Building the Cathedral
By Allen Morrison
Wynton Marsalis enters the Hall of Fame and tops the Trumpet category in the 2017 DownBeat Readers Poll. We sit down with Marsalis to discuss his work as a musician, composer and managing and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
By Ted Panken
Corea topped the Jazz Artist category in the Readers Poll.
By J.D. Considine
Krall topped two categories: Female Vocalist and Jazz Album (for her Verve album Turn Up The Quiet).
By Phillip Lutz
Michael League talks about the amazing success of his band Snarky Puppy, which topped the Jazz Group category.
By Ken Micallef
McBride topped the Bass category in the Readers Poll.
By Jeff Johnson
The blues veterans topped the Blues Album category for their collaborative disc, TajMo (Concord).
Ambrose Akinmusire was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test”: