Oct 6, 2020 9:00 AM
Yazz Ahmed Continues To Unfold New Ideas
On the three studio albums flugelhorn player Yazz Ahmed’s released, there’s a very clear unfolding of singular…
Yazz Ahmed is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Oct 6, 2020 9:00 AM
On the three studio albums flugelhorn player Yazz Ahmed’s released, there’s a very clear unfolding of singular…
Bandleader Brandi Disterheft is set to release her fifth album, Surfboard, on Oct. 30.
Oct 5, 2020 1:59 PM
Bassist-vocalist Brandi Disterheft, a frequent rhythm partner of drummer Joe Farnsworth, drifts through originals and…
The Le Boeuf Brothers are set to stream a Tuesday performance.
Oct 5, 2020 9:00 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Emmet Cohen is set to issue his first album on Mack Avenue, Future Stride, Jan. 29.
Oct 2, 2020 9:00 AM
Emmet Cohen’s latest album, Future Stride, works to encompass the bounty of recorded jazz history.
Cohen, who in…
Multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste is facilitating a series of music-forward protests through his WE ARE organization.
Oct 2, 2020 9:00 AM
Wrapped in brick and converted from its previous life as an industrial space, the Constellation venue’s two separate…
The Apogee Symphony I/O Mk II (clockwise from top left), Carlos Henriquez with the MXL Revelation II and Avid Pro Tools recording platform
Oct 1, 2020 9:00 AM
Now is an ideal time for musicians to get on board with home recording. With gigs few and far between due to the…
Sharel Cassity—whose Fearless is being released through her Relsha Music imprint—believes positivity is a vital component of recovery.
Sep 30, 2020 9:00 AM
As Sharel Cassity worked through compositions for her 2020 release, Fearless, one thought plagued her: “If I don’t…
When John Hollenbeck started releasing music, the streaming economy didn’t exist.
Sep 29, 2020 9:00 AM
By his own admission, John Hollenbeck was a percussion nerd at a young age, obsessed with the idea of becoming a…
Pianist Joey Alexander is set to stream a performance on Friday.
Sep 28, 2020 8:59 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Carmen McRae (1920–’94) often paid tribute to Billie Holiday, one of her key influences.
Sep 25, 2020 8:44 AM
Carmen McRae’s chemistry with a lyric was not dissimilar to sodium pentothal’s effects on subjects of…
