Dec 12, 2012 5:42 AM

Sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar died on Dec. 11 at San Diego’s Scripps Hospital. Last week he underwent heart-valve…

Nov 12, 2012 4:20 AM

As part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s John Coltrane Festival this fall, McCoy Tyner was a natural choice to tap into…

Nov 6, 2012 5:54 AM

As Hurricane Sandy swept across New York last week, the city’s jazz community was hit hard. Downtown clubs lost power…

Oct 29, 2012 11:37 AM

Spalding, Marsalis and Krall among winners

The results of the 77th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll are in. Legendary…

Oct 29, 2012 8:20 AM

To celebrate four decades of presenting jazz, Philadelphia’s Painted Bride Art
Center decided not to get nostalgic…

Oct 22, 2012 8:10 AM

The publicist’s email promised much: A trio concert at New York venue The Stone featuring legendary bassist Henry…

Oct 22, 2012 7:09 AM

David S. Ware, the saxophonist and bandleader whose quartet was one of the most celebrated and longest-lived jazz…

Oct 17, 2012 12:27 PM

Almost a week after the release of her newest album, Pour une âme souveraine: A Dedication To Nina Simone (Naïve),…

Oct 8, 2012 1:30 PM

Steve Coleman brought a little bit of the old and a little of the new to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 26 as his ensemble…

Oct 1, 2012 10:04 AM

Evanston, Ill., is a rather genteel part of the world, but guitarist John Scofield’s first of two nights on Sept.…