…
Joshua Breakstone’s Jazz Guitar Dream Experience takes campers all the way to Japan.
Feb 4, 2025 11:09 PM
For musicians with a passion for globe-trotting who seek something new and different in a jazz camp experience, there…
Jamming at the JazzWire Summer Summit.
Feb 4, 2025 10:48 PM
Ah, summertime. Breathe in those fresh summer breezes … and get to the woodshed to improve your chops! That’s…
“She said, ‘A lot of people are going to try and stop you,’” Sheryl Bailey recalls of the advice she received from jazz guitarist Emily Remler (1957–’90). “‘They’re going to say you slept with somebody, you’re a dyke, you’re this and that and the other. Don’t listen to them, and just keep playing.’”
Feb 3, 2025 10:49 PM
In the April 1982 issue of People magazine, under the heading “Lookout: A Guide To The Up and Coming,” jazz…
“If you don’t keep learning, your mind slows down,” Coleman says. “Use it or lose it.”
Jan 28, 2025 11:38 AM
PolyTropos/Of Many Turns — the title for Steve Coleman’s latest recording on Pi and his 33rd album overall —…
The new Bad Plus, from left, Chris Speed, Reid Anderson, Dave King and Ben Monder.
Jan 21, 2025 7:48 PM
Especially by the fickle standards of jazz band shelf lives, The Bad Plus has enjoyed a very good run. With the release…
“It’s not older music. It’s our music,” says James Inglehart, who plays Louis Armstrong in a new musical on Broadway.
Jan 21, 2025 7:27 PM
Louis Armstrong’s career was long, diverse and full of the unexpected — both on stage and off. DownBeat often…
