George Wein created the blueprint of the modern-day music festival.
In Memoriam: George Wein, 1925–2021
George Wein, pianist, NEA Jazz Master and recipient of DownBeat’s Lifetime Achievement Award, best known for his help in creating world-renowned events like the Newport Jazz Festival and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, died…
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It was weeks off its usual schedule, cut back to a single weekend, yet the D.C. Jazz Festival, which held its 19th edition over Labor Day weekend at Washington, D.C.’s the…
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As Herbie Hancock demonstrated in his recent return to performance, he is a musician of multitudes. The youthful 81-year-old NEA Jazz Master, UCLA professor, chair of the Herbie…
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Thurston Briscoe, a former radio producer at NPR in Washington, D.C., and executive at WBGO in Newark, New Jersey, who radiated his enthusiasm for life and people as well as…
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Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning will commemorate its 50th anniversary season with a residency by acclaimed painter, author and poet Danny Simmons. Entitled “Homecoming”…
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BY Ed Enright
Italian-born guitar virtuoso Pasquale Grasso continues a winning streak with this classy take on the music of Duke Ellington — joining the ranks of such archtop devotees as Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell and John Pizzarelli, each of whom has recorded notable…
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BY Frank Alkyer
Black Acid Soul is the sensational new recording by Marley Munroe, aka Lady Blackbird. This is heady, haunting, sexy, soulful, heartbreaking stuff. With a voice that suggests a cross between Mahalia Jackson and Nina Simone, Lady Blackbird tears your heart…
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BY Daniel Margolis
Chicago-based Numero Group has long excelled at unearthing music that never should have disappeared from public consciousness, and the label has outdone itself with I Shall Wear A Crown, an archival box set summarizing the 50-year career of Pastor T.L.…
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BY Ed Enright
Without You, No Me is a Philly-centric big band feast of the ears celebrating the life and legacy of local jazz hero Jimmy Heath, who passed last year at age 93. It’s also trumpeter and Temple University Jazz Band director Terell Stafford’s personal…
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Harmony’s Series 6 combo guitar amplifiers include the all-tube driven H650, H620 and H605. The amps are designed for spaces of all sizes — from the biggest concert stages to the most intimate small-room performances. The flagship H650 model combines the best amp-building techniques of the past…
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Audio-Technica has introduced its new ATH-M50xBT2 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones, the next generation of the flagship wireless iteration of its ATH-M50x professional monitor headphones. The M50xBT2 delivers the same wireless listening experience as its predecessor, offering clarity and deep, accurate…
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Alesis has rolled out two new 88-key digital pianos: the Prestige and Prestige Artist. The Prestige Series combines studio-quality multi-sampled voices, a custom-voiced 50-watt micro-array speaker system and a graded hammer-action keybed. Both the Prestige (pictured) and Prestige Artist have smart…
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How long has it been since you entered a European jazz club? On October 22 and 23, we’re bringing the club to you: with multiple streams chock full of the latest and greatest in (inter)national talent. Featuring unique collaborations by Igor Butman (RU), John Clayton (USA), and many others, we are excited to welcome you along on our virtual jazz discovery journey. More information HERE!
For Your Grammy®️ Consideration, in The Best Global Music Album category: Music For Love, Vol 1. A collaboration of 29 artists fromaround the globe to promote unity and spread love through the use of music. 100% of the proceeds generated from our projects are donated to causes worldwide in support of youth in need, donating to the FABRIZIO MEONI ONLUS FOUNDATION and THE GHETTO YOUTHS FOUNDATION. For more information click HERE.
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by Ted Panken // October/2008
In 1993, four years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, trumpeter Tomasz Stańko, Poland’s most prominent jazz musician, met three teenagers — drummer Michal Miskiewicz, bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and pianist Marcin Wasilewski — who had recently launched the Simple Acoustic Trio. Having signed to ECM around this time, Stańko was working…
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by John McDonough // January/2009
If you make it to 80 and still are at the top of your game, you’re one lucky guy.
All you have to do is look around and think about all the guys who didn’t make it. In the end, you begin to wonder whether maybe the biggest score of all is to be the last man standing. It might be lonely, but you have the satisfaction of looking back across…
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