June 25, 2013
May 15, 2013
Listen to Donny McCaslin play Ellington, Strayhorn, and more on NPR's Piano Jazz via NPRmusic.
January 21, 2013
Donny McCaslin with Matt Mitchell, Tim Lefebvre, and Nate Wood in Europe.
December 3, 2012
November 27, 2012
Six nights of Sound Prints Quintet at Village Vanguard. Dave Douglas, Joe Lovano, Lawrence Fields, Linda Oh, Joey Baron.
November 20, 2012
The Many Voices of Trumpeter and Composer Dave Douglas
October 31, 2012
Download a free 5-song sampler from our 2012 releases.
October 11, 2012
October 9, 2012
October 4, 2012
October 2, 2012
Acclaimed saxophonist Donny McCaslin takes a bold leap forward with his tenth album as a leader, Casting for Gravity. McCaslin's gargantuan tenor sound finds an ideal setting to rampage through in the ferocious grooves and electronic textures of keyboardist Jason Lindner, bassist Tim Lefebvre, and drummer Mark Guiliana.
Donny came to Chicago earlier this year with Jason, Tim, and Mark for a run at Green Mill previewing music they were getting ready to record. Needless to say, we were dumbfounded and extremely excited at what we heard and saw. What we heard was all this new music that was, at the time, dubbed "Stadium Jazz" by Tim. It was big, bigger than anything we'd heard before. Donny flexing his herculean horn, Mark breaking beats and blowing minds, Tim towering in the back muscling his fuzz pedals, and Jason synthing it all to the outer limits. What we saw was more head bobbing than you'd expect at a jazz show. The young kids trying their hardest to record video on their phones on-the-sly all lapping up every note by everyone on the stage. Maybe it was the Old Fashioneds we were drinking, but this was one of the best shows we've ever seen at the Mill.
