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…
Albert Ayler
Nov 16, 2021 11:23 AM
In a restaurant-bar in Greenwich Village, tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler was ruminating on the disparity between renown…
T.S. Monk at home
Nov 9, 2021 10:54 AM
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…
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.
May 21, 2018 2:42 PM
Her early records are collectors’ items. Her writing and playing have become part of the pattern of jazz history. She…
John Abercrombie (1944–2017)
Aug 29, 2017 10:33 AM
There were no straight lines, no sudden leaps, no predictable trajectory in John Abercrombie’s coming of age as a…
Clark Terry (1920–2015)
Jul 28, 2017 10:36 AM
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…
The Beatles
Jun 30, 2017 10:38 AM
A few weeks ago an unfounded rumor scurried through New York’s music circle: DownBeat’s coverage was going to go 60…
Art Blakey
Jun 5, 2017 1:23 PM
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…
Mose Allison
Dec 2, 2016 4:35 PM
The current Schwann Catalog lists no less than 16 available albums by Mose Allison, representing just about a decade of…
Bobby Hutcherson (1941–2016) performs at Jazz at Lincoln Center in 2008.
Sep 27, 2016 10:49 AM
The picturesque stretch of Highway 1 along the Pacific Ocean coastline between San Francisco and Santa Cruz may not be…
