Jul 26, 2022 2:15 AM
James Brandon Lewis: The Sound of the Moment
A recording may become Jazz Album of the Year by epitomizing the sound of the moment or by pointing the direction where…
Jesup Wagon is dedicated to Dr. George Washington Carver (1864–1943), a son of slaves whose boundary-defying life accrued accomplishments in music and painting.
Jul 26, 2022 2:15 AM
A recording may become Jazz Album of the Year by epitomizing the sound of the moment or by pointing the direction where…
More than a mere rarity, the new A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle is an avant-garde gem that offers new insights into Coltrane’s iconic work.
Jul 26, 2022 2:10 AM
Until last year, John Coltrane was widely thought to have performed his masterpiece A Love Supreme only once live, on…
Jones sat down for a live interview last December in Chicago at the Midwest Clinic.
Jul 19, 2022 12:54 PM
Sean Jones is riding a career high right now. And he’s doing it in a very modern way. In today’s jazz world, those…
Jul 19, 2022 12:38 PM
Remarkably comprehensive and exhaustively researched, Philip Watson’s Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer (Faber Books)…
Jul 19, 2022 12:36 PM
On Nov. 7, 1966, a 31-year-old Swiss fan of cutting-edge jazz made the short trip from his home in Basel across the…
Harpist Alina Bzhezhinska, one of 15 European artists DownBeat critics selected as must-hear music.
Jul 12, 2022 2:25 PM
Many of us at DownBeat have found ourselves stuck at home lately, wondering what’s happening elsewhere — especially…
“I always let the music lead me, and it’s led me to a really rich life,” Hilton said.
Jul 12, 2022 1:42 PM
Pianist and composer Lisa Hilton is living an indie life where life is beautiful. Since 2001, with her debut album…
“Just like my parents who raised me to be who I am today, all my musical influences live inside me, in my bloodstream forever, as if they were my musical moms and dads,” Eli Degibri said.
Jul 12, 2022 1:36 PM
Israeli-born saxophonist Eli Degibri first began turning heads stateside after winning the 1999 Thelonious Monk…
“I knew that I would be playing music, and that it would be part of my identity, the way that it’s part of my dad’s identity,” Gerald Clayton (right) said of his upbringing with his father, John.
Jul 6, 2022 3:17 PM
Altadena, California, is nestled into the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains, a companion-community to its…
“Songwriting is intuitive for me,” Eugenie Jones said.
Jul 6, 2022 3:10 PM
Booking record dates in Seattle, Chicago, Dallas and New York demands a brand of grit, and high-level organizational…
