Aug 19, 2025 12:36 PM
Ystad Jazz Festival in a Rightful Place, on the Swedish Coast
Jazz festival culture, that ever-expanding and international phenomenon, can serve many masters and functions. In…
Butcher Brown, clockwise from top left: Marcus Tenney, DJ Harrison, Morgan Burrs, Corey Fonville and Andrew Randazzo. (Keyboardist Harrison couldn’t make the gig, so special guest Jacob Mann sat in with the band at the Reno Jazz Festival.)
(Photo: Jacky Flav)Aug 19, 2025 12:41 PM
The band known as Butcher Brown has enjoyed the last half-decade basking in the glow from the twin engines of critical acclaim and popular appeal. The band got to that spot…
Kismet performs at this year’s Ystad Jazz Festival in Sweden.
Aug 19, 2025 12:36 PM
Jazz festival culture, that ever-expanding and international phenomenon, can serve many masters and functions. In…
Tarbaby will be among the performers at the inaugural Sound And Gravity Festival Sept. 10–14 in Chicago.
Aug 19, 2025 12:18 PM
The inaugural edition of the Sound And Gravity Festival will take place between Sept. 10–14 on the North Side of…
The ISJAC Honors Celebration & Fundraiser will feature a headline performance by John Beasley and his MONK’estra.
Aug 19, 2025 12:02 PM
The International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers will hold its first-ever Honors Celebration & Fundraiser on…
Nancy King: 1940–2025
Aug 19, 2025 11:53 AM
Vocalist Nancy King, a staple of the Portland, Oregon, jazz scene, died Aug. 5. She was 85 years old.
King received…
“I don’t guess I’m going to excite you; I know I’m going to excite you,” Palmieri said in an August 1994 DownBeat feature.
Aug 12, 2025 10:33 AM
Famed Latin jazz composer, bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri passed away in his New Jersey home on Aug. 6. He was…
Jordan was a dyed-in-the-wool bebopper whose formative musical experiences were with Charlie Parker.
Aug 12, 2025 10:24 AM
Sheila Jordan, a vocalist who was celebrated for her scatting and lyric-improvising abilities, died Aug. 11 at her home…
“Where the Future of Jazz Is Made” is the theme of Jazz-Con 2025.
Aug 12, 2025 10:14 AM
Jazz-Con 2025, a fully virtual, multilingual music business event designed specifically for independent jazz, classical…
John Scofield brought his Long Days Quartet with pianist John Medeski, bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Ted Poor to this summer’s Bohemia Jazz Fest.
Aug 12, 2025 10:08 AM
The Bohemia Jazz Fest celebrated its 20th anniversary in July with a lineup of world-class performers that included…
“I love the place that fate or whatever has positioned me in Gil Evans’ life and legacy,” said Ryan Truesdell.
Aug 5, 2025 12:26 PM
“I originally set out to give two years of my life to Gil,” Ryan Truesdell said of his mindset in 2009, when he…
The Westerlies, from left: Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar, Andy Clausen and Chloe Rowlands.
Aug 5, 2025 12:20 PM
“Have you ever gotten together with 40 strangers and belted out songs for three hours?” Andy Clausen asks.…
