Apr 24, 2020 8:10 AM
Makaya McCraven Makes The Old New Again
Chicago’s Makaya McCraven is best known as a drummer and producer, mixing and matching genres until they blend as…
Drummer and producer Makaya McCraven revamps Gil Scott-Heron on We’re New Again: A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven (XL).
Apr 24, 2020 8:10 AM
Chicago’s Makaya McCraven is best known as a drummer and producer, mixing and matching genres until they blend as…
Ellis Marsalis performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 7, 2017.
Apr 23, 2020 8:51 AM
The following serves as a tribute to the musicians we have lost to the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 was a factor in…
“We don’t travel as much as we’d like yet,” Delfeayo Marsalis said. “But the guys in the band are committed to what we’re doing, and it’s taken a while for the concept to evolve.”
Apr 17, 2020 8:17 AM
It’s not hard to pinpoint why Delfeayo Marsalis’ New Orleans-based Uptown Jazz Orchestra’s recent release, Jazz…
An Ella Fitzgerald collection, The Complete Piano Duets (Verve), finds the vocalist exploring her rapport with a variety of pianists.
Apr 16, 2020 9:00 AM
Ella Fitzgerald mesmerized when she unleashed her virtuosic voice, especially when she engaged in quicksilver scats…
Becca Stevens features synthesizers and dance grooves on her new album, Wonderbloom.
Apr 13, 2020 8:57 AM
In the July 2016 issue of DownBeat, Becca Stevens was spotlighted in the article titled “25 for the Future.” In the…
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra member Chris Crenshaw conducts during a performance of Duke Ellington’s Black, Brown And Beige.
Apr 9, 2020 8:45 AM
Since it was founded in 2015, Blue Engine Records has been documenting the work of the Jazz at Lincoln Center…
Lakecia Benjamin’s latest album features compositions by Alice Coltrane and John Coltrane.
Apr 2, 2020 8:31 AM
When saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin finished the fourth song of her set, “Pursuance,” at Le Poisson Rouge in…
Even in his 70s, Duke Ellington was moving forward and keen to win new audiences.
Apr 1, 2020 2:35 PM
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once wrote, “Behind every man now alive stand thirty ghosts, for that is the…
Buddy Rich at New York’s Arcadia Ballroom in May 1947
Mar 31, 2020 8:16 AM
Buddy Rich died in 1987 at the age of 70. For 68 of those years, he was one of the world’s greatest drummers, first…
“People talk about music therapy, and I find myself thinking, ‘Wow, that’s what I’m doing, in a lot of ways,’” Porter said.
Mar 27, 2020 8:36 AM
When considering the artistic legacy of Bakersfield, California, many people think of country music legends Merle…
