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    Soul-jazz tenor icon Houston Person with drummer Sylvia Cuenca at this year’s Healdsburg Jazz Festival.

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    Herbie Hancock demonstrated his ageless piano brilliance during the International Jazz Day main concert on April 30 in Tangier, Morocco.

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    ​Snarky Puppy virtually tore the roof off the downtown venue Viru Keskus during its crowd-thrilling Jazzkaar Festival performance in April.

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    ​Laufey is among the ticket headliners scheduled to perform at this year’s Rochester International Jazz Festival.

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    Wynton Marsalis will perform at this summer’s Blue Note Jazz Festival in New York.

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    ​Kris Davis (left) will perform at Jazzfestival Saalfelden with her trio mates Johnathan Blake and Robert Hurst.

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    The International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert on April 30 will feature performances by an international roster of artists from all corners of the globe.

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    Crowds pack downtown Ottawa for the festival.

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    Rome’s Casa del Jazz delivers a tremendous outdoor summer season from one of the city’s beautiful locales.

    Apr 11, 2024 12:22 PM

    A Jazz Home in Rome

    The trees stand majestic and tall, twisting 75 feet into the air — 23 meters by local measure — with leafy canopies…

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    One of three beachside stages at the Rio das Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival.

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    Roscoe Mitchell’s performance will be a cornerstone of this year’s festival. “Seeing as it’s the 40th edition of the festival, it was important to me to invite a few artists who have long been associated with the event,” said Scott Thomson, the fest’s new director.

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    Henry Threadgill performs with Zooid at Big Ears in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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    David Murray and his trio mates engage in a visceral yet sensitive blowout at this year’s Vossa Jazz Festival.

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    Pianist Sullivan Fortner, who performed at the Old Church with bassist Tyrone Allen and drummer Kayvon Gordon, leads a clinic during the PDX Jazz Festival.

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    ​Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir (above) will collaborate with JFA Music Director Steve Jordan at this year’s “A Great Night in Harlem” gala concert.

    Mar 25, 2024 11:07 AM

    JFA Gala Concert to Honor Parsons

    The Jazz Foundation of America will present its annual “A Great Night in Harlem” gala concert on March 28 at the…

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    Mary Halvorson expanded her hollowbody guitar to match her imaginative foot-pedal-assisted forays at this year’s NYC Winter Jazzfest.

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    From left: Mike Bindraban from Good Music Company moderates a panel on the universality of jazz with Nduduzo Makhathini, esperanza spalding and Shabaka during Jazz Congress.

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    Steven Lugerner and Ross Eustis put their experience in the non-profit world into creating Slow & Steady Records.

    Jan 31, 2024 3:05 PM

    Slow & Steady Goes Beyond Jazz

    In the land of 1,001 tech startups, Steven Lugerner and Ross Eustis decided to launch a record label.

    Founded in…

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    “Jazz Icons: A Fine Romance” will present world premieres by renowned choreographers Jessica Lang and Dwight Rhoden.

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    Opening night featured the duo of Miami native Cécile McLorin Salvant and Sullivan Fortner.

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    Seeking to create a vibe similar to New York’s Village Vanguard, Paul Solomon (left) and David Robaire have made L.A.-based Sam First an artist-friendly club with its own record label.

    Jan 16, 2024 11:27 AM

    Musicians 1st at Sam First

    The back entrance opens into a cozy, darkened room, leather-cushioned benches snaking around the irregular, rounded…

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    ​Shabaka, previously known as Shabaka Hutchings, is the artist-in-residence at this year’s NYC Winter Jazzfest.

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    ​Henry Threadgill was a major presence at this year’s Jazzfest Berlin.

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    ​Vocalist Samara Joy reveals a core of benevolence on A Joyful Holiday.

    Dec 19, 2023 1:04 PM

    Yule Tunes

    ’Tis the season. You enjoy Christmas music, but are leery of listening to the same old albums. Bored with, oh, the…

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    ​The 313 Partnership from Third Man Records and Blue Note Records.

    Dec 19, 2023 1:20 PM

    Great Reissues & Vinyl!

    Between Record Store Day’s still-fresh Black Friday releases and a bevy of reissues and new vinyl releases, there is…

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    Craft Recordings has released a boxed set reissue of Thelonious Monk’s Brilliant Corners.

    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…

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    A great Chicago blues night at SPACE, from left, Mike Wheeler, Roosevelt Purifoy, Cleo Cole, Bob Stroger, Billy Boy Arnold, Dave Specter, Sheryl Youngblood, Tad Robinson, Julia Miller, Larry Williams, Dick Shurman and Elbio Barilari.

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    ​Christmas With You by Norah Jones and Laufey is one of numerous new holiday-themed releases to emerge in celebration of the season.

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    Follow the link to check out the 4-, 4.5- and 5-star album reviews published in DownBeat in 2023!

    Dec 12, 2023 3:30 PM

    Best Albums of 2023

    What were the best albums of 2023? DownBeat’s annual list of the top albums reviewed in the magazine gives a glimpse.…

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    ​A roundup of recent Latin releases celebrates vibrant new music that’s deeply rooted in cultural histories, geographies and legacies.

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    An opening-weekend high point came in the form of Chicago drummer Makaya McCraven’s show at the Barbican with the London Contemporary Orchestra.

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    The 66th GRAMMY Awards will air live (8–11:30 p.m. ET) on Feb. 4 on CBS Television and stream on Paramount+.

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    EFG London Jazz Festival brought three acts of its popular “Moment’s Notice” performance series to Enjoy Jazz on Oct. 9.

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    ​John Scofiled was the showcase artist at this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival.

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    A trio featuring reedist Ingrid Laubrock, drummer Tom Rainey and bassist Brandon Lopez will deliver rigorous free-jazz explorations at this year’s edition of Jazzfest Berlin.

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    “Johnny O’Neil has such charisma, when he sits at the piano he commands attention,” observed pianist Sullivan Fortner, his duet partner at this year’s Detroit Jazz Fest.

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    From left: Mary Halvorson, Sylvie Courvoisier, Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach will be among the performers at this fall’s Jazzfest Berlin.

    Oct 3, 2023 2:32 PM

    Fall Festival Lineups Announced

    As the fall festival season gets into full swing, artist lineups are being finalized and announced in anticipation of…

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    The blues compilation Tell Everybody! (21st Century Juke Joint Blues) was produced by Dan Auerbach, guitarist for The Black Keys.

    Sep 12, 2023 2:13 PM

    Dan Auerbach Tells Everybody!

    The viable flow of the blues continues to cultivate. Elemental and rooted, it has percolated through the American…

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    The European trio ​Ghosted played a hypnotic set on Aug. 3 at Portugal’s Jazz em Agosto.

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    ​Appearing at this year’s Angel City Jazz Festival are (from top, L-R) Linda Oh, Billy Harper, Tim Berne, Nicole Mitchell, Mat Maneri and Harriet Tubman.

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    Herbie Hancock’s closing-night performance reflected the buoyant mood of this year’s Ottawa Jazz Festival.

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    From left, Joakim Rainer Peterson, Alexander Riris and Rino Sivathas perform at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival.

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    Trombone Shorty closes out the Tri-C JazzFest on June 24.

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    Stacey Kent receives the Prix Ella Fitzgerald from Montreal Jazz Festival co-founder Alain Simard on July 1.

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    Claes Brondal (left) with Joe Lovano at the Hamptons Jazz Fest.

    Aug 1, 2023 1:40 PM

    Jazz Swings the Hamptons

    Eighty miles east of the world’s jazz capital, the tony South Fork Long Island enclave of the Hamptons has long been…

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    Branford Marsalis’ crack quartet was among the stronger arena fare on the menu at Umbria.

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    Drummer/bandleader Cindy Blackman Santana propelled her combustible band with jazz scions Felix Pastorius and Ravi Coltrane through their set.

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    ​Snarky Puppy’s Montreal Jazz Festival set was tight and well-choreographed, and the solos were on point.

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    The strongest music of the night was performed by Joshua Redman, shown here with drummer Steve Jordan.

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    Winners, judges and members of the supporting octet at this year’s Bridges Composition Competition.

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    The London Brew Team, from left, Shabaka Hutchings, Tom Herbert, Nikolaj Torp Larsen, Nubya Garcia, Dave Okumu, Raven Bush, Dan See, Martin Terefe, Tom Skinner, Benji B, Nick Ramm, Dilip Harris, Luke Pickering and Theon Cross.

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    Outgoing FIMAV founding director Michel Levasseur speaks during a press conference at this year’s festival.

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    Ingrid Laubrock, left, premieres “Lilith” at jazzahead! 2023 with band member David Adewumi on trumpet.

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    MoonJune’s Leonardo Pavkovic in Toledo, Spain, the new home for his globe-trotting label.

    May 9, 2023 12:32 PM

    The Marco Polo of MoonJune Records

    Ever since being galvanized by rock and prog-rock as a youngster, entrepreneur Leonardo Pavkovic has had a lifelong,…

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    George Coleman (left) and Keith Jarrett are among the 2023 JJA Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Award finalists.

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    Piazza IV Novembre at the Umbria Jazz Festival, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer.

    Apr 27, 2023 11:45 AM

    It’s Jazz Festival Season!

    For many, it’s been a long, hard winter, and we could just as easily be talking about Los Angeles as the Midwest or…

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    A beautiful night and delighted crowd at Arena San Giuliana in Perugia, Italy.

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    The Chuck Brown Band performs on the Wharf during the DC Jazz Festival.

    Apr 28, 2023 3:47 PM

    DC Takes the International Stage

    It was in 2017, during the 14th annual DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) at the Yards, when Sunny Sumter first recognized that…

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    Kenny Garrett and Ron Bruner perform at the 2021 Detroit Jazz Fest. Garrett will be celebrated this summer, too.

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    Locale and creative programming have become touch points of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

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    ​John Zorn has become Mr. Big Ears in the last two iterations of the festival.

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    Leeds, England-based alto saxophonist Jasmine Myra, far right, led an expansive six-piece group for her festival debut.

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    ​Hal Willner (1956–2020)

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    Apr 21, 2023 11:40 AM

    We Love Vinyl!

    Record Store Day hits April 22, so we deliver a glimpse at some of the vinyl dropping in and around that blessed…

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    Jordi Pujol has made it happen, little by little, for the past 40 years at Fresh Sound New Talent.

    Apr 11, 2023 11:02 AM

    Fresh Sound at 40

    Fresh Sound New Talent is enjoying a pair of impressive anniversary celebrations. The original Fresh Sound label turns…

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    Pianist Amaro Freitas presented a panoramic solo set at this year’s Bergamo Jazz Festival.

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    Jazz will be more prominent than ever on both indoor and outdoor stages at this year’s Montreal Jazz Festival.

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    Jon Batiste will perform at the Newport Jazz Festival on Aug. 5.

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    RIJF stages will once again celebrate some of the finest creative improvised music from around the world.

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    Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio will perform at the 40th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival.

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    John Zorn will appear in a number of different configurations at this year’s Big Ears Festival.

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    Hijas del Jazz Orchestra performed at this year’s Panama Jazz Festival.

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    The inaugural class of the Next Jazz Legacy, from left: Kalia Vandever, Anastassiya Petrova, Ivanna Cuesta Gonzalez, Keyanna Hutchinson, Loke Risberg, Alexis Lombre and Lexi Hamner.

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    Pianist ​Vadim Neselovsky will perform at this year’s San Jose Jazz Winter Fest: Counterpoint With Ukraine.

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    Siggi Loch (left) and Andreas Brandis.

    Feb 7, 2023 1:40 PM

    ACT Turns 30, Looks Forward

    ACT Records has become one of the most significant European jazz labels during its 30-year existence. As the German…

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    The inaugural class of the Next Jazz Legacy, from left: Kalia Vandever, Anastassiya Petrova, Ivanna Cuesta Gonzalez, Keyanna Hutchinson, Loke Risberg, Alexis Lombre and Lexi Hamner.

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    ​Terri Lyne Carrington curated the opening-night concert of New York’s Winter Jazzfest at City Winery.

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    Linda May Han Oh (left) and Jen Shyu perform at the Asia Society in New York on Jan. 12.

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    The final set of the fest was fronted by trumpeter Russ Johnson, shown here with bassist Ethan Philion.

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    Karl Emil Knudsen, second from left, with members of Papa Bue’s Viking Jazz Band, which recorded Storyville’s first million-selling record.

    Jan 10, 2023 11:43 AM

    Storyville’s Clock Strikes 70

    The oldest and largest independent jazz record label in Europe is currently celebrating its 70th anniversary, and…

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    Amadou & Mariam are among the acts scheduled to perform at the 2023 Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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    George Coleman (left) and Eric Alexander are set to perform at Countdown 2023, A John Coltrane Festival.

    Dec 20, 2022 11:49 AM

    John Coltrane Festival Launches

    Countdown 2023, A John Coltrane Festival, starts Dec. 20 and runs through Jan. 8 at Smoke Jazz Club in New York.

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    That’s What Happened captures Miles Davis on the comeback trail of his career in the early to mid-1980s.

    Dec 13, 2022 6:00 PM

    Great New Boxed Sets

    With all the new releases coming out around the holidays, here are a few team DownBeat is digging into right now!

    …

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    Blue Note has unearthed a previously unissued 1967 live recording with Elvin Jones as a leader called Elvin Jones Revival: Live At Pookie’s Pub.

    Dec 13, 2022 6:02 PM

    Great Vinyl

    Three From Blue Note
    Blue Note Records continues to release waves of great sound on vinyl. In its Tone Poet series, the…

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    If you liked Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s classic 1960 recording of Tchaikovsky’s classic fairy-tale ballet, keep an ear out for this new version by drummer-educator Joe McCarthy with his 18-piece band.

    Dec 13, 2022 6:11 PM

    Yule Be Glad

    Santa’s a jolly fellow, but it must be hard for him to be merry when timeworn Christmas music engulfs him like an…

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    Author Richard Koloda spent two decades researching this addition to the legend of free-jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler.

    Dec 13, 2022 6:14 PM

    Jazz To Read By

    When considering what to buy those who are impossible to buy for (guilty, as charged), loved ones can’t go wrong with…

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    Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Standards Live will perform in an evening of varied ensemble configurations.

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    Angélique Kidjo’s Remain in Light will perform at the Portland Jazz Festival on Feb. 17.

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    Tenor saxophonist Binker Golding produced an unexpected new sound with some of London’s finest young players.

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    Hall of Fame ​Kenny Barron has been a model of grace and elegance for more than six decades.

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    Oscar Peterson Trio’s On A Clear Day–Live in Zurich, 1971 (Mack Avenue)

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    Asher Gamedze

    Nov 22, 2022 4:48 PM

    JazzFest Berlin Returns

    JazzFest Berlin returned this year after a two-year, pandemic-induced absence. This year’s 58th edition offered 43…

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    Luciana Souza performs with Vince Mendoza’s Storytellers Big Band at the Angel City Jazz Festival on Oct. 21.

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    Michael League (left) and Michael Lettieri of Snarky Puppy will perform at next year’s GroundUP Music Festival in Miami Beach.

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    The quartet Third World Love will reunite to open this year’s Red Sea Jazz Festival on Nov. 10.

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    Origin Records was founded by John Bishop, who was a drummer before becoming a label head.

    Nov 1, 2022 12:40 PM

    Origin Records: 25 Organic Years

    Origin Records turned 25 in August. And in typical understated fashion, founder John Bishop says he didn’t go out of…

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    Norah Jones opens Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen (Blue Note) with a delicate, wistful rendition of “Steer Your Way.”

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    The opening performance of The Baylor Project’s “We Swing” with guest artist Jazzmeia Horn (left), The Baylor Project’s Marcus Baylor (on drums) and Jean Baylor (vocals), and special guest Dianne Reeves at the inaugural Jazz Music Awards on Oct. 22.

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    Smoke’s Paul Stache and Molly Sparrow Johnson

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    Few festivals proved as valiant as Detroit through the dark days of the pandemic. Pictured: Chucho Valdés and Emmet Cohen.

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    Allison Miller performs with Artemis at the 65th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival.

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    Vasil Hajigrudev and Hristina Beleva perform as a duo during the European Jazz Network’s September gathering in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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    Horn players Ambrose Akinmusire (left), Chris Potter, Joe Lovano, Ravi Coltrane and others perform during the Remembering Tomasz Stańko concert last month.

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    Gregory Porter is set to take the stage at this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival.

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    Dianne Reeves and Orrin Evans onstage at D.C. Jazz Fest.

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    Samara Joy and Pasquale Grasso will close out the Sept. 24 program with a late-night performance in Rockefeller Chapel.

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    Shabaka Hutchings performs a July 3 set with Sons of Kemet and Nubya Garcia at England’s Love Supreme festival.

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    ​Orrin Evans is scheduled to perform with his trio at the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival in mid-September.

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    Vocalist ​Stacey Kent performs at the Ystad Jazz Festival.

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    Drummer Gard Nilssen, this year’s artist-in-residence, performs at Jazzfestival Saalfelden with his trio Acoustic Unity.

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    ​Vocalist Sheila Jordan is scheduled to perform during the JJA Awards Online Bash on Sept. 11.

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    ​Ulysses Owens Jr. will lead his big band in a performance with special guest Marquis Hill at the Detroit Jazz Festival on Sept. 3.

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    Giant Step Arts founders Jimmy and Dena Katz

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    The all-star collective Dinner Party celebrates backstage at Blue Note Jazz Fest Napa. From left: Terrace Martin, Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli, Dave Chappell, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington, Chris Dave and Derrick Hodge.

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    An all-star jam during the Blue Note at Sea Cruise.

    Aug 16, 2022 2:26 PM

    Return of the Jazz Cruises

    The pandemic not only shut down clubs, concert halls and festivals, but tours ground to a halt and the urge to travel…

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    The trio ​Acoustic Unity is among the groups slated to perform at Jazz Festival Saalfelden in Austria.

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    ​The Aug. 1, 1942, issue of DownBeat announces the recording ban.

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    Performing at the newly reopened Smoke Jazz Club in New York, from left: Julius Rodriguez, Gerald Cannon, Eddie Henderson, Melissa Aldana and Joe Farnsworth

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    Jon Batiste, the critics’ choice for Jazz Artist and Beyond Artist of the Year as well as Beyond Album of the Year.

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    Black Lives—From Generation To Generation makes a multi-generational plea for equity and equality with artists like Alicia Hall Moran, left, and E.J. Strickland.

    Jun 29, 2022 10:32 AM

    A Generational Plea for Equality

    In September 2020, in the wake of protests that rocked cities across the United States, DownBeat published a cover…

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    The guitar quartet Dither commanded attention with their tight-yet-flexible teamwork at this year’s FIMAV.

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    ​New York saxophonist Nicole Glover (right) and Montreal pianist Taurey Butler on stage during the inaugural Saint-Henri Jazz Week.

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    Dee Dee Bridgewater (right) with the five finalists for the American Pianists Association’s next Cole Porter Fellowship.

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    The Irving S. Gilmore Piano Festival commissioned a piece by Tyshawn Sorey that premiered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this spring.

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    ​Saxophonist Kamasi Washington is slated to play this year’s Montreal Jazz Festival.

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    Vocalist Sheila Jordan was honored for Lifetime Achievement in the Jazz Journalists Association’s 27th annual JJA Jazz Awards.

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    Bounce pioneers Mannie Fresh and Big Freedia and other guests join Galactic on “Act Like You Know.”

    May 31, 2022 2:19 PM

    Take Me to the River: New Orleans

    Anyone who has spent time in New Orleans knows why it is also known as The City That Care Forgot. Between the music and…

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    Wynton Marsalis will receive the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award on June 3.

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    Jamie Cullum’s new holiday album, The Pianoman At Christmas, features 10 original compositions.

    Dec 27, 2020 12:57 PM

    Yuletide Music Roundup For 2020

    As the year 2020 draws to a close, music fans have a bevy of new releases from which to choose to help them celebrate…

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