Nov 25, 2020 9:00 AM
Blindfold Test: Noah Preminger
Even before saxophonist Noah Preminger topped the Rising Star–Tenor Saxophone category in the 2017 DownBeat Critics…
This is Noah Preminger’s first Blindfold Test.
Nov 25, 2020 9:00 AM
Even before saxophonist Noah Preminger topped the Rising Star–Tenor Saxophone category in the 2017 DownBeat Critics…
Veronica Swift is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 24, 2020 9:00 AM
Singer Veronica Swift returned home from a gig in Italy just in time to celebrate the birthday of her mother, acclaimed…
Camila Meza is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 20, 2020 9:00 AM
Singer and guitarist Camila Meza was slightly anxious when, as a 19-year-old jazz novice, she took the stage for her…
Kuba Więcek is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 19, 2020 9:00 AM
Kuba Więcek is clicking the plunger of his pen with a kind of restlessness that’s manifested in his studies and…
Camille Thurman is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 18, 2020 9:00 AM
With ambition to spare and serious cred supported by a weighty professional resume, Camille Thurman has made a…
Bassist Luke Stewart is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 17, 2020 8:46 AM
The very act of identifying Luke Stewart’s latest project is exhausting. Rarely is there just one.
The prolific…
Christian Sands is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 13, 2020 8:56 AM
When pianist Christian Sands titled his latest Mack Avenue album Be Water, he had no idea how appropriate its…
Joel Ross is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 12, 2020 8:52 AM
Four years after moving to New York to study music, Joel Ross—already a veteran sideman—released his leader…
Alfredo Rodríguez is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 11, 2020 9:00 AM
On March 11, when the U.S. State Department advised Americans to “reconsider” international travel in response…
Tomeka Reid (right) is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 10, 2020 9:00 AM
Cellist Tomeka Reid remembers when she started telling people about her quartet. Not everyone was encouraging about…
