Apr 10, 2025 4:49 PM
Messages from the Fringe
If you’re like DownBeat’s editors and need a good dose of music from the avant garde side of jazz, get to your…
The cover image of one of two new Sun Ra releases on vinyl.
Apr 10, 2025 4:49 PM
If you’re like DownBeat’s editors and need a good dose of music from the avant garde side of jazz, get to your…
Veronica Swift has both a historical connection to the music and a desire to expand its artistic purview.
Dec 3, 2020 8:58 AM
Welcome to our enthusiastic, optimistic look at the future.
Below, DownBeat presents short profiles of two dozen…
Junius Paul is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 3, 2020 10:52 AM
Nearly six months into the pandemic, Chicago native Junius Paul packed up his stuff and moved out of his apartment,…
A staple of Chicago’s jazz scene, Junius Paul’s debut full-length, Ism, takes into consideration the city’s past musical triumphs while incorporating the bassist’s own passions.
Dec 20, 2019 2:13 PM
Bassist Junius Paul is an unmistakable emblem of free Chicago.
In demand as both a performer and composer, Paul’s…
