Jul 11, 2023 1:12 PM
Arturo O’Farrill: The Trio as Jazz Orchestra
The cover of Arturo O’Farrill’s new trio album, Legacies (Blue Note), shows a 12-year-old O’Farrill sitting on…
Arturo O’Farrill said his latest album “is about all of our legacies. This music is really from Mother Africa.”
Jul 11, 2023 1:12 PM
The cover of Arturo O’Farrill’s new trio album, Legacies (Blue Note), shows a 12-year-old O’Farrill sitting on…
Robert Glasper will perform all three days in different musical settings.
Jun 8, 2021 1:01 PM
The Newport Jazz Festival has announced that tickets are now on sale for this year’s event July 30–Aug. 1 with a…
The Sands Box
Apr 27, 2021 10:56 AM
It’s a HUGE streaming week with International Jazz Day and Jazz Month celebrations aplenty: Norah Jones chats with…
New England Conservatory offers a retrospective of Ran Blake March 22–24 in honor of the pianist-composer’s 85th birthday.
Mar 23, 2021 1:09 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, some…
Triology 2 received the Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
Mar 15, 2021 1:18 PM
Chick Corea, who passed away on Feb. 9, was awarded two Grammy Awards yesterday during the 63rd annual evening honoring…
John Beasley earned Grammy nominations in multiple categories, including Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
Jan 8, 2021 3:57 PM
Big band leaders John Beasley and Maria Schneider, pianist Gerald Clayton, trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah and…
Victor Atkins, of the University of New Orleans, uses several types of software when teaching online classes.
Sep 21, 2020 1:23 PM
Now that many educators have made it through months of online music instruction during a global pandemic, some are…
Arturo O’Farrill expands his pool of collaborators on Four Questions, the bandleader’s first album-length offering of original material.
Jul 1, 2020 11:25 AM
Arturo O’Farrill is no stranger to making complex artistic statements or critiquing systemic social problems. Given…
Trumpeter Tom Harrell performs at the 2015 Fox Jazz Festival with bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Johnathan Blake.
Aug 26, 2019 1:51 PM
The 25th anniversary edition of the Fox Jazz Festival in Menasha, Wisconsin, will feature Wisconsin-based artists…
On June 29, the Impulse! label issued previously unreleased studio recordings by John Coltrane (left), Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison and McCoy Tyner under the title Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album.
Jan 4, 2019 12:27 PM
During 2018, DownBeat published hundreds of articles and album reviews. What’s below, though, are some features and…
Musicians perform during the 11th Fandango Fronterizo.
Nov 29, 2018 10:32 PM
Bandleader and pianist Arturo O’Farrill’s latest recording, Fandango At The Wall (Resilience Music Alliance),…
Yissy Garcia at Artes De Cuba: From The Island To The World
May 30, 2018 11:46 AM
Fábrica De Arte Cubano, a former cooking-oil plant turned multimedia-arts venue, is one of the most fabulous places in…
NEA Jazz Master Ellis Marsalis will be a judge at his namesake piano competition June 22–23 in Huntington, West Virginia.
Apr 11, 2018 7:37 PM
The Nu Jazz Agency and West Virginia’s Marshall University will present the inaugural Ellis Marsalis International…
The Maria Schneider Orchestra is set to play the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24.
Feb 21, 2018 12:41 PM
The 51st annual Elmhurst College Jazz Festival is set to begin Thursday, Feb. 22.
Based in Elmhurst, Illinois, just…
Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra seemed to summon the socio-political works of Charles Mingus at a recent performance at the Strathmore Music Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
Feb 20, 2018 11:15 AM
Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra embraced a wealth of jazz history during its winning performance at the…
Regina Carter performs at the 2017 DuPont Clifford Jazz Festival, which ran from June 21-–24 in Wilmington, Delaware.
Jun 27, 2017 3:55 PM
Danilo Pérez, Somi and Regina Carter headlined the 29th edition of the DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, which ran…
Vijay Iyer (left) and Rudresh Mahanthappa perform at the Musicians Against Fascism concert at Symphony Space in New York City on Jan. 19.
Jan 25, 2017 10:04 AM
New York jazz musicians united in concert at Symphony Space on Jan. 19, the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration to…
Arturo O’Farrill performs at the North Sea Jazz Festival.
Aug 25, 2016 2:53 PM
It was a long time coming. Prior to this year, pianist/bandleader Arturo O’Farrill’s last appearance at the North…
