Feb 25, 2013 11:18 AM

If subtlety and musicality could be embodied by one artist, Cedar Walton would most certainly be among the first…

Feb 11, 2013 1:11 PM

Seminal trumpeter Donald Byrd, who was known for his collaborations with top artists, innovative style and lifelong…

Feb 1, 2013 4:51 AM

Guitarist Jef Lee Johnson died on Jan. 28 at Roxborough Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia from complications of…

Jan 31, 2013 8:19 AM

Bandleader, conductor and cornetist Butch Morris died on Jan. 29 at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.,…

Jan 30, 2013 11:08 AM

Organist Johnny “Hammond” Smith helped refine his instrument’s indelible groove when he started recording in the…

Jan 30, 2013 9:38 AM

The 10th anniversary of the Panama Jazz Festival marked a pivotal year in the country’s development. Held in the…

Jan 22, 2013 7:22 AM

On Jan. 14, pianist Mose Allison, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, Village Vanguard owner Lorraine Gordon and pianist…

Jan 21, 2013 8:25 AM

Now expanded to six venues and more than 70 artists, Winter Jazzfest is New York’s annual State of the Music address.…

Dec 18, 2012 7:25 AM

When Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo introduced Afro-Cuban jazz to the masses, they gave us world music—quite literally.…

Dec 17, 2012 9:09 AM

Over the weekend, DownBeat learned that one of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown,…