February 27, 2012
Donny McCaslin Group live webcast this coming Wednesday night, February 29th at 8:00pm EST via WBGO and NPR Music.
February 23, 2012
January 31, 2012
January 24, 2012
For those of you who weren't lucky enough to catch the live video stream of Curtis' gig last night at the Breeding Ground in Brooklyn, another gig hits tonight at Korzo with Bobby Avey—piano, Chris Tordini—bass, Adam Jackson—drums
January 13, 2012
Donny McCaslin's 2011 album Perpetual Motion was listed as one of the top albums of the year by the Boston Globe. Congrats to Donny and all the musicians that made that record such a spectacular listen. And thanks to the Boston Globe for the nod.
January 4, 2012
As we sift through our epically full inboxes and move further and further away from vacation daze, we can't help but get a little nostalgic for 2011—even as it's just passed. There was a new website, a new music series, new artists, new albums... it seems everything was NEW last year. So before we can move on to all the going-on's we have scheduled this calendar year, a quick recap of some of the music we released in 2011 is necessary for us in this crazy hit-it-and-forget-it internet world we've all grown accustomed to.
December 2, 2011
November 21, 2011
Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Quintet, Sound Prints; an all-star ensemble including up and coming pianist Lawrence Fields, bassist James Genus, and drummer Joey Barron. Performing new repertoire as well as brand new Shorter compositions in direct collaboration with Shorter, the quintet is less an homage to Wayne Shorter and more of a unique convergence of three unparalleled trajectories.
November 17, 2011
Donny McCaslin will be bringing his all-star group—Jason Lindner, keys; Tim Lefebvre, bass; and Mark Guiliana, drums—to the Rivers Jazz Festival in Weston, MA this Saturday night. And in NYC this Sunday night, the group plays the 55 Bar.
October 26, 2011
New gigs posted at the /Shows page including two dates with the new band Sound Prints—Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, Lawrence Fields, James Genus, Joey Barron—and the four-night, four-band run at Jazz Standard celebrating GPS 2011 this December.
October 18, 2011
Dave recently gave an interview to Peter Hum at the Ottawa Citizen blog talking about trumpeter Kenny Wheeler. The full 4-question interview can be read at the Ottawa Citizen blog. Below is an excerpt detailing some of Dave's favorite recordings of Kenny.
October 4, 2011
Donny McCaslin at 55 Bar with Jason Lindner, Fima Ephron, and Mark Guiliana. October 4th, 10PM-1AM.