Sep 13, 2022 1:31 PM
Pop On Top: A Conversation About the Jazz-Pop Continuum with Ramsey Lewis and Kirk Whalum
It’s the week before Christmas in Chicago. The tree in Daley Plaza has been decked out and glowing — all 90 feet of…
Ramsey Lewis takes part in a live DownBeat interview at the The Midwest Clinic in December 2009. Saxophonist Kirk Whalum (not shown) also took part in the conversation.
Sep 13, 2022 1:31 PM
It’s the week before Christmas in Chicago. The tree in Daley Plaza has been decked out and glowing — all 90 feet of…
Thana Alexa returns to the road with a new album following a series of logistical and medical setbacks.
Aug 23, 2022 1:21 PM
In 2018, Thana Alexa began booking a modest tour for ONA, the self-produced, self-released record that would earn a…
Jones sat down for a live interview last December in Chicago at the Midwest Clinic.
Jul 19, 2022 12:54 PM
Sean Jones is riding a career high right now. And he’s doing it in a very modern way. In today’s jazz world, those…
“I always let the music lead me, and it’s led me to a really rich life,” Hilton said.
Jul 12, 2022 1:42 PM
Pianist and composer Lisa Hilton is living an indie life where life is beautiful. Since 2001, with her debut album…
“I knew that I would be playing music, and that it would be part of my identity, the way that it’s part of my dad’s identity,” Gerald Clayton (right) said of his upbringing with his father, John.
Jul 6, 2022 3:17 PM
Altadena, California, is nestled into the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains, a companion-community to its…
“Songwriting is intuitive for me,” Eugenie Jones said.
Jul 6, 2022 3:10 PM
Booking record dates in Seattle, Chicago, Dallas and New York demands a brand of grit, and high-level organizational…
“The power of unison is super,” Turner said. “It’s 10,000 years old, or more.”
Jun 27, 2022 5:00 PM
Mark Turner is sitting in a coffeehouse bakery in Westwood, California, talking in circles. Concentric, full circles,…
Russell’s ability to captivate an audience is a well-honed craft.
May 31, 2022 12:11 PM
The energy at New York’s Birdland felt restless and distracted. When the band started playing “Honeysuckle Rose,”…
The Roxy Coss Quintet proves to be much more than the sum of its Disparate Parts, an aptly named new album on Outside in Music.
May 31, 2022 12:06 PM
Roxy Coss first made her name as a force to be reckoned with on The Future Is Female (Posi-Tone, 2017), her provocative…
Bassist-composer Ron Carter turns 85 on May 4.
May 3, 2022 12:38 PM
On May 10, the iconic bassist-composer Ron Carter will be fêted in an 85th birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall. With…
