Nov 13, 2025 10:57 AM
Emmet Cohen: Emmet’s Place at the Top
Emmet Cohen grinned as he recalled a joke the comedian Alonzo Bodden told about him on the recent week-long “Journey…
“I consider myself lucky to be an extrovert,” said Cohen. “I like people and their stories.”
Nov 13, 2025 10:57 AM
Emmet Cohen grinned as he recalled a joke the comedian Alonzo Bodden told about him on the recent week-long “Journey…
Nov 13, 2025 10:00 AM
For results of DownBeat’s 90th Annual Readers Poll, complete with feature articles from our December 2025 issue,…
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s trumpet section, from left, Wynton Marsalis (JALC managing and artistic director), Ryan Kisor, Kenny Rampton and Marcus Printup.
Nov 11, 2025 1:51 PM
“People are still swinging in the United States of America!” With those telling words, Wynton Marsalis closed the…
With over 600 recordings as a sideman and a dozen as a leader, Billy Hart offers his new autobiography.
Nov 11, 2025 1:09 PM
The new memoir by master drummer and bandleader Billy Hart, who turns 85 later this month and is still busy touring and…
To see the complete list of nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards, go to grammy.com.
Nov 11, 2025 12:35 PM
The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards are in, with plenty to smile about for the worlds of jazz, blues and beyond.…
Marc Ribot delivered a transfixing set at the historic club Quasimodo during this year’s JazzFest Berlin.
Nov 11, 2025 12:04 PM
Marc Ribot sang barely above a murmur, fingerpicking a drift of arpeggios on acoustic guitar, as he stated the official…
“As one of the finest jazz publicists in the world, he championed artists with integrity and heart,” said writer María Cabeza of her husband, the late PR specialist Scott Thompson (1954–2025).
Nov 11, 2025 11:22 AM
Scott Thompson, a world-class public relations specialist who worked with numerous jazz artists as well as prominent…
In 1997, a Japanese promoter asked Vincent Herring (right) to bring “a young guy who nobody knows” on a tour with a four-saxophone band that also included Bob Berg and Donald Harrison. Herring invited Eric Alexander (left).
Nov 4, 2025 11:40 AM
Midway through their The Battle 2025 Japan Tour — one that began in Yokohama on July 10 and ended in Oyama on Aug. 3…
Drummond was cherished by generations of mainstream jazz listeners and bandleaders for his authoritative tonal presence, a defining quality of his style most apparent when he played his instrument unamplified.
Nov 4, 2025 11:39 AM
Ray Drummond, a first-call bassist who appeared on hundreds of albums as a sideman for some of the top names in jazz…
“Anthony Jackson was one of the most important people to ever pick up and play a bass guitar (correction: as he always said, ‘It’s a six-string contrabass guitar’),” wrote drummer Dave Weckl on Facebook.
Nov 4, 2025 11:38 AM
Bassist Anthony Jackson, a consummate accompanist, renowned virtuoso and ubiquitous session player with more than 500…
