Aug 30, 2022 11:29 AM
Chicago, Detroit, D.C. Jazz Festivals Welcome Jazz Fans
Jazz fans in three major U.S. metropolitan areas — Chicago, Detroit and Washington, D.C. — might want to hop a…
Ulysses Owens Jr. will lead his big band in a performance with special guest Marquis Hill at the Detroit Jazz Festival on Sept. 3.
Aug 30, 2022 11:29 AM
Jazz fans in three major U.S. metropolitan areas — Chicago, Detroit and Washington, D.C. — might want to hop a…
Branch’s music reflected a boundless imagination and remarkable technique.
Aug 30, 2022 11:21 AM
Trumpeter Jaimie Branch, whose music reflected a boundless imagination and remarkable technique, died Aug. 22 at her…
Brian Landrus’ latest album pairs his proclivity for music with his love of animals.
Aug 30, 2022 11:09 AM
Brian Landrus can remember the exact moment he stopped eating animals. It was during lunch in the sixth grade, and…
Taylor’s label was a landmark in funk-influenced jazz-fusion.
Aug 30, 2022 11:06 AM
Legendary record producer and label head Creed Taylor died at age 93 on Aug. 22. He was well known for his foundational…
Thana Alexa returns to the road with a new album following a series of logistical and medical setbacks.
Aug 23, 2022 1:21 PM
In 2018, Thana Alexa began booking a modest tour for ONA, the self-produced, self-released record that would earn a…
Michael Bourne shared his exuberance and enthusiasm for jazz with gusto, be it on the radio or in the pages of DownBeat.
Aug 23, 2022 1:06 PM
The DownBeat staff had to remove the name of a favorite contributor from the magazine’s masthead this month. Michael…
“This music is about contemplation and meditation,” JoVia Armstrong said of The Antidote Suite.
Aug 23, 2022 12:56 PM
JoVia Armstrong specializes in creating sonic universes. That ingenuity goes beyond her gifts as a drummer,…
Ernest Dawkins received a commission from Jazz Road to orchestrate his reflections on his long-lost roots with America’s South.
Aug 23, 2022 12:12 PM
Ernest Khabeer Dawkins, who’ll be 69 in November, has an intrepid personality and an acute gaze. His middle name,…
Giant Step Arts founders Jimmy and Dena Katz
Aug 23, 2022 12:05 PM
While Manhattan was in the throes of the COVID-19 shutdown during 2020, renowned photographer, recording engineer,…
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.
Aug 16, 2022 12:24 PM
The drive up to the Blue Note Jazz Fest Napa on the last weekend of July, through winding roads and sunbaked hills, was…
