Oct 20, 2020 9:00 AM
James Francies Looks To Defy The Odds
With Flight, his spirited debut album released by Blue Note in 2018, pianist James Francies avoided musical…
James Francies is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Oct 20, 2020 9:00 AM
With Flight, his spirited debut album released by Blue Note in 2018, pianist James Francies avoided musical…
Billy Childs’ work with the Dorian Wind Quintet served as a turning point in his writing.
Oct 16, 2020 8:58 AM
5th Street Dick’s was a neighborhood coffee shop and venue in Los Angeles—now closed for about 20 years—where…
Yussef Dayes is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Oct 15, 2020 9:00 AM
“If you’re not working with people that are pushing you,” said drummer Yussef Dayes, “then it’s missing…
Theo Croker is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Oct 14, 2020 9:00 AM
Trumpeter Theo Croker is tired of being boxed in as a jazz musician. He expressed that sentiment while also…
Recently unearthed trio recordings of Bob James from 1965 find the keyboardist and composer working in a surprising mode.
Oct 9, 2020 9:00 AM
Ever since his first forays into improvisation in the late 1950s and early ’60s, Bob James has considered the piano…
Lakecia Benjamin is among 25 artists DownBeat predicts will help shape the future of jazz.
Oct 8, 2020 9:00 AM
Lakecia Benjamin’s approach to jazz is influenced by the belief that Black music of all genres has a shared…
Fabian Almazan is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Oct 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Pianist Fabian Almazan has a distinct recollection of an incident that took place years ago at the Village Vanguard,…
Yazz Ahmed is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Oct 6, 2020 9:00 AM
On the three studio albums flugelhorn player Yazz Ahmed’s released, there’s a very clear unfolding of singular…
Multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste is facilitating a series of music-forward protests through his WE ARE organization.
Oct 2, 2020 9:00 AM
Wrapped in brick and converted from its previous life as an industrial space, the Constellation venue’s two separate…
The Apogee Symphony I/O Mk II (clockwise from top left), Carlos Henriquez with the MXL Revelation II and Avid Pro Tools recording platform
Oct 1, 2020 9:00 AM
Now is an ideal time for musicians to get on board with home recording. With gigs few and far between due to the…
