Sep 12, 2023 12:59 PM
Nicholas Payton Wins Top Grant to Record Symphonic Work
Nicholas Payton has been awarded a major grant from South Arts to record The Black American Symphony, which he wrote 10…
Payton plans to revisit and re-orchestrate his first symphonic work with the goal of reorganizing it to reflect who he is today.
Sep 12, 2023 12:59 PM
Nicholas Payton has been awarded a major grant from South Arts to record The Black American Symphony, which he wrote 10…
The new recording from Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons puts the pianist front and center of the jazz vanguard. From left, Davis, Trevor Dunn, Terri Lyne Carrington, Val Jeanty and Julian Lage.
Sep 6, 2023 12:37 PM
In late May 2022, Kris Davis realized a dream. She and her ensemble Diatom Ribbons performed six nights at New York’s…
“I’ll produce my own projects,” says drummer and composer Tyshawn Sorey. “I’ll do it my way, and I’ll do it well.”
Sep 6, 2023 12:27 PM
When Tyshawn Sorey turned 40 a few months into the pandemic lockdown, he decided henceforth to focus on more explicitly…
The European trio Ghosted played a hypnotic set on Aug. 3 at Portugal’s Jazz em Agosto.
Sep 6, 2023 12:19 PM
There’s a predictable homogeneity to many of the jazz festivals that take place over the course of the hot European…
Philip Arneill and James Catchpole’s book Tokyo Jazz Joints documents a vanishing world of Japanese jazz culture.
Sep 6, 2023 11:51 AM
Germany-based publisher Kehrer Verlag has released Tokyo Jazz Joints, a visual chronicle of Japanese jazz bars and…
Christian McBride and writer Ashley Kahn meet for a DownBeat Blindfold Test hosted by New York University’s Jazz Studies program.
Aug 29, 2023 11:41 AM
Christian McBride turned 51 this May 31 and is still pushing far beyond what many might consider conventional career…
“I love working with fully developed artists, getting into their world and learning from them,” says Ben Wendel.
Aug 29, 2023 11:34 AM
For many musicians who found themselves under a veritable house arrest during the COVID lockdown of 2020–’21, the…
Appearing at this year’s Angel City Jazz Festival are (from top, L-R) Linda Oh, Billy Harper, Tim Berne, Nicole Mitchell, Mat Maneri and Harriet Tubman.
Aug 29, 2023 11:26 AM
Angel City Arts will present the Angel City Jazz Festival Oct. 13–29 at diverse venues such as REDCAT (Roy and Edna…
Drew Zaremba will be the second artistic director in the Vail Jazz Foundation’s 29-year history.
Aug 29, 2023 11:07 AM
The Vail Jazz Foundation’s board of directors has selected Drew Zaremba as its next artistic director. He will be the…
Person’s esthetic took shape in an era when jazz functioned as neighborhood social entertainment and moved with a deep dance groove.
Aug 22, 2023 11:52 AM
When tenor saxophone soul maestro Houston Person talks about his life and career — like the time he was studying at…
