Dec 25, 2019 9:00 AM
WBGO Celebrates 40 Years
On Nov. 6, Newark’s jazz public radio station, WBGO, marked a milestone by throwing itself a 40th anniversary party.…
Carla Thomas (left), Dee Dee Bridgewater, Steven Bernstein, Craig Handy and Natalie Cressman onstage at the WBGO gala on Nov. 6 in Manhattan
Dec 25, 2019 9:00 AM
On Nov. 6, Newark’s jazz public radio station, WBGO, marked a milestone by throwing itself a 40th anniversary party.…
Aaron Weinstein’s new album is a trio project titled 3x3.
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…
Jerome Jennings follows up his 2016 release, The Beast, with Solidarity.
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…
Dave Brubeck (1920–2012)
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…
Guitarist Nguyên Lê’s latest album is Overseas.
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…
Guitarist Bill Frisell is now based in New York, following nearly three decades in Seattle.
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…
T.K. Blue became music director and arranger for pianist Randy Weston in 1989.
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…
Davina Lozier has traveled the world with her band, The Vagabonds.
Dec 11, 2019 10:03 AM
Having made tour stops in Tel Aviv, Budapest and São Paulo, the Minneapolis-based band Davina & The Vagabonds…
Erik Charlston plays vibraphone and marimba on a new album centered on works by Brazilian composers.
Dec 9, 2019 9:00 AM
When DownBeat recently caught up with the multitasking master Erik Charlston at Manhattan’s Symphony Space, he was…
Reedist Jane Bunnett’s first-hand observations of the Havana jazz scene spurred the foundation of Maqueque, a collaborative six-piece ensemble.
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…
