Dec 19, 2023 12:26 PM
Heaps of Craft
Craft Recordings continues its deep-dive into jazz history with a slew of reissues featuring such brilliant artists as…
Craft Recordings has released a boxed set reissue of Thelonious Monk’s Brilliant Corners.
Dec 19, 2023 12:26 PM
Craft Recordings continues its deep-dive into jazz history with a slew of reissues featuring such brilliant artists as…
Saxophonist Camille Thurman, above, and the Darrell Green Quartet will reimagine the music of Burt Bacharach in June.
Sep 28, 2021 3:14 PM
Jazz at Lincoln Center has announced the lineup for its 2021–’22 season of live, in-person performances.
The…
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…
Marcus Roberts is among the artists who have recorded videos to promote Mighty Writers, a non-profit organization that teaches reading and writing to low-income and marginalized students.
Aug 14, 2020 2:38 PM
Jazz pianist Marcus Roberts is among the artists who have recorded videos for Mighty SONG Writers, a series that aims…
Thelonious Monk and Larry Gales perform during 1968.
Sep 8, 2020 10:41 AM
A surprise gig in 1968 by Thelonious Monk that was captured on tape by a school janitor is set for a Sept. 18 release…
A live Alice Coltrane recording from 1972 marks a turning point in her music.
Jun 12, 2020 8:50 AM
Festivals in the States still aren’t happening, though some in Europe are moving ahead despite the uncertainty around…
Henry Grimes (1935–2020)
May 1, 2020 1:36 AM
Philadelphia-born bassist Henry Grimes, revered for his work alongside jazz titans, died April 15 at the age of 84,…
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.…
Pianist Chick Corea, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade follow their 2014 recording with Triology 2, a two-disc live set due out Oct. 4.
Sep 30, 2019 2:55 PM
In a piece on Trilogy 2, DownBeat writer James Hale says the “artistic breadth and technical facility” of bassist…
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,…
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
Nov 14, 2018 11:46 AM
If the 1990s represented the golden age of the CD box set, we might be amid the Age of Found Sound. “Lost”…
Herbie Hancock (left) and Igor Butman shake hands after their performance during the International Jazz Day 2015 Global Concert at UNESCO on April 30, 2015, in Paris, France.
Nov 7, 2018 12:37 PM
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz announced Wednesday that it will be called the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz…
Roswell Rudd
Feb 24, 2020 10:17 AM
Trombonist Roswell Rudd, who had been suffering from cancer, died Dec. 21. He was 82.
In tribute, DownBeat is…
Craft Recordings will release a limited-edition box set that includes all five of the 10-inch vinyl LPs Thelonious Monk recorded for the label, spanning the period 1952–’54.
Nov 20, 2017 11:13 AM
The 10-inch vinyl LP is relatively rare nowadays, but fans of the format—and of pianist-composer Thelonious…
Fred Hersch has released a new solo album, Open Book.
Feb 6, 2024 6:28 PM
Pianist Fred Hersch has long been recognized as an extraordinary interpreter of the Thelonious Monk songbook. But,…
Fred Hersch performs at New England Conservatory’s Oct. 19 concert celebrating Thelonious Monk’s centennial.
Oct 25, 2017 4:19 PM
New England Conservatory’s joyous Oct. 19 concert celebrating Thelonious Monk’s centennial came as a model of…
Jimmy Heath (left), Joshua Redman and Branford Marsalis perform a tribute to saxophone icon Sonny Rollins at this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival, held Sept. 15–17 in California.
Sep 21, 2017 10:20 AM
The Monterey Jazz Festival celebrated its 60th anniversary Sept. 15–17 by reflecting on its continuous six-decade…
John Beasley (center) is the leader of MONK’estra. The group performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival on July 7.
Jul 25, 2017 10:45 AM
From the Afro-Cuban re-imagining of “Epistrophy” to a lively rap version of “Brake’s Sake,” Thelonious…
Jaco Pastorius is one of the dozens of artists who are showcased on Record Store Day vinyl releases.
Apr 24, 2017 3:11 PM
Let the fun begin. Music retailers have stocked up, and vinyl collectors have plotted their shopping strategy for the…
Patrons shop for records at Chicago’s Dusty Groove.
Apr 22, 2017 8:49 AM
Record producer Zev Feldman is a bona fide jazz zealot, a man who brings a messianic glee to his desire to spread the…
