Oct 9, 2020 9:00 AM
Bob James’ Lost Trio Treasure
Ever since his first forays into improvisation in the late 1950s and early ’60s, Bob James has considered the piano…
Recently unearthed trio recordings of Bob James from 1965 find the keyboardist and composer working in a surprising mode.
Oct 9, 2020 9:00 AM
Ever since his first forays into improvisation in the late 1950s and early ’60s, Bob James has considered the piano…
Lakecia Benjamin is among 25 artists DownBeat predicts will help shape the future of jazz.
Oct 8, 2020 9:00 AM
Lakecia Benjamin’s approach to jazz is influenced by the belief that Black music of all genres has a shared…
Melissa Aldana (left), Pablo Menares and Kush Abadey perform Oct. 3 in Central Park as a part of the Walk With The Wind performance series.
Oct 7, 2020 2:58 PM
Still in the throes of the pandemic, the world’s been starved for jazz in 3D, something to distract us from the…
Vocalist Luba Mason’s Triangle was released Oct. 23.
Oct 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Vocalist Luba Mason is as comfortable acting on stage as she is singing in a vocal booth, and equally adept at…
Fabian Almazan is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Oct 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Pianist Fabian Almazan has a distinct recollection of an incident that took place years ago at the Village Vanguard,…
Vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant is among the 2020 MacArthur Fellows.
Oct 6, 2020 1:52 PM
After receiving a Doris Duke Award in September, vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant has been named a MacArthur Fellow,…
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…
