Jan 1, 2018 12:46 PM
The Can’t-Fail Energy of Esperanza Spalding
Witnessing Esperanza Spalding in concert in September 2006, when she opened for the McCoy Tyner Sextet at Berklee’s…
Esperanza Spalding’s new album is titled Exposure.
Jan 1, 2018 12:46 PM
Witnessing Esperanza Spalding in concert in September 2006, when she opened for the McCoy Tyner Sextet at Berklee’s…
My Point is ... is drummer Willie Jones III’s most recent long-playing album.
Jan 1, 2018 11:30 AM
It doesn’t take a Ph.D. to complete the elliptical title of Willie Jones III’s new album, My Point is… (WJ3),…
Roswell Rudd
Dec 22, 2017 12:17 PM
Trombonist Roswell Rudd, who had been suffering from cancer, died Dec. 21. He was 82.
In tribute, DownBeat is…
Alto saxophonist Steve Slagle’s new album is titled Dedication.
Dec 20, 2017 7:26 PM
Saxophonist-composer-educator Steve Slagle named his 2016 album Alto Manhattan because the title had a double meaning,…
Jessica Curran’s debut is titled Here.
Dec 4, 2017 12:36 PM
Singer-songwriter Jessica Curran, 24, had just returned from the local studio, having recorded an EP with Gustav…
Guitarist Vic Juris often plays in a trio with bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Adam Nussbaum.
Nov 21, 2017 5:13 PM
If you lined up all the luminaries that guitarist Vic Juris has played or recorded with over the decades, you’d be…
Saxophonist Gilad Atzmon has released a new book, Being In Time–A Post-political Manifesto (Skyscraper)
Nov 15, 2017 11:32 AM
Saxophonist Gilad Atzmon, a former Israeli citizen living in London since 1994, remains a veritable planetary citizen,…
Vocalist Sara Serpa, a native of Portugal, is based in New York.
Nov 14, 2017 6:01 PM
Since moving to New York City from her native Lisbon, Portugal, in 2008, Sara Serpa has built a reputation as a…
Saxophonist Lee Konitz is an NEA Jazz Master.
Nov 14, 2017 10:57 AM
It’s a crisp Monday afternoon in October on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, just a few days after saxophone legend Lee…
Frank Gambale onstage at the 2017 Uppsala International Guitar Festival in Sweden
Nov 6, 2017 8:42 PM
“Play the melody like a great singer.” That’s guitarist Frank Gambale talking about the importance of putting…
