Mar 18, 2021 8:00 AM
Harris Links His Artistic & Soul Food Memories
Growing up in Brooklyn, singer and guitarist Allan Harris regularly visited his mother’s family in Harlem on the…
Allan Harris’ Kate’s Soulfood is premised on recollections of his aunt’s diner.
Mar 18, 2021 8:00 AM
Growing up in Brooklyn, singer and guitarist Allan Harris regularly visited his mother’s family in Harlem on the…
Educator Fernando Jones has taught young musicians in both virtual and in-person settings.
Mar 14, 2021 10:28 PM
Unlike jazz camps, camps that focus on the blues are a rarity. In 2010, when Fernando Jones decided to start one at…
Bluesman and educator Fernando Jones teaches the blues whenever and wherever possible—in person or online.
Mar 12, 2021 11:35 AM
Last summer’s Jazz Camp season can be summed up in a word—virtual. Like so much of our lives during the pandemic,…
Trombonist Doug Beavers combines elements of r&b, salsa and jazz on his new album, Sol.
Mar 12, 2021 8:00 AM
During the past 20 years, Doug Beavers has been, to use baseball parlance, a five-tool player. Whether navigating New…
Thandi Ntuli sought for Indaba Is to reflect cosmopolitan elements that pulsate through the scene in South Africa.
Mar 10, 2021 8:00 AM
Indaba Is, a compilation recorded during June and July of 2020, ranks as a compelling document of the electrifying…
Christian McBride (left), Corea and Jack DeJohnette recording McBride’s Number 2 Express in 1995.
Mar 8, 2021 8:00 AM
Chick Corea’s passing reverberated through the jazz world with a multigenerational outpouring for an artist seen as…
Instructor Omar Abdulkarim (far right) works with students at the High School for Recording Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Mar 8, 2021 8:00 AM
Amid the local protests following George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police last year, Jerome Treadwell—a…
Keyboardist Cameron Graves’ influences include Swedish metal band Meshuggah.
Mar 7, 2021 8:00 AM
Answering the phone at his San Fernando Valley home, Cameron Graves apologized for not picking up the first time. “I…
Ethan Iverson pays tribute to a transformative pianist with Bud Powell In The 21st Century (Sunnyside).
Feb 26, 2021 8:28 AM
Whenever Ethan Iverson takes on a repertory project, his goal is to do two things simultaneously. “One side is to…
Jason Palmer
Feb 25, 2021 9:00 AM
In 2007, DownBeat named Jason Palmer one of “25 Trumpeters for the Future,” and 14 years later, he has done nothing…
