Aug 14, 2020 8:01 AM
Joey DeFrancesco Expands His Skill Set
With touring on hold due to the pandemic, multi-instrumentalist and jazz organ icon Joey DeFrancesco has been staying…
Joey DeFrancesco, widely celebrated as an organist, also sings and plays trumpet and tenor saxophone.
Aug 14, 2020 8:01 AM
With touring on hold due to the pandemic, multi-instrumentalist and jazz organ icon Joey DeFrancesco has been staying…
Matt Gold draws on Chicago’s deep well of talent for his debut album, Imagined Sky.
Aug 13, 2020 8:46 AM
Music, like a spoken language, has dialects.
Just as jazz from the East Coast is known for its hard-driving swing,…
Jimmy Heath, who was a 2003 NEA Jazz Masters fellowship recipient, is now a member of the DownBeat Hall of Fame.
Aug 12, 2020 8:55 AM
Jimmy Heath outlived most of his towering contemporaries during a career that saw the spirited saxophonist serve as a…
Saxophonist Nubya Garcia—who recently issued Source (Concord Jazz), her debut as a bandleader—often is referred to affectionately as the “queen” or “empress” by British broadcasters, journalists and fans.
Aug 11, 2020 9:00 AM
Since emerging with the septet Nérija in 2016, saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia has worked to inject fresh energy…
DownBeat Archives/Bruno of Hollywood
Aug 11, 2020 9:00 AM
Pianist Teddy Wilson, whose partnership with Billie Holiday in the 1930s bequeathed us one of the great collective…
Rachel Z performs with the ensemble Ozmosys in January during the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California.
Aug 10, 2020 3:22 PM
After recently announcing plans to move ahead with its trade show in Anaheim, California, The NAMM Show now is set to…
Drummer Joe Farnsworth is set to stream a Monday performance alongside tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, pianist George Cables and bassist Peter Washington.
Aug 10, 2020 8:53 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Over time, saxophonist Bobby Watson has learned to connect the idea of the blues in his life and in his music.
Aug 7, 2020 7:35 AM
“You can’t believe how many musicians are afraid of the blues, man,” Bobby Watson said recently over the phone…
Mehmet Sanlikol’s “A Vicious Murder,” from his upcoming suite, tells part of poet Rumi’s tale.
Aug 6, 2020 9:00 AM
Commissioned by reedist Dave Liebman and supported through grants from the New England Conservatory, The Aaron Copland…
Nicole Zuraitis composed most of the material on her new album, All Wandering Hearts.
Aug 6, 2020 8:58 AM
Nicole Zuraitis is accustomed to playing some of the finest rooms in New York, including Birdland and the 55 Bar.…
