Apr 16, 2020 9:00 AM
Elementally Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald mesmerized when she unleashed her virtuosic voice, especially when she engaged in quicksilver scats…
An Ella Fitzgerald collection, The Complete Piano Duets (Verve), finds the vocalist exploring her rapport with a variety of pianists.
Apr 16, 2020 9:00 AM
Ella Fitzgerald mesmerized when she unleashed her virtuosic voice, especially when she engaged in quicksilver scats…
Becca Stevens features synthesizers and dance grooves on her new album, Wonderbloom.
Apr 13, 2020 8:57 AM
In the July 2016 issue of DownBeat, Becca Stevens was spotlighted in the article titled “25 for the Future.” In the…
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra member Chris Crenshaw conducts during a performance of Duke Ellington’s Black, Brown And Beige.
Apr 9, 2020 8:45 AM
Since it was founded in 2015, Blue Engine Records has been documenting the work of the Jazz at Lincoln Center…
Lakecia Benjamin’s latest album features compositions by Alice Coltrane and John Coltrane.
Apr 2, 2020 8:31 AM
When saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin finished the fourth song of her set, “Pursuance,” at Le Poisson Rouge in…
Even in his 70s, Duke Ellington was moving forward and keen to win new audiences.
Apr 1, 2020 2:35 PM
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once wrote, “Behind every man now alive stand thirty ghosts, for that is the…
Buddy Rich at New York’s Arcadia Ballroom in May 1947
Mar 31, 2020 8:16 AM
Buddy Rich died in 1987 at the age of 70. For 68 of those years, he was one of the world’s greatest drummers, first…
“People talk about music therapy, and I find myself thinking, ‘Wow, that’s what I’m doing, in a lot of ways,’” Porter said.
Mar 27, 2020 8:36 AM
When considering the artistic legacy of Bakersfield, California, many people think of country music legends Merle…
Saxophonists Angela Morris (left) and Anna Webber engage “a form that comes with a lot of baggage” in the Webber/Morris Big Band.
Mar 26, 2020 8:33 AM
Canadian tenor saxophonists Anna Webber and Angela Morris push open the modern notion of large-ensemble music on the…
Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity performs at the 2019 Molde Jazz Festival in Molde, Norway, joined by trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire (left) and saxophonist Joshua Redman.
Mar 24, 2020 10:44 AM
“Hans-Olav Solli and the crew at Molde International Jazz Festival let my dreams come true as the artist-in-residence…
Pianist Craig Taborn leads his Daylight Ghosts Quartet at the 2019 Iowa City Jazz Festival.
Mar 24, 2020 10:44 AM
The Iowa City Jazz Festival will celebrate its 30th edition on the July 4 weekend, and the estimated audience of 25,000…
