Dec 30, 2025 12:47 PM
Shelly Berg: DownBeat Jazz Education Hall of Fame
“I would love for playing the piano and writing music to be my day job,” Shelly Berg says, having never stopped…
“Maybe I would have been more famous had I joined Woody’s band in 1976, but I could not possibly have had a more fulfilled life,” says Shelly Berg.
Dec 30, 2025 12:47 PM
“I would love for playing the piano and writing music to be my day job,” Shelly Berg says, having never stopped…
“There’s a real feeling of community and family among our jazz faculty and the students here at Northern Colorado,” says Dana Landry.
Dec 30, 2025 12:36 PM
Dana Landry’s dedicated efforts to build highly successful jazz studies programs at both Middle Tennessee State…
“If you’re the only girl in a jazz band, you may not play your best,” says Lisa Linde, who founded JazzHers to bring more girls into jazz.
Dec 30, 2025 12:23 PM
2025 has been quite a year for Lisa Linde, music director at Newton South High School in Newton, Massachusetts. At the…
John and Alice Coltrane in a casual moment.
Dec 23, 2025 12:26 PM
After two decades, phase one of the historic restoration effort revitalizing The John & Alice Coltrane Home in Dix…
“All my life I’ve been more interested in discovering and developing talent than buying market share, and that’s how ACT was built,” Siegfried Loch says.
Dec 23, 2025 12:17 PM
On the eve of his 85th birthday, Siegfried “Siggi” Loch is reflecting on six decades spent defining the world of…
Marty Ashby, DownBeat’s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award for Presenting honoree
Dec 23, 2025 12:09 PM
Late in August, Marty Ashby, DownBeat’s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award for Presenting honoree, was on Zoom…
“When I was listening to these old jazz records from the ’50s and ’60s, I was really transported to another time and place in this sort of magical way,” says Jacob Garchik.
Dec 23, 2025 12:01 PM
The quirky, thematic concept for trombonist Jacob Garchik’s album series Ye Olde (the first installment was released…
Cha Wa’s album Rise Up makes a joyful noise of redemption and freedom that propels the band on to the world stage.
Dec 16, 2025 2:04 PM
Four years in the making, Rise Up, the latest album from the Afro-Indigenous funk collective Cha Wa, was released on…
“I stand on the shoulders of some really great people who contributed to this world, musically, and I am passing it on to the next generation,” says multi-instrumentalist Roger Glenn.
Dec 16, 2025 1:32 PM
Like his famous father, Tyree Glenn, who had the unusual double of trombone and vibes during his tenures with Cab…
The Kuumbwa leadership team, from left, Chanel Enriquez, Tim Jackson and Bennett Jackson.
Dec 16, 2025 1:30 PM
When reflecting on Kuumbwa Jazz’s mighty legacy during its golden anniversary year, consider its office equipment.
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