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…
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…
Dave Samuels (1948–2019)
May 2, 2019 4:18 PM
Dave Samuels, a master mallet player whose primary instruments were vibraphone and marimba, died on April 22 in New…
Ed Palermo incorporates large doses of humor in his big band’s music.
Apr 8, 2019 9:34 AM
To paraphrase a rhetorical question once posed by Frank Zappa: Does humor belong in jazz? For arranger, composer,…
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…
Frank Zappa performs during December 1973 at The Roxy in West Hollywood.
Nov 22, 2018 3:00 PM
Frank Zappa died in 1993, but his career still is going strong with each year bringing new recordings, merch,…
Grant Green (1935–’79) is one of the dozens of artists who are showcased on Record Store Day releases.
Aug 21, 2019 10:11 AM
It’s that time of the year again. Music retailers have stocked up, and vinyl collectors have plotted their shopping…
A still from the trailer for Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words, a new documentary about the pioneering guitarist-composer-bandleader.
May 18, 2016 11:58 AM
Guitarist, composer, bandleader, filmmaker, satirist, outspoken social commentator, political gadfly, irascible…
