Dec 24, 2019 9:00 AM
In Aaron Weinstein’s Sets, Jazz and Comedy Mix
It’s often noted that Jazz musicians and stand-up comedians have certain similarities: a need for split-second…
Dec 24, 2019 9:00 AM
It’s often noted that Jazz musicians and stand-up comedians have certain similarities: a need for split-second…
Dec 18, 2019 9:00 AM
Jerome Jennings stays focused on his goals. After getting his start in his home state of Ohio, he earned degrees from…
Dec 17, 2019 9:00 AM
The lesson was simple: Death is not the end, particularly when it involves a great, palpable legacy. The artistic…
Dec 16, 2019 9:00 AM
Since his crucial 1996 recording, Tales From Viêt-Nam, electric guitar virtuoso Nguyên Lê has married the music of…
Dec 13, 2019 9:00 AM
The latest reminder that guitar icon Bill Frisell remains a road warrior at 68 came in late September, when he…
Dec 12, 2019 9:00 AM
T.K. Blue never will forget the first time he heard pianist Randy Weston perform. Especially because when he found…
Dec 11, 2019 10:03 AM
Having made tour stops in Tel Aviv, Budapest and São Paulo, the Minneapolis-based band Davina & The Vagabonds…
Dec 9, 2019 9:00 AM
When DownBeat recently caught up with the multitasking master Erik Charlston at Manhattan’s Symphony Space, he was…
Dec 6, 2019 8:08 AM
It’s the first day of September, and a chill off Lake Ontario has reduced the crowds around Toronto’s Harbourfront…
Dec 5, 2019 9:00 AM
“Kaleidoscope,” the opening track on Hiromi Uehara’s new solo album, Spectrum, features the dazzling displays of…