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Doug Wamble: A New Direction
by Matthew Warnock
It's never easy for an established artist to make a change in their musical output mid-career, especially if up until that point they have made a name for themselves in the realm of traditional jazz. While some of these artists make a switch because for monetary reasons or to reach a wider audience, others are drawn ...
Jordan Young: Jordan Young Group
by Karl Ackermann
The Brooklyn-based Jordan Young Group has an unusual lineup featuring drummer Young, guitarist Yotam Silberstein, saxophonist Joe Sucato and organist Brian Charette. Self-described as an organ group, Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff are cited among its influences. Organ has been part of jazz since the Fats Waller days, but has never had an ongoing prominent role ...
Ehud Asherie: Organic
by Dan Bilawsky
Contrary to what some might believe, the designation of a musician as an organist or pianist does not have to be mutually exclusive. While some players choose to focus all of their time and energy on one of these instruments, many others prefer to branch out and try their hand at both. Fats Waller wasn't afraid ...
Randy Weston: African Stories, African Rhythms
by Ian Patterson
In over 60 years as a leader, pianist Randy Weston has achieved an incredible amount. He has recorded nearly 50 albums and has been hailed in the process as the natural heir to Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Three times he has been voted Downbeat's composer of the year, and his compositions have been recorded by ...
Mujician/Aki Takase at the Vortex in London: Tony Levin 70th Birthday Tour
by John Sharpe
Aki Takase, John Edwards, Tony Levin / Keith Tippett, Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, Tony LevinThe VortexLondonOctober 11, 2010 When pianist Keith Tippett's young daughter was asked at school what her parents did, she replied: they're mujicians! That conflation of magic and music neatly sums up Tippett's method. Initially the name was ...
Tarbaby: The End Of Fear
by Dan Bilawsky
Virtually every musician deals with fear at one time or another. Perhaps it comes with a first opportunity to perform in an ensemble, or maybe it arrives when first taking flight and leaving the relative comforts of written music, searching for an elusive sound through an improvised medium. Regardless of when it happens, performers have to ...
Tarbaby: The End Of Fear
by Bruce Lindsay
A band name that some might see as confrontational--although the band denies this--an album title that could be wildly optimistic, a statement of faith or simply ironic; some of the fieriest jazz players on the scene and a scary Hieronymus Bosch-style cover design. What kind of music might emanate from such a combination? Free form, loud, ...
DownBeat: The Great Jazz Interviews - A 75th Anniversary Anthology
by Florence Wetzel
DownBeat: The Great Jazz Interviews: A 75th Anniversary AnthologyFrank Alkyer and Ed Enright, EditorsSoftcover; 352 pagesISBN: 9781423463849Hal Leonard2009 In a 1988 interview, trombonist J.J. Johnson declared: “Jazz is restless. It won't stay put and it never will." There's no better proof than this remarkable ...
Riverwalk Jazz Presents "A Night at Bricktop's: Jazz in 1930s' Montmartre"
Beginning Thursday, October 7, Riverwalk Jazz, heard nationwide on Public Radio International and Sirius/XM, will present a special broadcast on Ada 'Bricktop' Smith, who played barkeep to the “Lost Generation" of international ex-patriots living in Paris in the 1930s. The broadcast will feature frequent guest singer/actors Vernel Bagneris and Topsy Chapman, who offer narratives drawn from ...
John Esposito / Ira Coleman / Peter O'Brien: Orisha
by Jakob Baekgaard
No matter the musical constellations he has worked in, deconstruction and reimagining of the jazz tradition has always been a crucial part of the art of pianist John Esposito. This is especially true when considering his take on the piano trio, one of the most tried and true formats in jazz. Back in ...
