Nov 30, 2021 1:21 PM
Grammy Award Nominations Are Out
The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards. While there are plenty of potential…
Jon Batiste’s We Are garnered 12 Grammy nominations.
Nov 30, 2021 1:21 PM
The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards. While there are plenty of potential…
Carla Bley (left), Steve Swallow and Andy Sheppard recorded Life Goes On for the ECM label.
Jan 5, 2021 7:54 AM
The list below is a roundup of the 5-, 4.5- and 4-star reviews that ran in the print edition of DownBeat during 2020.…
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…
Dee Dee Bridgewater performs at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco during September 2017.
Sep 3, 2020 12:04 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Bassist and bandleader Christian McBride, who has won six Grammy awards, has three more Grammy nominations.
Dec 2, 2019 12:35 PM
Among artists receiving multiple nominations for the 62nd Grammy Awards are bassist Christian McBride, bassist/vocalist…
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah values cultural pluralism in American storytelling.
Jul 1, 2020 10:59 AM
Long before Nina Simone told a Carnegie Hall audience in 1964 that she meant every word of “Mississippi Goddam,”…
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is among the dozens of jazz stars who have performed as part of the “We Always Swing” jazz series in Columbia, Missouri.
Sep 17, 2019 11:07 AM
The non-profit “We Always Swing” Jazz Series will kick off its 25th season this fall in Columbia, Missouri, with…
Richmond, Virginia-based drummer Corey Fonville is set for a spate of March tour dates in France with trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah.
Feb 4, 2019 4:29 PM
More than a percussionist, Corey Fonville is a conjurer. When he plays, Fonville channels the spirit of his ancestors…
Vocalist and composer Cécile McLorin Salvant is among the nominees for the 61st annual Grammy Awards.
Dec 7, 2018 4:15 PM
Trumpeter/bandleader John Daversa, vocalists Kurt Elling and Cécile McLorin Salvant, pianist Brad Mehldau, saxophonist…
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah performs Sept. 29 at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival in Chicago.
Oct 12, 2018 9:29 AM
In its 12th year, Chicago’s Hyde Park Jazz Festival presented an almost preposterous amount of quality music on Sept.…
Melissa Aldana performs with Artemis on Sunday, Aug. 4 on the Fort Stage at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island.
Jan 10, 2019 12:08 PM
An intense and unrelenting rainstorm pummeled Rhode Island all day Saturday, taking some of the luster off the 2018…
R+R=Now performs at the DC Jazz Festival in June.
Jul 25, 2018 10:28 AM
Summer proved to be a propitious time for Maurice Jackson and Blair A. Ruble to promote their new book, DC Jazz:…
South African bassist and composer Benjamin Jephta recently issued The Evolution Of An Undefined (Self Release), a follow-up to his 2015 debut as a leader.
Jun 28, 2018 9:09 AM
“I grew up in the church. My dad was not a pastor, but he played a vital role there; I guess you can say that he was…
Christian Scott (center) takes the stage at the Stretch Music Festival on Feb. 18 to play music from his upcoming album, Ruler Rebel.
Feb 21, 2017 3:37 PM
“This has been years in progress,” Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah announced to the Harlem Stage Gatehouse’s…
Christian Scott is among the headliners for the 11th annual Port-au-Prince Jazz Festival, which takes place in Haiti March 4–11.
Feb 21, 2017 9:14 AM
Now in its 11th year, the Port au Prince International Jazz Festival (PAPJazz Fest) forges ahead as planned, in spite…
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah onstage at Gesu during the Montreal Jazz Festival on June 30.
Jul 8, 2016 12:43 PM
One of the distinctive features of the annual Montreal Jazz Festival is its famous “Invitational” series, which…
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