Dec 19, 2023 12:26 PM
Heaps of Craft
Craft Recordings continues its deep-dive into jazz history with a slew of reissues featuring such brilliant artists as…
Craft Recordings has released a boxed set reissue of Thelonious Monk’s Brilliant Corners.
Dec 19, 2023 12:26 PM
Craft Recordings continues its deep-dive into jazz history with a slew of reissues featuring such brilliant artists as…
Bassist Christian McBride (left), saxophonist Joshua Redman, drummer Brian Blade and pianist Brad Mehldau reconvened in the studio after more than two decades for RoundAgain.
Dec 31, 2020 8:44 AM
In 2020, DownBeat sought to cover the breadth of jazz, while also working to represent what was going on in the country…
A four-disc Charles Mingus set is a highlight of our seasonal shopping guide for music fanatics.
Dec 8, 2020 4:12 PM
If you’re shopping for gifts this holiday season, DownBeat has got you covered with our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide.
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Charlie Parker: The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection (Verve/UMe) is just one of the releases coinciding with Bird’s centennial.
Dec 7, 2020 9:05 AM
Charlie Parker’s alto saxophone remains one of the most recognizable sounds in the history of recorded jazz, even 65…
Miles Davis is among the artists whose LPs will be sold as part of Record Store Day drops. Legacy will release Double Image: Rare Miles From The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions on Oct. 24.
Aug 27, 2020 10:01 AM
This year, Record Store Day will be presented as three shopping events on Aug. 29, Sept. 26 and Oct. 24, which…
Jimmy Cobb (1929–2020)
Dec 9, 2020 4:10 PM
Drummer Jimmy Cobb—famous for a discography that includes appearances on numerous Miles Davis albums, including…
Z2 Comics plans to publish the graphic novel Chasin’ The Bird: Charlie Parker in California on Sept. 8.
May 19, 2020 4:06 PM
The all-too-brief life of saxophonist Charlie Parker redirected the world, musically. And to mark his centennial…
Richie Cole (1948–2020)
May 21, 2020 1:22 PM
Richie Cole, a renowned saxophonist who was championed by DownBeat early in his career and whose passion for bebop-era…
Charlie Parker (1920–’55)
Apr 20, 2020 10:17 AM
The people have spoken, and they want more movie recommendations.
If you’ve managed to watch the 20 previous film…
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…
Gary Bartz (left), Vincent Herring and Bobby Watson perform at the New York club Smoke, where they recorded Bird At 100, a tribute to saxophonist Charlie Parker.
Jan 23, 2020 9:39 AM
Sixty-five years after his death at the age of 34, saxophonist Charlie Parker continues to bewitch us—with his…
Charlie Parker (1920–1955)
Jan 10, 2020 9:28 AM
To say that Charlie “Yardbird” Parker was one of the greatest jazz musicians who ever lived is a bit like saying…
The Afterlife, by the trio The Comet Is Coming, will be available on Friday, Nov. 29, as part of the Record Store Day Black Friday retail event.
Nov 25, 2019 4:59 PM
Record collectors and vinyl fans are checking their bank accounts and mapping out their shopping routes for Black…
Before she staked her claim on the Central Avenue jazz scene in Los Angeles, trumpeter Clora Bryant was a featured soloist in the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.
Feb 24, 2020 10:16 AM
Clora Bryant, a fiery trumpet player who broke gender barriers with her horn, swung with the Louis Armstrong and Dizzy…
Anthony Braxton performs at a 1993 gig that yielded some of the material on Sextet (Parker) 1993.
Mar 29, 2018 10:28 AM
In the early ’90s, not long after he joined the faculty of Connecticut’s Wesleyan University, Anthony Braxton…
Lawrence Brownlee as the title character in Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD
Apr 10, 2017 6:09 PM
The great alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, (aka Yardbird, or Bird) is an attractive protagonist for an opera:…
Members of the Mutual Musicians Foundation attend the dedication of the Musicians Association Building in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1930.
Jul 12, 2016 5:01 PM
On March 2, 2017, the Mutual Musicians Foundation International (MMFI) will celebrate the centennial of Kansas City’s…
The new album Unheard Bird includes 58 previously unrleased studio takes that saxophonist Charlie Parker recorded in the periof of 1949–’52.
Nov 15, 2019 9:02 PM
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s album Bird Calls (ACT), which topped the Jazz Album category in the 2015 DownBeat Critics Poll,…
Ella Fitzgerald is one of the classic jazz artists whose albums will be reissued by Verve in 2016.
Aug 21, 2019 11:43 AM
Verve Records will celebrate its 60th anniversary throughout 2016 with a series of historic reissues and new…
