Sep 26, 2023 12:13 PM
Jana Herzen Reflects on Motéma at 20
A lot has changed at Motéma Music in 20 years, but as founder, president and A&R director Jana Herzen will tell you,…
“I want to work with good people,” says Motéma founder Jana Herzen, whose label has signed and promoted a host of major jazz stars during its 20 years of existence.
Sep 26, 2023 12:13 PM
A lot has changed at Motéma Music in 20 years, but as founder, president and A&R director Jana Herzen will tell you,…
“This album is every little thing about Warren Wolf that I’ve been trying to do for almost 40 years,” says Wolf of Chano Pozo: Origins.
Sep 19, 2023 1:41 PM
Warren Wolf is determined to do it all. More than 20 years into his career as a vibraphonist, drummer and composer, the…
Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri bring jazz exploration to Enescu’s opera Oedipe Rex.
Sep 19, 2023 1:07 PM
On the list of ambitious and paradigm-shifting jazz or jazz-related projects this season, Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri’s…
Ceramic Dog is, from right, Shahzad Ismaily, Ches Smith and Ribot.
Sep 12, 2023 2:03 PM
There’s an unrepentant snarl to Marc Ribot’s voice on twisted tunes like “Subsidiary,” “Soldiers In The Army…
The blues compilation Tell Everybody! (21st Century Juke Joint Blues) was produced by Dan Auerbach, guitarist for The Black Keys.
Sep 12, 2023 1:48 PM
The viable flow of the blues continues to cultivate. Elemental and rooted, it has percolated through the American…
A new breed of New York-based contemporary jazz composers that includes Erica Seguine (left) and Shon Baker is reinventing orchestral music for the 21st century.
Sep 12, 2023 1:06 PM
Unlike the retro swing revival of the 1990s, the current incarnation emerged from conservatories, not bandstands and…
The new recording from Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons puts the pianist front and center of the jazz vanguard. From left, Davis, Trevor Dunn, Terri Lyne Carrington, Val Jeanty and Julian Lage.
Sep 6, 2023 12:37 PM
In late May 2022, Kris Davis realized a dream. She and her ensemble Diatom Ribbons performed six nights at New York’s…
“I’ll produce my own projects,” says drummer and composer Tyshawn Sorey. “I’ll do it my way, and I’ll do it well.”
Sep 6, 2023 12:27 PM
When Tyshawn Sorey turned 40 a few months into the pandemic lockdown, he decided henceforth to focus on more explicitly…
Christian McBride and writer Ashley Kahn meet for a DownBeat Blindfold Test hosted by New York University’s Jazz Studies program.
Aug 29, 2023 11:41 AM
Christian McBride turned 51 this May 31 and is still pushing far beyond what many might consider conventional career…
“I love working with fully developed artists, getting into their world and learning from them,” says Ben Wendel.
Aug 29, 2023 11:34 AM
For many musicians who found themselves under a veritable house arrest during the COVID lockdown of 2020–’21, the…
