Oct 8, 2024 1:20 PM
Musical Fireworks Light up 20th Annual D.C. JazzFest
The 20th anniversary of the D.C. JazzFest (Aug. 28–Sept. 2) commenced with a bang. Alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin…
Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin (left) was joined onstage by Australian trumpeter and trombonist James Morrison during her D.C. JazzFest performance.
Oct 8, 2024 1:20 PM
The 20th anniversary of the D.C. JazzFest (Aug. 28–Sept. 2) commenced with a bang. Alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin…
Makaya McCraven will perform at Brooklyn’s BRIC JazzFest on Oct. 18.
Oct 2, 2024 1:48 PM
BRIC, a multi-disciplinary arts and media institution based in Brooklyn, New York, has announced the return of the BRIC…
Duane Davis (left), Oscar Hernandez and Terri Lyne Carrington at this year’s JEN Conference in New Orleans.
Apr 9, 2024 11:58 AM
There are times when you listen to jazz musicians reveal the stories behind their lives and careers, and you can’t…
Social Science’s personnel now hinges on a six-person core: Carrington, guitarist Matthew Stevens, pianist Aaron Parks, multi-instrumentalist Morgan Guerin, and vocalists Carl “Kokayi” Walker and Debo Ray.
Jul 31, 2023 10:48 AM
When she heard her band Social Science was named DownBeat’s Jazz Group of the Year for the second time in the…
Jul 27, 2023 4:08 PM
To see the complete Critics Poll results, just click on the August 2023 issue cover image below.
With…
When it comes to jazz, Carrington digs deep into its intertwining legacies and reaches not for higher ground but for the illimitable heavens.
Jul 21, 2022 1:52 PM
Attending Terri Lyne Carrington’s three-day invitation series at the 42nd annual Festival International de Jazz de…
An all-star cast from 2019’s New York City Winter JazzFest.
Dec 21, 2021 12:54 PM
If COVID cooperates, there will be a live New York City Winter JazzFest, and it will be spectacular.
Scheduled for…
Nov 23, 2021 1:30 PM
New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice have launched Next Jazz Legacy, a program focused on…
The Monterey Jazz Festival, one of many reopening for late summer.
Jun 15, 2021 11:43 AM
In what has to be billed as the great jazz reopening, festivals are coming back online, many with late-breaking plans…
Terri Lyne Carrington, Artist of the Year
May 18, 2021 2:20 PM
The Jazz Journalists Association announced its 2021 winners for its JJA Jazz Awards with drummer Terri Lyne Carrington…
The Sands Box
Apr 27, 2021 10:56 AM
It’s a HUGE streaming week with International Jazz Day and Jazz Month celebrations aplenty: Norah Jones chats with…
Terri Lyne Carrington, Albert “Tootie” Heath, Henry Threadgill and Phil Schaap will be honored April 22 by the NEA.
Apr 13, 2021 1:20 PM
The National Endowment for the Arts, in collaboration with SFJAZZ, will present a virtual tribute concert to honor the…
Drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath is among the 2021 NEA Jazz Masters.
Oct 26, 2020 11:10 AM
The National Endowment for the Arts recently announced the 2021 class of Jazz Masters, which includes drummers Albert…
Terri Lyne Carrington, seen here in New York at Power Station at BerkleeNYC, is the first female instrumentalist to top the Jazz Artist category in the DownBeat Critics Poll.
Aug 31, 2020 11:39 AM
The global protests following the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis might yet herald important social…
Reedist and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters fellowship recipient Roscoe Mitchell, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, bassist Junius Paul and drummer Vincent Davis perform during Thursday’s NEA ceremony.
Aug 25, 2020 2:44 PM
As the Democratic National Convention streamed in what seemed like an alternative universe on Aug. 20, Dee Dee…
Drummer Joe Farnsworth is set to stream a Monday performance alongside tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, pianist George Cables and bassist Peter Washington.
Aug 14, 2020 10:59 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Terri Lyne Carrington, who topped three categories in the 2020 DownBeat Critics Poll, is the first female instrumentalist to win the Jazz Artist of the Year category.
Jul 6, 2020 5:39 PM
Trailblazing drummer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington has made history numerous times in her career, and the…
Joe Lovano—along with Ben Street and Andrew Cyrille—are set to stream a pair of performances this week.
Jul 1, 2020 1:21 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Pianist Kris Davis is set to stream a June 5 set alongside drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and sound artist Val Jeanty as a part of the online platform Live From Our Living Rooms’ Creative Summit & Fundraiser.
Jun 22, 2020 8:54 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science are among the groups planning to stream live sets this week.
May 21, 2020 9:50 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Vocalist Luciana Souza is among the first members of the Jazz Coalition, a new granting organization.
May 11, 2020 3:58 PM
In an effort to assist musicians currently caught in a dire straits and to foster new creative endeavors, a recently…
Marc Ribot is on the steering committee of the Music Workers Alliance, which is fighting to protect musicians’ rights.
May 11, 2020 12:05 AM
Within 24 hours of the World Health Organization’s March 11 announcement that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic,…
Pianist Aaron Parks’ Little Big ensemble is set to issue its second full-length, Little Big II: Dreams Of A Mechanical Man, on May 8.
Apr 10, 2020 10:00 AM
After two years of touring with his quartet Little Big—and a year of collaboration with artists such as drummer Terri…
Saxophonist and educator Rudresh Mahanthappa sees a connection between improvising and cooking.
Apr 6, 2020 10:24 AM
Recently, saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa was making black bean soup at his home in New Jersey. From scratch.
It had…
Pianist Kris Davis with two of her collaborators on Diatom Ribbons: turntablist Val Jeanty (left) and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington
Jan 30, 2020 9:22 AM
Energized and inspired by her opportunities, pianist Kris Davis is gaining a higher profile and more listeners by being…
Whether riffing on his latest album, his dynastic jazz family, his formative experiences in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, his teaching experiences, his interest in science or his love of sports, Branford Marsalis speaks his truth.
Jan 6, 2020 11:38 AM
During 2019, DownBeat published hundreds of articles and album reviews. What’s below, though, are some features and…
Ted Nash revisits Bernstein and Sondheim for Somewhere Else: Songs From West Side Story.
Dec 27, 2019 9:07 AM
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…
Drummer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington’s latest recording, Waiting Game, reflects a multiplicity of sonic concepts—r&b, jazz and hip-hop among them.
Dec 2, 2019 12:21 PM
With her new band’s debut, Waiting Game, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington now dons another hat as an activist.…
Chick Corea’s Trilogy, which also includes bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, are set to play the 2019/20 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series in Chicago on Nov. 1.
Oct 7, 2019 9:40 AM
The 2019/2020 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series in Chicago is set to return Nov. 1.
During the past two-plus…
Terri Lyne Carrington’s Waiting Game is set for release Nov. 8 on Motéma Music.
Sep 3, 2019 3:26 PM
Drummer, bandleader and educator Terri Lyne Carrington is set to release an ambitious double album, Waiting Game, which…
Bassist and composer Marcus Shelby says his career has been shaped by performers and institutions in the Bay Area.
Jun 17, 2019 11:23 AM
On the final evening of a four-night run as resident artistic director at San Francisco’s SFJAZZ at the end of May,…
Sunny Sumter, DC Jazz Festival executive director, speaks Wednesday at The Pillsbury Law Firm Conference Center in Washington D.C., detailing the event’s programing.
Apr 18, 2019 2:27 PM
The DC Jazz Festival announced key elements of its 15th anniversary edition at The Pillsbury Law Firm Conference Center…
Kassa Overall’s leader debut is titled Go Get Ice Cream And Listen To Jazz.
Apr 10, 2019 9:28 AM
In a small Paris hotel room, Kassa Overall lies across an unmade bed, praying for a sign. For months, he’d been…
Lewis Porter, whose new album is titled Solo Piano, is in a prolific phase of his career.
Apr 4, 2019 9:36 AM
After flirting with a career in psychology, Lewis Porter, the jazz educator and pianist, turned to music full time…
“There are plenty of guys who would vote for a woman president before hiring a woman in their band,” Terri Lyne Carrington said.
Jan 25, 2019 10:52 AM
What would jazz without patriarchy sound like? It’s a provocative question—and one that drummer Terri Lyne…
Saxophonist and 2018 Kennedy Center Honoree Wayne Shorter delivers a speech Dec. 1 at a State Department dinner in Washington, D.C.
Dec 3, 2018 1:40 PM
Over the course of his fruitful career, prolific saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has amassed numerous accolades,…
Tia Fuller’s most recent album is Diamond Cut (Mack Avenue).
Sep 28, 2018 9:52 AM
Tia Fuller knows about being a road warrior. As featured saxophone soloist in Beyoncé’s all-woman band between 2006…
Dave McMurray (left), Esperanza Spalding, Ravi Coltrane and Terri Lyne Carrington pay tribute to the late Geri Allen at the 2018 Detroit Jazz Festival.
Sep 11, 2018 4:21 PM
Over Labor Day weekend in Detroit, many buildings hung their flags at half-mast, as the city laid to rest its favorite…
Jul 3, 2018 9:36 AM
What makes the lawns of Saratoga Springs so green and lush, its sturdy trees so tall? That would be rain. What has made…
Pharoah Sanders performs June 10 at City Winery during the DC Jazz Festival in Washington, D.C.
Jul 12, 2018 6:40 PM
Since its founding in 2005, the DC Jazz Festival has pursued an expansive vision: not just in terms of musical styles,…
Violinist Regina Carter is the artistic director of New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s fifth annual all-female jazz residency.
Jun 14, 2018 1:50 PM
Violinist Regina Carter will helm the upcoming all-female jazz residency, hosted by the New Jersey Performing Arts…
Vibraphonist Roy Ayers performs last year in Pittsburgh.
May 11, 2018 12:06 PM
Pittsburgh’s contributions to the jazz firmament stretch from seminal figures like Roy Eldridge, Kenny Clarke and…
Pianist Chick Corea is the artist-in-residence for the 39th annual Detroit Jazz Festival.
Apr 12, 2018 2:31 PM
The Detroit Jazz Festival on Wednesday announced its lineup for the 2018 installment of the event, which runs Aug.…
Pianist Ethan Iverson played Geri Allen’s “For John Malachi” at Portland’s Winningstad Theatre during the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival.
Feb 28, 2018 9:34 AM
In the past, the folks behind the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival have booked their annual event around a theme. In 2009, it…
Trumpeter Ingrid Jensen performs at the star-filled tribute to Geri Allen at Winter Jazzfest in New York.
Feb 6, 2018 3:21 PM
On the evening of Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 15, the New York City Winter Jazzfest hosted a splendid and heartfelt…
Lee Konitz (left) and Dan Tepfer perform at the Charlie Parker Festival in New York City’s Marcus Garvey Park on Aug. 26.
Sep 1, 2017 9:21 AM
Now in its 25th year, New York City’s annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival has evolved from a single afternoon outdoor…
Nicholas Payton (left), Esperanza Spalding and Terri Lyne Carrington perform in a tribute to pianist Geri Allen at the Village Vanguard in New York.
Sep 1, 2017 1:20 PM
The premature passing of pianist Geri Allen at the age of 60 on June 27 left the jazz world reeling from a profound…
Christian McBride (foreground) and Questlove (background) perform in The Philadelphia Experiment at the Newport Jazz Festival on Aug. 6.
Aug 12, 2017 1:19 PM
The annual pilgrimage to Fort Adams State Park, located at the mouth of Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, is a high point…
Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington (left) leads her band at the venue Warmdaddy’s on April 24 as part of the inaugural Philadelphia Jazz Festival.
Apr 27, 2017 7:14 PM
The one constant about jazz is that it is always changing. This was gloriously illustrated at the inaugural…
Orrin Evans is among the headliners scheduled to perform at the Philadelphia Jazz Festival, which runs April 23–30.
Mar 30, 2017 9:23 AM
Jazz is getting some brotherly love in Philadelphia, courtesy of a new jazz festival. The first annual Philadelphia…
Amina Claudine Myers performs at The New School’s 12th Street Auditorium on Jan. 6 during Winter Jazzfest.
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…
The Mary Lou Williams Festival in Washington, D.C., honors the late singer and pianist, pictured here, who died in 1981.
Jul 11, 2016 12:18 PM
“A drum is a woman” could have easily served as the subtitle for the second night of the 21st annual Mary Lou…
Ron Carter will serve as artist-in-residence of the 2016 Detroit Jazz Festival, which takes place Sept. 2–5 in downtown Detroit. (Photo: Fortuna Sung)
Jul 11, 2016 1:07 PM
Bassist Ron Carter—a DownBeat Hall of Fame inductee and a native of Detroit—will serve as artist-in-residence for the…
