Dec 2, 2025 2:01 AM
Flea Makes a Plea with Song from Jazz Dream Team Project
After a nearly five-decade career as one of his generation’s defining rock bassists, Flea has returned to his first…
“Miles could hear so well that he could hear the future,” Bartz said..
(Photo: Brian (B+) Cross)Dec 2, 2025 2:10 AM
Resplendent in a shimmering gold jacket, his long gray locks kissed by the evening breeze, Gary Bartz was floating untethered in the Charlie Parker zone. Physically, he was at its…
Flea has returned to his first instrument — the trumpet — and assembled a dream band of jazz musicians to record a new album.
Dec 2, 2025 2:01 AM
After a nearly five-decade career as one of his generation’s defining rock bassists, Flea has returned to his first…
“Beyonce’s doing it great, and Rihanna,” says Braxton Cook of balancing family and the demands of a music career. “But we got to make that cool amongst the dudes.”
Dec 2, 2025 1:45 AM
Braxton Cook, an alumnus of jazz trumpeter Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah’s (formerly Christian Scott) band who went solo…
Souvik Dutta calls Abstract Logix his side hustle, one that allows him to work with some of the greatest fusion artists in the world.
Dec 2, 2025 1:44 AM
Growing up in Calcutta, Souvik Dutta had the usual exposure to Indian classical music in his home. “From the time I…
Hiromi delivered an exuberant performance of muscular piano playing.
Dec 2, 2025 1:36 AM
Back for its 34th edition on Nov. 14–23, the EFG London Jazz Festival was as vibrant and wide-ranging as ever,…
J. RIchard Dunscomb presented workshops on conducting and led jazz clinics throughout the United States, Australia, Europe, Canada, Sweden, Japan and South America.
Dec 2, 2025 1:19 AM
J. Richard Dunscomb, a leading authority in the fields of jazz and music education, died Nov. 12. The octogenarian jazz…
Avishai Cohen, right, with writer Ashley Kahn at the North Sea Jazz Fest.
Nov 25, 2025 1:03 PM
Trumpeter Avishai Cohen’s first Blindfold Test took place in the midst of his summer European tour, on the “Central…
Nov 25, 2025 12:51 PM
If you’re shopping for jazz lovers this holiday season, do we have good news for you! DownBeat has gathered up a…
Dan Tepfer raised the bar on real-time algorithmic composition during his Nov. 15 Carnegie Hall debut.
Nov 25, 2025 12:39 PM
Dan Tepfer is an explorer. Armed with a monster ear for pitch, a virtuoso touch on piano and serious knowledge of…
“None of us gets to go through this life without some kinds of loss,” says Nnenna Freelon of her memoir about the death of her husband, sister and even the family dog.
Nov 25, 2025 12:25 PM
Loss is too gentle a word for the understanding of death, for the fullness of its destruction. Its injustices. Six…
“It’s a pleasure and an honor to interpret the music of Oscar Peterson in his native city,” said Jim Doxas in regard to celebrating the Canadian legend. “He traveled the world, but never forgot Montreal.”
Nov 18, 2025 12:16 PM
In the pantheon of jazz luminaries, few shine as brightly, or swing as hard, as Oscar Peterson. A century ago, a…
