Jul 5, 2019 9:00 AM
Elkhorn Twists Up Psychedelia and Folk
You might not think guitar music informed by the psychedelic ‘60s and folk traditions originating a century or more…
Jul 5, 2019 9:00 AM
You might not think guitar music informed by the psychedelic ‘60s and folk traditions originating a century or more…
Jul 4, 2019 9:00 AM
Pianist Jack Wilson unfortunately is known better for his famous protégé, vibist Roy Ayers—whom he first met when…
Jul 3, 2019 9:00 AM
Artistic disciplines inform one another, cross-pollinating inspiration and conception. In recent years, poetry has…
Jul 1, 2019 9:00 AM
Even though she excelled as a math major at Columbia University, Stephanie Chou had already looked ahead to a saxophone…
Jun 21, 2019 9:00 AM
Poised at the kitchen counter in her Brooklyn apartment, Anat Cohen assumed the role of solicitous host. Tall, with…
Jun 19, 2019 9:00 AM
According to Nielsen Soundscan, 16.8 million LPs were sold last year, up from 14.6 million the year before, and marking…
Jun 18, 2019 9:00 AM
For four decades, Chicago pianist Patricia Barber has been quietly, but steadily, creating her own unique brand of…
Jun 18, 2019 9:00 AM
As label president Don Was told DownBeat in a recent phone interview from his office in the Capitol Records Building in…
Jun 17, 2019 10:12 AM
Drummer Adonis Rose, a founding member of the Grammy-winning New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, had his work cut out for him…
Jun 14, 2019 9:15 AM
For his new album, George Benson turned to the past. On Walking To New Orleans (Provogue), the jazz guitarist/singer…