Nov 6, 2023 2:49 AM
Saxophonists Claire Daly, George Garzone Run the ‘Vuvu’ Down
Following a string of tribute recordings — 2008’s Rahsaan Roland Kirk project Rah! Rah!, 2011’s Mary Joyce…
Garzone and Daly keep the spirit of New York’s 52nd Street alive during a CD release party at Dizzy’s on Sept. 15.
Nov 6, 2023 2:49 AM
Following a string of tribute recordings — 2008’s Rahsaan Roland Kirk project Rah! Rah!, 2011’s Mary Joyce…
Vail Jazz Foundation will close the bulk of operations by year’s end.
Nov 6, 2023 2:36 AM
The Vail Jazz Foundation has announced that it will close the bulk of its operations by the end of the current calendar…
EFG London Jazz Festival brought three acts of its popular “Moment’s Notice” performance series to Enjoy Jazz on Oct. 9.
Nov 6, 2023 2:09 AM
In the second week of its 25th anniversary edition, Enjoy Jazz fortified its position among international music…
DeJong (right) backstage with Ornette Coleman in 2008.
Nov 6, 2023 1:50 AM
DownBeat considers itself duty-bound to compile obituaries for famous musicians and annually celebrates firmament…
Bennett had a wealth of material to draw upon, and he had a direct association with much of it.
Oct 31, 2023 1:50 PM
Perhaps no interpreter of American popular song had as long and distinguished a career as Tony Bennett. Yet in his…
“Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet on record, that was it!” said Freeman of his early influences.
Oct 31, 2023 1:37 PM
Visit Chicago guitarist George Freeman, whose new album The Good Life (High Note) featuring Joey DeFrancesco and…
Herbie Hancock (left), Jahari Stampley, Connor Rohrer and Paul Cornish at this year’s competition, which took place Oct. 14–15 in New York.
Oct 31, 2023 1:28 PM
Jahari Stampley, a 23-year-old from Chicago, won the 31st annual Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano…
“I made the decision pretty early on that jazz music was going to be a huge part of my identity when I was growing up in California. But New York City made a man out of me,” Meagher says.
Oct 31, 2023 1:01 PM
Portland, Oregon-based guitarist Ryan Meagher abides by the power of certain “E” words: He practices eclecticism of…
Parks has battled and triumphantly come back from bouts of manic behavior that left him “getting pretty abstract,” he said, to the point that he had to cancel a tour and seek help.
Oct 24, 2023 11:29 AM
On a steamy midsummer night in New York, Aaron Parks cut a solitary figure as he lingered in the cool semi-darkness of…
John Scofiled was the showcase artist at this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival.
Oct 24, 2023 11:23 AM
The 66th Monterey Jazz Festival (including the cancelled festival of 2020) was the final one to have Tim Jackson as…
