The list below is a round-up of the 5-star, 4.5-star and 4-star reviews that ran in print editions of DownBeat during…Īt DownBeat, we have the pleasure of listening to hundreds of albums each month. Akinmusire’s Origami Harvest earned a 5-star rating in DownBeat during 2018.Ĥ:45 PM 2018: The Year’s Top-Rated Albums On display at New York’s Winter Jazzfest is not only a variety of styles, repertoires, concepts and generations, but…Īmbrose Akinmusire and Kris Davis perform in New York at Vision Festival, which ran May 23–28.
12, Allison Miller co-leads an ensemble with pianist Carmen Staaf at Subculture.ġ1:05 AM Double Vision: Winter Jazzfest Fosters Co-Led Ensembles In the early 1950s, bebop pioneer Charlie Parker lived in a townhouse on Manhattan’s Avenue B, bordering Tompkins… Jazz I Food Nights: Support Sun Prairie High School Jazzs trip to Essentially Ellington in New York City by eating locally at one of these restaurants. 25 during the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Manhattan.ġ:16 PM Charlie Parker Fest Captures A Bit of Bird’s Freewheeling Spirit Pianist Fred Hersch and bassist John Hébert perform Aug. JD Allen’s latest effort, Barracoon, is predicated on emotion more than charts.ĩ:25 AM With a New Trio, JD Allen Channels an Eruption of Emotionsīar Bayeux is a narrow venue tucked between a hair salon and a deli on Brooklyn’s Nostrand Avenue. The list below is a round up of the 5-, 4.5- and 4-star reviews that ran in print editions of DownBeat during 2019. Ted Nash revisits Bernstein and Sondheim for Somewhere Else: Songs From West Side Story.ĩ:07 AM 2019: The Year’s Top-Rated Albums Horn quartets flout accepted rhythmic and harmonic…ĭrummer Gerald Cleaver works with some of today’s most fearless musicians.ġ:25 PM Gerald Cleaver Bridges the Divide Between Structure and Freedomĭrummer Gerald Cleaver unfairly has been pigeonholed as a free-jazz player for much of his career, though his efforts… Wind ensembles that work without a rhythm section are tricky. Saxophonists Samuel Blais (left), Donny McCaslin, David Binney and Dave Liebman make up the Four Visions Saxophone Quartet, a group that can trace its lineage back to jazz and the work of classical saxophonist Marcel Mule.Ĥ:23 PM James Carter, Dave Liebman And The Westerlies On Uncommon Ensembles Trailblazing drummer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington has made history numerous times in her career, and the… First, we are playing to young adults who pack the dance floors jitterbugging and swing dancing to the music of Louis Jordan, Nellie Lutcher and other pop stars of the 40s and 50s. In the past twelve years, we have added two new players and our band has evolved in two important ways. Terri Lyne Carrington, who topped three categories in the 2020 DownBeat Critics Poll, is the first female instrumentalist to win the Jazz Artist of the Year category.ĥ:39 PM Terri Lyne Carrington Tops 2020 DownBeat Critics Poll We celebrated our 60th anniversary in 2018. Queen City (Savant), JD Allen’s latest album and his first solo-saxophone release, is an ambitious endeavor that he… Misha collaborates with celebrated vocalist Alice Zawadzki.įor more details about the festival go to Allen headed back to Cincinnati during COVID-19, where he woodshedded and created Queen City. The life of legendary singer/lyricist Jon Hendricks. Misha joins the Jessica Radcliffe Quintet in a show remembering Misha plays in an opening night ‘Festival Sampler’, which is beingīroadcast live on BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Now, presented by Soweto Kinch. Misha Mullov-Abbado (double bass) – 2014 CMF Artist Giacomo’s very own Kansas Smitty’s House Band playīack-to-back shows at their East London home. Giacomo Smith (clarinet) – 2014 CMF Artist Shirley and Sheila play with emerging saxophonist Camilla George. Shirley Tetteh (guitar) & Sheila Maurice Grey (trumpet), members of Nérija – 2016 CMF Artists Next Generation Takes Over, a showcase for “the rising stars of tomorrow”. Miguel performs as guest soloist with Wandsworth Jazz Orchestra as part of The Clore Ballroom (Southbank Centre), SE1 8XX Miguel Gorodi (trumpet) – 2016 CMF Artist
Unnatural Events with his own Tom Millar Quartet.Īlex Hitchcock (saxophone) – 2017 CMF ArtistĪlex plays with leading funk/groove quartet Resolution 88.Īlex joins swing singer Jo Harrop to perform the American Songbook. Tom plays original music from his debut album
Gareth Lochrane (flute) and Duncan Eagles (saxophone). Playing with the DJTM Sextet, Tom is joined by musicians such as In his first of three gigs at the festival, Tom plays with The WayOutWest Allstars,Ī jazz musicians’ collective based in West London. Here’s a quick guide to who, when, and where to find CMF jazzers: At this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival (Friday 16th to Sunday 25th November) you’ll find CMF Artists at every turn, in venues such as the Elgar Room (Royal Albert Hall), 606 Club, and Kansas Smitty’s, a venue founded by CMF Artist Giacomo Smith.
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