Dec 21, 2021 4:01 PM
Some Perfect Gifts
Looking for last-minute gifts for your favorite jazz fan? Looking for a little something under the tree to place there…
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings
Dec 21, 2021 4:01 PM
Looking for last-minute gifts for your favorite jazz fan? Looking for a little something under the tree to place there…
Wayne Shorter and Don Was discuss uncovered Art Blakey music on First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings.
Dec 14, 2021 3:44 PM
In a surprise interview, composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter sat down with Don Was, president of Blue Note Records,…
Lee Morgan (left) and Wayne Shorter are two of the musicians depicted in the book Jazz Images by Francis Wolff
Aug 10, 2020 11:11 AM
The latest book in Elemental Music’s Jazz Images series features the iconic photos of Francis Wolff (1907–’71).…
Terence Blanchard—who won a Grammy in the category Best Instrumental Composition for “Blut Und Boden (Blood And Soil),” a work featured in Spike Lee’s 2018 movie BlacKkKlansman—composed the score for the filmmaker’s latest effort, Da 5 Bloods.
Aug 17, 2020 10:56 AM
In the pantheon of collaborative triumphs, musical partnerships like Billie Holiday and Lester Young or Miles Davis and…
Nina Simone radiates joy on a reissue of Fodder On My Wings.
Jun 29, 2020 3:19 PM
With the possible exception of John Coltrane, no jazz artist from the ’50s and ’60s has had their iconic status…
William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
May 26, 2020 9:47 AM
The musical similarities among all the folks below might be in short supply, but each of these performers irrevocably…
Art Blakey (1919–1990)
Mar 5, 2020 8:12 AM
No drummer more palpably imprinted their sonic identity and aesthetic principles on the soundtrack and culture of late…
John Legend is one of 21 artists whose new holiday albums are reviewed in our Yuletide Music Roundup.
Dec 16, 2018 11:56 AM
DownBeat offers cool gifts for everyone on your shopping list. Our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide is filled with books, vinyl…
