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Record Store Day Delivers Black Friday Releases!
Looking for a great gift for your vinyl-loving loved one (or yourself)? Record Store Day’s Black Friday releases…
Nov 26, 2024 3:39 PM
Looking for a great gift for your vinyl-loving loved one (or yourself)? Record Store Day’s Black Friday releases…
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As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on and further economic stimulus from the federal government remains in limbo,…
Jun 23, 2020 4:52 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Jan 11, 2020 6:15 PM
Clear vinyl. Artful designs. A shiny, luxe collector’s box. No question, albums from the Newvelle imprint are…
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The list below is a round up of the 5-, 4.5- and 4-star reviews that ran in print editions of DownBeat during 2019. If…
Nov 21, 2019 1:42 PM
A stellar trumpeter who organically has straddled the inside-outside aesthetic for nearly 30 years, Dave Douglas…
Oct 17, 2019 11:33 AM
Bassist Nick Dunston’s name just keeps cropping up.
If you didn’t catch him on Amirtha Kidambi’s release with…
Jun 10, 2019 9:26 AM
It’s a frigid mid-winter day in Montreal, but in his eighth-floor office, André Ménard’s mind is focused on the…
Feb 24, 2020 10:16 AM
Chicago-based pianist and educator Frank Caruso died suddenly on April 22 at a relative’s home in Cary, Illinois. He…
Jan 3, 2019 10:41 AM
Less and less, you dole out a buck per cut, $10 per album; more and more, you access a streaming service for a nominal…
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The indefatigable Dave Douglas is sitting in his composition room surrounded by comfortable couches, a piano, a wall of…
Dec 28, 2017 11:47 AM
Best known for his fluid electric guitar lines, Kurt Rosenwinkel is also the driving force behind Heartcore Records, an…
Oct 2, 2017 5:42 PM
Trumpeter Dave Douglas’ new album, Little Giant Still Life (Greenleaf Music), is the work of an inquisitive,…
Aug 14, 2017 8:05 PM
Rui Neves, the artistic director of Lisbon’s Jazz em Agosto (Jazz In August), describes his preferred musical sphere…
Jun 15, 2017 2:52 PM
Enrollment is now open for the Jazz Institute of Chicago’s Straight Ahead Jazz Camp, to take place July 17–21 at…
Jun 6, 2017 8:20 AM
It was just a few months ago that John Zorn announced that The Stone, his understated avant-garde venue in…
Jan 17, 2017 3:55 PM
For all its eminence on the New York scene—the first jazz festival of the year, with over 150 acts across a dozen…
Jul 11, 2016 12:38 PM
Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, saxophonist Matana Roberts and pianist Fred Hersch are among the jazz artists recognized as…
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