Dec 27, 2023 12:32 PM
Caroline Davis’ Alula Soars High Above Prison Walls
A rigorous intellectual, Caroline Davis makes intensely visceral music that mines everything from the cardiology of the…
Davis says, “I wouldn’t call myself a jazz musician; my music is more about crossing boundaries.” Her band Alula, from left: Chris Tordini, Davis, Tyshawn Sorey and Val Jeanty.
Dec 27, 2023 12:32 PM
A rigorous intellectual, Caroline Davis makes intensely visceral music that mines everything from the cardiology of the…
“They were so in tune with each other, every note just works,” O’Connell said of Bill Evans and Jim Hall’s duo take on “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You.”
Dec 27, 2023 12:22 PM
In his first Blindfold Test, pianist and composer Bill O’Connell worried a bit about guessing artists correctly but…
Henry Threadgill was a major presence at this year’s Jazzfest Berlin.
Dec 27, 2023 12:09 PM
The intricate and thoughtful music of pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson opened the well-curated…
Chick Corea’s Elektric Band heads up a stellar group of boxed sets.
Dec 19, 2023 11:22 AM
Looking for that perfect last-minute gift? There’s plenty to choose from in this year’s edition of the DownBeat…
Vocalist Samara Joy reveals a core of benevolence on A Joyful Holiday.
Dec 18, 2023 7:15 PM
’Tis the season. You enjoy Christmas music, but are leery of listening to the same old albums. Bored with, oh, the…
The 313 Partnership from Third Man Records and Blue Note Records.
Dec 18, 2023 6:38 PM
Between Record Store Day’s still-fresh Black Friday releases and a bevy of reissues and new vinyl releases, there is…
Steve Davis Meets Hank Jones, Vol. 1 on Smoke Sessions Records.
Dec 18, 2023 6:26 PM
Smoke Sessions Records has expanded its growing list of vinyl offerings. In addition to the mammoth five-LP box of…
Craft Recordings has released a boxed set reissue of Thelonious Monk’s Brilliant Corners.
Dec 18, 2023 6:06 PM
Craft Recordings continues its deep-dive into jazz history with a slew of reissues featuring such brilliant artists as…
“The first Blues Deluxe album took seven days to finish, this one took five,” Joe Bonamassa says of Time Clocks, a tribute to, and continuation of, his first hit album 20 years ago.
Dec 12, 2023 1:45 PM
Perhaps the highest-profile blues guitarist on the planet today, Joe Bonamassa has packed iconic venues all over the…
A great Chicago blues night at SPACE, from left, Mike Wheeler, Roosevelt Purifoy, Cleo Cole, Bob Stroger, Billy Boy Arnold, Dave Specter, Sheryl Youngblood, Tad Robinson, Julia Miller, Larry Williams, Dick Shurman and Elbio Barilari.
Dec 12, 2023 12:44 PM
Chicago-based Delmark Records, founded by Bob Koester in St. Louis in 1953, is the oldest continually operating…
