Mar 20, 2022 10:45 PM
The Blindfold Test with Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker has done four Blindfold Tests, according to DownBeat archives. This one was his first in a long time,…
“Don Cherry had his own original thing going on ... and you can’t duplicate it,” Randy Brecker says.
Mar 20, 2022 10:45 PM
Randy Brecker has done four Blindfold Tests, according to DownBeat archives. This one was his first in a long time,…
“I wanted to give the strings fun things to play,” Fred Hersch said.
Mar 8, 2022 1:08 PM
Over the past year, the breadth and fire of jazz artists dipping a toe into the classical world has been staggering —…
Cameron Kimbrough and Damien “Yella P” Pearson are Memphissippi Sounds.
Mar 8, 2022 12:58 PM
The debut release by Cameron Kimbrough and Damion “Yella P” Pearson, Memphissippi Sounds (Little Village),…
Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Shemekia Copeland
Mar 1, 2022 2:05 PM
What does the blues mean to Kenny Wayne Shepherd?
“Blues to me represents healing and celebration,” he said.…
“I got that chill in my spine. So I’m guessing that’s Kenny Garrett,” Lakecia Benjamin said while listening to the alto saxophonist play John Coltrane’s “Dear Lord.”
Feb 22, 2022 11:58 AM
Alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin continues her upward arc on the heels of her stunning 2020 release Pursuance: The…
Left: Drummer Allison Miller will teach at Jazz Camp West this summer. Right: Summer Jazz at DePaul University offers its first camp at the famed jazz institution this summer.
Feb 22, 2022 11:49 AM
For anyone (make that all of us) who are just plain done with this pandemic, here’s a prediction: Jazz camps will go…
Igor Butman played two huge concerts in Russia to celebrate his birthday.
Feb 22, 2022 11:42 AM
Former President Bill Clinton has called him “my favorite living saxophone player.” Wynton Marsalis, a longtime…
Charlie Sepúlveda is planning to restart the Luquillo Beach Jazz Festival on a larger scale.
Feb 22, 2022 11:38 AM
The morning after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, trumpeter Charlie Sepúlveda looked around his town of…
McBride’s ambition was to honor Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X.
Feb 14, 2022 10:27 PM
Christian McBride helped commence the Kennedy Center’s Black History Month celebration on Feb. 4 with a rousing…
Artifacts, from left: Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed and Tomeka Reid, at Estrada Poznanska in Poland.
Feb 14, 2022 10:18 PM
Back in January 2021, the world was in deep lockdown and the jazz trio Artifacts performed a concert to a nearly empty…
