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    The cover image of DownBeat’s Sept. 7, 1978, issue, which featured in-depth coverage of President Jimmy Carter’s jazz picnic party on the White House’s South Lawn. The historic gathering honored and was honored by a history of jazz that embraced everything from ragtime through the avant garde.

    Featured Archive

    Jan 2, 2025 1:04 AM

    Jazz at the White House: Jimmy Carter on Jazz

    The following speech by President Jimmy Carter kicked off the jazz festivities he and the First Lady hosted on the…

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    Albert Ayler

    Classic Interview, Featured Archive, Albert Ayler

    Nov 16, 2021 11:23 AM

    Albert Ayler: The Truth Is Marching In

    In a restaurant-bar in Greenwich Village, tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler was ruminating on the disparity between renown…

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    T.S. Monk at home

    Classic Interview, Featured Archive, Thelonious Monk

    Nov 9, 2021 10:54 AM

    Growing Up Monk

    What’s it like to grow up the child of a famous father, the son of jazz royalty? What’s it like to share the name…

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    Marian McPartland and Mary Lou Williams in 1978, about 14 years after the two spoke for “Mary Lou Williams: Into The Sun,” which originally was published in DownBeat on Aug. 27, 1964.

    Classic Interview, Featured Archive, Marian McPartland, Mary Lou Williams

    May 21, 2018 2:42 PM

    Mary Lou Williams: Into The Sun

    Her early records are collectors’ items. Her writing and playing have become part of the pattern of jazz history. She…

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    John Abercrombie (1944–2017)

    Classic Interview, Featured Archive, John Abercrombie

    Aug 29, 2017 10:33 AM

    John Abercrombie: The Moment Looks for You

    There were no straight lines, no sudden leaps, no predictable trajectory in John Abercrombie’s coming of age as a…

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    Clark Terry (1920–2015)

    Classic Interview, Featured Archive, Hall of Fame, Clark Terry

    Jul 28, 2017 10:36 AM

    Clark Terry: Optimistic Pioneer

    Clark Terry is a man of many parts. He is a staff musician at NBC in New York; he is one of the city’s most…

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    The Beatles

    Classic Interview, Featured Archive, The Beatles

    Jun 30, 2017 10:38 AM

    Bystander: A Jazz Critic Looks at the Beatles

    A few weeks ago an unfounded rumor scurried through New York’s music circle: DownBeat’s coverage was going to go 60…

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    Art Blakey

    Classic Interview, Featured Archive, Art Blakey

    Jun 5, 2017 1:23 PM

    Art Blakey: Message Received

    Art Blakey sat on the edge of the bed in a Detroit hotel room. Dressed only in a T-shirt and shorts, his powerful arms…

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    Mose Allison

    Classic Interview, Featured Archive, Mose Allison

    Dec 2, 2016 4:35 PM

    Mose Allison: Country Sophisticate

    The current Schwann Catalog lists no less than 16 available albums by Mose Allison, representing just about a decade of…

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    Bobby Hutcherson (1941–2016) performs at Jazz at Lincoln Center in 2008.

    Classic Interview, Featured Archive, Bobby Hutcherson

    Sep 27, 2016 10:49 AM

    Bobby Hutcherson: California Dreaming

    The picturesque stretch of Highway 1 along the Pacific Ocean coastline between San Francisco and Santa Cruz may not be…


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