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Critics Capsules
We asked our participating critics to elaborate on several of this year’s honorees in the 73rd Annual DownBeat…
Isaiah Collier, the critics’ choice for Rising Star Group of the Year, Rising Star Tenor Saxophonist of the Year and Rising Star Flutist of the Year.
Jul 17, 2025 2:34 PM
We asked our participating critics to elaborate on several of this year’s honorees in the 73rd Annual DownBeat…
Isaiah Collier leads his band, The Chosen Few, through a program of reimagined standards to accompany the South Chicago Dance Theatre during the world premiere of Memoirs of Jazz in the Alley.
Jun 20, 2023 1:53 PM
Audiences today hunger for interdisciplinary art. That notion was vividly illustrated by the crowd’s response to the…
Kenny Garrett’s Sounds From The Ancestors is among DownBeat’s latest crop of 5-star reviews.
Dec 28, 2021 12:49 PM
Welcome to DownBeat’s best-reviewed albums of 2021. Below you’ll find the 5-star recordings, both new and…
Collier, at work in the midst of COVID, at Van Gelder Studios last September.
Aug 3, 2021 4:28 PM
Pandemic stories — we hear them wherever we go. Pretty much every story in this issue is a pandemic story in some…
Regina Carter is set to explore the legacy of Ella Fitzgerald on Tuesday.
Jan 15, 2021 10:25 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
On Sunday, Bill Warfield is set to stream a show with his New York Jazz Quintet.
Sep 30, 2020 8:59 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Chicago’s Angel Bat Dawid premieres a new work durning the annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival, which ran Sept. 28-29 at locations around the South Side of Chicago.
Oct 4, 2019 11:14 AM
A strong community feeling permeated The Hyde Park Jazz Festival, which ran Sept. 28-29 across twelve different…
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