Jan 2, 2024 11:13 PM
Michael Cuscuna: Lifetime Achievement in Recording
Once upon a time, a tiny handful of early jazz critics wrote about rare old jazz records like priests talking about the…
“No matter what you produce or do in your life, the thing you’ll be remembered for is rescuing all that Blue Note material,” Woody Shaw once said of Michael Cuscuna, and Cuscuna is fine with that.
Jan 2, 2024 11:13 PM
Once upon a time, a tiny handful of early jazz critics wrote about rare old jazz records like priests talking about the…
Calligram founders Geof Bradfield (left) and Chad McCullough are dedicated to putting out physical product.
Jan 2, 2024 11:03 PM
Texas tenorist Geof Bradfield’s playing possesses a steely grandeur and deep sophistication. He’s grown a…
Pops at home in Corona, Queens.
Dec 27, 2023 12:44 PM
On July 6, the hottest day in recorded history, a new institution devoted to the man who gave the world “hot” jazz…
Davis says, “I wouldn’t call myself a jazz musician; my music is more about crossing boundaries.” Her band Alula, from left: Chris Tordini, Davis, Tyshawn Sorey and Val Jeanty.
Dec 27, 2023 12:32 PM
A rigorous intellectual, Caroline Davis makes intensely visceral music that mines everything from the cardiology of the…
Chick Corea’s Elektric Band heads up a stellar group of boxed sets.
Dec 19, 2023 11:22 AM
Looking for that perfect last-minute gift? There’s plenty to choose from in this year’s edition of the DownBeat…
Vocalist Samara Joy reveals a core of benevolence on A Joyful Holiday.
Dec 18, 2023 7:15 PM
’Tis the season. You enjoy Christmas music, but are leery of listening to the same old albums. Bored with, oh, the…
The 313 Partnership from Third Man Records and Blue Note Records.
Dec 18, 2023 6:38 PM
Between Record Store Day’s still-fresh Black Friday releases and a bevy of reissues and new vinyl releases, there is…
Steve Davis Meets Hank Jones, Vol. 1 on Smoke Sessions Records.
Dec 18, 2023 6:26 PM
Smoke Sessions Records has expanded its growing list of vinyl offerings. In addition to the mammoth five-LP box of…
Craft Recordings has released a boxed set reissue of Thelonious Monk’s Brilliant Corners.
Dec 18, 2023 6:06 PM
Craft Recordings continues its deep-dive into jazz history with a slew of reissues featuring such brilliant artists as…
“The first Blues Deluxe album took seven days to finish, this one took five,” Joe Bonamassa says of Time Clocks, a tribute to, and continuation of, his first hit album 20 years ago.
Dec 12, 2023 1:45 PM
Perhaps the highest-profile blues guitarist on the planet today, Joe Bonamassa has packed iconic venues all over the…
