Jun 10, 2019 9:00 AM
Ménard Plans 40th Montreal Jazz Festival
It’s a frigid mid-winter day in Montreal, but in his eighth-floor office, André Ménard’s mind is focused on the…
George Benson (left) accepts an award from André Ménard in 2010.
Jun 10, 2019 9:00 AM
It’s a frigid mid-winter day in Montreal, but in his eighth-floor office, André Ménard’s mind is focused on the…
Joshua Redman’s current quartet first convened in 1998.
Jun 7, 2019 10:00 AM
When DownBeat contacted Joshua Redman about an interview, the saxophonist and Berkeley, California, resident agreed to…
Vocalist Kristen Lee Sergeant’s new album is titled Smolder.
Jun 5, 2019 9:00 AM
It’s no coincidence that Kristen Lee Sergeant sings several lyrics referencing wine on her sophomore release, Smolder…
Pianist Simon Nabatov has released dozens of albums on Leo.
Jun 4, 2019 9:00 AM
Leo Feigin brought lots of passion but little music-industry experience to the job when he launched his namesake label…
Victor Haskins cultivated his affinity for EWI as a student at Richmond’s Virginia Commonwealth University.
Jun 3, 2019 9:00 AM
When trumpeter and composer Victor Haskins teaches young students about jazz, he tries to explain to them that the…
Bassist and bandleader Linda May Han Oh calls Aventurine her most ambitious compositional work to date.
May 31, 2019 9:00 AM
Linda May Han Oh has gotten used to carrying her double bass up the four flights of stairs to the Harlem walk-up she…
Ben Monder’s new double album features the guitarist in solo and trio settings.
May 30, 2019 9:00 AM
There are few guitarists whose vocabulary on the instrument renders them truly inimitable. Ben Monder is one of them.…
Israeli pianist Anat Fort has issued a pair of new recordings—and has more in store.
May 29, 2019 9:00 AM
For a jazz musician known internationally for her remarkable and picturesque piano playing, Anat Fort has a…
In 1958, John Coltrane turned 32. He’d just rejoined Miles Davis’ band after a sojourn with Thelonious Monk, and had in the previous year finally freed himself of his addiction to drugs and alcohol.
May 24, 2019 10:00 AM
Perhaps the most striking thing about the current resurgence of interest in John Coltrane is the extent to which it…
A Resonance collection of Wes Montgomery material uncovers more of the guitarist’s Midwest roots.
May 23, 2019 10:00 AM
Back in 2012, Resonance Records put out a collection of Wes Montgomery recordings that represented the first full album…
