Feb 28, 2020 8:07 AM
Eric Alexander is ‘Always Adventurous’
Eric Alexander doesn’t understand how people can get bored. “There are so many things to do, and there’s so…
Saxophonist Eric Alexander regards his playing as “well-spoken, with melody at the center.”
Feb 28, 2020 8:07 AM
Eric Alexander doesn’t understand how people can get bored. “There are so many things to do, and there’s so…
Bria Skonberg adventures beyond her trad-jazz roots on Nothing Never Happens.
Feb 27, 2020 9:00 AM
Peering out the window of her practice room high above the East River in New York, Bria Skonberg felt the spirit move…
The prolific Paal Nilssen-Love runs his own label, PNL Records.
Feb 20, 2020 9:00 AM
A few years ago, the Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love—a former member of groups like Atomic, The Thing and the…
Singer and trumpeter Benny Benack III is one of the few male vocalists of his generation who’s mining the elements of traditional jazz.
Feb 18, 2020 7:59 AM
Almost everything about Benny Benack III, the 29-year-old trumpeter and vocalist, suggests that he arrived from a…
Trombonist and educator Nick Finzer runs the media company Outside in Music.
Feb 17, 2020 8:09 AM
Trombonist Nick Finzer, 31, has a thriving career as a leader, accompanist and acclaimed educator at the University of…
Brian Lynch’s latest big band release is a double album that reflects his love of literature.
Feb 13, 2020 8:03 AM
Last January, Brian Lynch, 63, took the first sabbatical semester of his eight-year professorship at Frost School of…
Rachael Price (right) of the band Lake Street Dive teamed up with Vilray for a new duo album.
Feb 12, 2020 9:00 AM
Artists compulsively find new ways of bridging past and present. On their debut album, Rachael & Vilray (Nonesuch),…
Eddie Kendricks (1939–1992)
Feb 11, 2020 9:00 AM
By 1972, Eddie Kendricks, the Temptations singer who led the ensemble through classics like “Just My Imagination,”…
Jimi Hendrix’s performances on Dec. 31, 1969, and Jan. 1, 1970, at the Fillmore East in New York rank as a unique moment in the guitarist’s career.
Feb 10, 2020 8:05 AM
For a generation of African-American guitarists growing up in the ’60s, Jimi Hendrix’s was revelatory. The album,…
Bassist John Clayton was one of the first people to make a donation to help found the Vail Jazz Workshop. He’s taught there since 1996.
Feb 7, 2020 9:31 AM
In DownBeat’s annual International Jazz Camp Guide, you’ll find detailed descriptions of more than 100 jazz camps,…
