“A lot of trombone players play a lot of notes,” says Delfeayo Marsalis. “I play real laid-back.”
Delfeayo Marsalis: Soooo New Orleans!
The most famous brothers in jazz are scattered. Wynton lives in Manhattan. Branford settled in North Carolina. Jason moved to France for a while, then returned to New Orleans. Only Delfeayo Marsalis never left New Orleans. And he is “so…
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Beyond the musical merits and depths unfolded, Charles Lloyd’s latest concert at Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre benefited from contrapuntal layers of history abuzz in this…
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Reservoir has acquired the publishing and recorded rights of Sonny Rollins. Regarded as one of the most influential jazz musicians of our time, Rollins has recorded more than 60…
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Pianist and composer Keiko Matsui plans to release her 30th album, called Euphoria (Shanachie), on March 31. DownBeat got an early listen to this star-studded affair, which…
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With the release of his debut album, 2021’s acclaimed K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us (Stoney Lane Records), the then-24-year-old tenor saxophone sensation Xhosa Cole projected the…
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BY Frank Alkyer
In an era of making singles that cater to the perceived attention span of the listening public, Lakecia Benjamin shows y’all how to throw down an album — an amazing album, at that. With Phoenix, Benjamin’s fourth studio recording, the alto saxophonist…
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BY Ed Enright
The Source is Kenny Barron’s first solo album to be released since his landmark 1981 recording Kenny Barron At The Piano (Xanadu). Like that initial, auspicious solo outing, The Source consists of Barron-penned originals (“What If,” “Dolores…
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BY Daniel Margolis
This lost 1973 landmark Chicano jazz album is newly available. It’s a combination of jazz, funk, Latin soul and rock, rescued for modern audiences.
There are nearly a dozen people playing on En Medio. The opening track, “Sunday’s Church,” shifts up…
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BY Frank Alkyer
If you’re looking for a tried-and-true, gut-bucket blues record, this may not be your jam. But for those seeking an adventurous amalgam of blues, jazz and blue-eyed soul, put the headphones on and crank it up. As a guitarist, Doug Wamble has a crazy…
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Roland’s new GP digital piano series includes four models: the GP-9, GP-9M, GP-6 and GP-3 (pictured). The GP-9 is equipped with the optimal feel and sound that a grand piano has to offer in a low-maintenance package. The GP-9M is a high-resolution, self-playing grand that fills a room with a…
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EarthQuaker Devices has reissued the White Light Overdrive. The EQD overdrive has been updated with a new enclosure, top-mounted jacks and its proprietary Flexi-Switch Technology. The White Light is a hard-clipping, vintage-voiced dirt pedal. The unit’s “weight” control lets players adjust…
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by Don DeMicheal // May/11/1961
Art Blakey sat on the edge of the bed in a Detroit hotel room. Dressed only in a T-shirt and shorts, his powerful arms stabbed the air with a cigarette as he talked. “Talked” is perhaps too mild of a term—Blakey seldom just ”talks.” You could almost feel his excitement and enthusiasm.
“We’ve played a lot of countries,” he said,…
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