Jul 9, 2019 9:00 AM
Romain Collin’s ‘Tiny Lights’ Projects Audio-Visual Narrative
Romain Collin often recalls an enduring maxim from Terence Blanchard: “All complicated things are created from an…
Pianist Romain Collin learned to play synth bass before recording Tiny Lights.
Jul 9, 2019 9:00 AM
Romain Collin often recalls an enduring maxim from Terence Blanchard: “All complicated things are created from an…
Jesse Sheppard (left) and Drew Gardner
Jul 5, 2019 9:00 AM
You might not think guitar music informed by the psychedelic ‘60s and folk traditions originating a century or more…
Philadelphia’s Sounds Of Liberation
Jul 4, 2019 9:00 AM
Pianist Jack Wilson unfortunately is known better for his famous protégé, vibist Roy Ayers—whom he first met when…
Maja S. K. Ratkje uses Knut Hamsun’s novel Sult as a starting point for her latest recording.
Jul 3, 2019 9:00 AM
Artistic disciplines inform one another, cross-pollinating inspiration and conception. In recent years, poetry has…
Stephanie Chou performs March 29 at Joe’s Pub in New York.
Jul 1, 2019 9:00 AM
Even though she excelled as a math major at Columbia University, Stephanie Chou had already looked ahead to a saxophone…
Anat Cohen’s long musical relationship with Oded Lev-Ari has resulted in “Triple Helix: Concerto For Clarinet And Ensemble,” which premiered in January at Carnegie Hall.
Jun 21, 2019 9:00 AM
Poised at the kitchen counter in her Brooklyn apartment, Anat Cohen assumed the role of solicitous host. Tall, with…
Smashed Plastic Record Pressings’ John Lombardo (left), Steve Polutnik and Andy Weber
Jun 19, 2019 9:00 AM
According to Nielsen Soundscan, 16.8 million LPs were sold last year, up from 14.6 million the year before, and marking…
Chicago pianist Patricia Barber has issued her first new recording in six years, Higher.
Jun 18, 2019 9:00 AM
For four decades, Chicago pianist Patricia Barber has been quietly, but steadily, creating her own unique brand of…
Alfred Lion (left), Dexter Gordon and Francis Wolff
Jun 18, 2019 9:00 AM
As label president Don Was told DownBeat in a recent phone interview from his office in the Capitol Records Building in…
Drummer Adonis Rose has big plans for the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s next chapter.
Jun 17, 2019 10:12 AM
Drummer Adonis Rose, a founding member of the Grammy-winning New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, had his work cut out for him…
