Jun 18, 2019 9:00 AM
Blue Note Celebrates 80th Anniversary with Vinyl Reissues
As label president Don Was told DownBeat in a recent phone interview from his office in the Capitol Records Building in…
Alfred Lion (left), Dexter Gordon and Francis Wolff
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…
Drummer Adonis Rose has big plans for the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s next chapter.
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…
George Benson, shown here at the 2016 Detroit Jazz Festival, performs songs written by Fats Domino and Chuck Berry on his new album.
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…
The development of Star People Nation—the first album in which Theo Croker has sole producer credit—involved an 18-month journey to both U.S. coasts and multiple recording studios, where he played auxiliary keyboards and synths, crafted electronic and acoustic beats, incorporated samples and wrote lyrics to be sung by himself and special guests.
Jun 13, 2019 9:00 AM
It’s a Wednesday night, and a capacity crowd has filled Mr. Musichead, a spacious gallery on The Sunset Strip in…
“I’m looking for musicians who will kick my ass and make me grow,” Melissa Aldana recently said with a laugh.
Jun 12, 2019 9:00 AM
In the fall of 2013, T.S. Monk was hollering into a hot microphone on the Kennedy Center Stage: “ They gave you their…
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt wrote a suite for his latest album prompted by his viewing the works of sculptor Rodin at the Musée Rodin in Paris.
Jun 11, 2019 9:00 AM
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt is an avid museumgoer, and so it was only a matter of time until his love of visual art began to…
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…
