Nov 9, 2020 11:37 AM
Marshall Allen Steers The Sun Ra Arkestra Into The Future
For Swirling, the first Sun Ra Arkestra studio album in more than 20 years, saxophonist Marshall Allen set veterans of…
Marshall Allen composed the title tune on Swirling, the Sun Ra Arkestra’s first studio date in more than 20 years.
Nov 9, 2020 11:37 AM
For Swirling, the first Sun Ra Arkestra studio album in more than 20 years, saxophonist Marshall Allen set veterans of…
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…
The Strut imprint recently announced a forthcoming album by the Sun Ra Arkestra.
Oct 5, 2020 11:16 AM
Since the 1993 death of keyboardist and bandleader Sun Ra, his Arkestra has continued to navigate space and time with…
Charlie Parker (1920–’55)
Apr 20, 2020 10:17 AM
The people have spoken, and they want more movie recommendations.
If you’ve managed to watch the 20 previous film…
Trumpeter Lee Morgan (left) is the subject of Kasper Collin’s I Called Him Morgan.
Apr 1, 2020 12:10 PM
Well, readers: We’re still stuck at home, figuring out ways to stay sane and remain connected to the outside world.…
Vocalist Nona Hendryx performs Feb. 29 during Nona Hendryx and Disciples of Sun Ra in the Temple, an event celebrating the bandleader and keyboardist, which was held in the Sackler Wing of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mar 12, 2020 12:08 PM
Vocal doyen Nona Hendryx commanded the stage at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Feb. 29, bedecked in a…
Christian McBride performs with his band New Jawn at the Chicago Jazz Festival on Aug. 31.
Nov 16, 2020 10:33 AM
Christian McBride believes in “paying it forward.” The bassist traveled to Aspen, Colorado, for a week in August to…
Guitarist Nels Cline (left), composer/reedist Anthony Braxton, drummer Greg Saunier and multi-instrumentalist Taylor Ho Bynum recorded Quartet (New Haven) 2014 five years ago. The work only now is being released on Firehouse 12, an imprint based in New Haven, Connecticut.
Sep 30, 2019 2:58 PM
Speaking with Anthony Braxton is much like trying to improvise alongside the 74-year-old reedist: You need to stay on…
Ambrose Akinmusire and Kris Davis perform in New York at Vision Festival, which ran May 23–28. Akinmusire’s Origami Harvest earned a 5-star rating in DownBeat during 2018.
Sep 26, 2019 4:45 PM
The list below is a round-up of the 5-star, 4.5-star and 4-star reviews that ran in print editions of DownBeat during…
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…
Among the titles scheduled for release on Record Store Day is saxophonist Ben Webster’s LP Gone With The Wind (ORG Music), which has been long out of print.
Nov 23, 2016 1:15 PM
Vinyl collectors will want to get up early on Black Friday (Nov. 25). Why? Because independent music retailers will be…
Rickey Washington (left), Tony Austin, Kamasi Washington and Miles Mosley perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago on July 17.
Jul 20, 2016 4:11 PM
In jazz circles, the buzz surrounding the 11th annual Pitchfork Music Festival, which took place July 15–17 at…
Kamasi Washington will perform at the Pitchfork Music Fest in Chicago, which runs from July 15–17.
Jun 22, 2016 9:49 AM
Fans at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival can look forward to a healthy dose of jazz and improvised music. In…
Sun Ra leads his Arkestra on the 1980 album Sunrise In Different Dimensions, which HatHut is reissuing on vinyl LP.
Aug 26, 2019 2:35 PM
Few people have followed jazz through more changes than Werner X. Uehlinger. Born in Switzerland in 1935, he first…
Kamasi Washington (left) and Ryan Porter perform at Where Spaceways Meet: A Night of Spiritual Jazz, part of the Red Bull Music Academy Festival in Brooklyn on May 8.
Jul 18, 2019 11:14 AM
In the current climate of reconstituted knowledge—where a list of things you might not know or anything evoking Brian…
Marc Ribot (left) and Joe Henry perform at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, on April 1. (Photo: Bill Foster/Big Ears Festival)
Jun 28, 2016 1:19 PM
One of the hallmarks of the annual Big Ears Festival, held each spring in Knoxville, Tennessee, is collaboration. This…
