Dec 27, 2018 1:04 PM
This is ECM, Vol. 4
As 2018, slowly rolls toward its conclusion, ECM Records continues to issue scores of recordings that feature prominent…
Pianist Florian Weber recently issued Lucent Waters on the ECM imprint.
Dec 27, 2018 1:04 PM
As 2018, slowly rolls toward its conclusion, ECM Records continues to issue scores of recordings that feature prominent…
Melbourne, Australia-based pianist Andrea Keller recently issued a pair of recordings: an exploration of Krzysztof Komeda’s work and Five Below Live.
Dec 27, 2018 9:00 AM
Melbourne, Australia-based pianist Andrea Keller creates jazz in its broadest sense—as an improvised music. During…
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018)
Dec 26, 2018 9:00 AM
From jazz trumpeters and blues guitarists to genre-defining soul singers and avant-garde soothsayers, DownBeat presents…
Drummer Billy Martin (left), keyboardist John Medeski and bassist Chris Wood all have recording projects outside of their trio.
Dec 21, 2018 9:00 AM
Medeski Martin & Wood’s new album offers a summation of the group’s purpose three decades into its unconventional…
Josh Johnson (left), Alex Boneham, Jay Bellerose and Jeff Parker perform at ETA in L.A.’s Highland Park neighborhood.
Dec 20, 2018 9:00 AM
When bassist Anna Butterss moved to Los Angeles in 2014, her plan was to stay for no more than a year. Her main draw to…
Barry Guy performed on Louisiana Variations, Syllogistic Moments and Sidereus Nuncius: The Starry Messenger, each released in 2018.
Dec 19, 2018 9:45 AM
Now in his seventh decade, London-born bassist and composer Barry Guy has been a prolific and hugely influential…
Joel Ross (left), Harish Raghavan, Matthew Stevens, Walter Smith III and Marcus Gilmore have a new album on Whirlwind.
Dec 18, 2018 9:00 AM
In Common, a newly formed quintet, had only a day-and-a-half to record its debut album. So, the co-leaders—tenor…
Recordings that make up Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions sat in a Long Island home, untouched, for decades.
Dec 17, 2018 9:00 AM
Whether he was wielding his alto saxophone, flute or bass clarinet, Eric Dolphy was a godsend to the cadre of musicians…
Nancy Wilson (1937–2018)
Dec 14, 2018 10:31 AM
Jazz and r&b vocalist Nancy Wilson has died, according to a statement from her manager. Devra Hall Levy told the…
Ralph Peterson teaches at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Dec 13, 2018 9:00 AM
On a hot August afternoon in Boston, Ralph Peterson greets an incoming class of freshmen for orientation week at…
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